On the whole example sentences

On the whole, the international system is now characterised by a multiple of regimes.For an hour the hail rained on the house, the garden, the hillside, the cornfield, on the whole valley.On the whole, the impact of Government policy changes particularly in respect of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation has been positive as the Indian business and industry has shown great resilience in dealing with the new economic order.2 THE FOREIGN E CHANGE MARKET Having considered accounting of international transactions on the whole, we will now take up a single transaction.