I'm I using this phrase correctly?

Question

The project will be a part and parcel of the Centre's entire research activity. (I'm referring here to: a part and parcel)

Thanks!

Answer 1

I interpret part and parcel as meaning both in detail (part) and globally (parcel), which is a way of saying that there is a complete identity between the two compared objects.  As such, saying something is part and parcel of the "ENTIRE" other is redundant.

It isn't a very well composed sentence.  Basically, the project is the only research that will be performed at the centre.  I think the sentence is trying to disguise the fact that the project is their only activity.  

Answer 2

The phrase "part and parcel" refers to the entire thing.  For example, I might say Ohm's Law is part and parcel of my electronics knowledge base, meaning that all I know about electronics is how Ohm's Law works.  I am sorry, I do not know the origin of the phrase...

Answer 3

Well it is not wrong but I would most probably say it differently as "The project is a significant part of the Centre's entire research activity"

Answer 4

take out the a before part

then it should be fine

Answer 5

The project will be part and parcel would be the correct way to say that.  

Answer 6

The article is unusual. Usually people say "part and parcel" without an "a."

It's odd to think of a "project," an abstract term, as a "parcel," a concrete one. I'd simply use "part."