Example sentences of "to go to [art] [noun sg] of [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 It would be a waste of time actually to go to the trouble of filling the space itself with blanks .
2 The high standards aimed at in such a sifting process are important if we want teachers to go to the trouble of organizing the use of our materials in their teaching .
3 From this point onwards it was entirely unnecessary for a testator to go to the trouble of writing a general damnatio in his will .
4 Interesting that Bill 's going to go to the trouble of taking out windows putting in
5 My own guess is that there was no significant demand for free condoms ; nobody is going to go to the trouble of collecting free condoms who would not be prepared to buy them for himself .
6 Since he wanted to delay the ceremony , but did n't want to go to the trouble of desecrating any graves , he only had one option .
7 It may be asked why it was necessary to go to the trouble of carving a model which by all accounts may only have been used once , when the same procedure , in fine day would produce a mould directly .
8 We did n't have many chips , but that was because my mother did n't want to go to the bother of making them , nor did she like the mess that boiling , spluttering fat can make .
9 If you do n't want to go to the expense of buying them , check out the travel section at your local library .
10 The two councils must now decide whether to go to the expense of appealling through the courts .
11 However , as a result of this legislation , somebody will no doubt have to go to the expense of drawing up tenders and specifications and of sending them out .
12 Most importantly , farmers are unlikely to go to the expense of installing anaerobic fermenters unless the gas saves them money .
13 However , London Transport was unwilling to go to the expense of refitting proper external lighting and the headlamp masks were never removed , as they incorporated red slides for display at the rear end of the car and the combined side lamps-tail lamps and route numbers had been removed or rendered ineffective at the beginning of the war .
14 Rangers had to go to the expense of putting £30,000-worth of protective covering over the pitch after a day of persistent rain .
15 This does not necessarily mean you have to go to the extent of bringing in high-power floodlights together with their attendant supply-cables .
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