Example sentences of "the [noun] of going [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The research process highlighted the difficulty of going from research to recommendations , and the effect of changing health advice on both health professionals providing advice and on mothers receiving it .
2 She had risen this morning with the intention of going into town and meandering among the shops , perhaps treating herself to a new bonnet , or buying Cissie those pretty boots she had so admired some days ago when the two of them had walked up and down Ainsworth Street , browsing in all the shop-windows ; afterwards , Beth might have called in to the delightful tea rooms at the comer of the boulevard .
3 Covering yourself against the expense of going to law : Sue Fieldman describes schemes that insure a policyholder against the risk of legal expenses
4 In addition , the cost of equipment and armour , the quality of which could vary considerably , added greatly to the expense of going to war .
5 It seems there is a waiting list for uniform grants , because so many people can not afford to buy them and will not put their children through the humiliation of going to school without the proper uniform .
6 The psychophysiologist can not as yet match the experiences of going to sleep with the measures of brain function that are currently available .
7 She says that although victims may be worried that the attacker will rape another woman , they also have to consider what many rape victims feel is the ordeal of going to court and re-living the rape in the witness box .
8 Some of these points are illustrated in Table 3.1 which compares the effects of sleep at night and during the day upon growth hormone release and deep sleep ( dominated by an external cause , the act of going to sleep ) and cortisol release and REM sleep ( dominated by the body clock ) .
9 Or do you believe in the act of Going to Church ?
10 She paused , as the noises of going to bed reached them from downstairs — the snick of the light switch , the clang of the damper on the boiler , the sharp reports of bolts being shot home .
11 Now on twenty two and a half thousand , bearing in mind that you would n't have the costs of going to work erm your travelling expenses and everything that you would occur in work you would most probably be able to keep all of these
12 But if a solicitor had made it and put three halves we could take an action against that solicitor or the executor could to erm for the costs of going to court to find out what on earth the will meant .
13 The costs of going to court are likely to be higher than the value of the contract and the only beneficiaries are typically the lawyers .
14 Successive governments have refused to implement the recommendation of the Evershed Committee in 1953 that the costs of going to law over issues of general public importance should be paid out of public funds .
15 start on the basis of going through page twelve .
16 George and Elizabeth were on the point of going to bed when they heard a knock on the door .
17 He was on the verge of going to bed when he heard footsteps in the hall .
18 It is again the age of going to work by train .
19 When my father suggested I apply , I was pleased and very excited at the prospect of going to boarding-school , which seemed to me to be an adventure , an escape from boredom .
20 ‘ Why , methought you were overjoyed at the prospect of going to court ! ’ remarked Joan , to whom the idea was akin to going as a mere mortal to fairyland .
21 He walks up and down for a while outside , unable to settle to the prospect of going to bed .
22 A friend of Ken 's had just taken his life after being given the choice of going to prison or a mental hospital .
23 ‘ People just like the idea of us being in love , ’ he sighed at the thought of going over ground yet again as he explained the need for him to step out of Kylie 's tiny shadow .
24 When someone who was a protégé of the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna , a close friend of Nikolai Miliutin , and the tutor to the heir to the throne decided to run the risk of going into print , conservatives realized that they were being subjected to a deliberate attempt on the part of reformers to prevent them from treating serfs harshly .
25 And she liked the idea of going to work you see , she 'd she 'd got a family , she 'd be about oh she was about ten years older than I was and erm she looked out of place you know .
26 CELIA ALMOST WELCOMED the idea of going to work .
27 From somewhere I got the idea of going to art college I 'm sure it was because I 'd read about all the rock musicians who 'd started their bands at art colleges — John Lennon and Keith Richards in particular .
28 But the idea of going to bed with a woman revolted him .
29 For the first time Endill felt his stomach turn at the idea of going to school .
30 For example , anywhere which derives its existence from the sea is likely to be good to draw — marine architecture , quaysides , boats , fishing — all the complicated mass of detail and shape which surround the activity of going to sea .
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