Example sentences of "[to-vb] the idea of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To choose to do the work one wants , I suppose one will quite often have to renounce the idea of making a fortune . |
| 2 | In order to promote the idea of rebirthing , some K dealers are providing jars of babyfood and dummies to drive the point home . |
| 3 | ‘ This is a real opportunity to promote the idea of publishing first novels as paperback originals . |
| 4 | He took it upon himself to promote the idea of having a noble building for an Institute in Glasgow , and in this he was ably supported by brothers James and Edwin Docharty , sons of a famous Scottish painter , and a number of other deaf people of exceptional ability . |
| 5 | Ari was coming to like the idea of cornering the helpless Nathan with her whirlwind sexuality . |
| 6 | ‘ At least she is n't going to throw another wobbly the second she sets eyes on you … but she 's not going to like the idea of leaving tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | He seemed to think that he had an idiot for an accuser , but his solicitor was not so happy ; he did n't seem to like the idea of having to address a witness through an intermediary . |
| 8 | In August 1944 , having enlisted Chinese support , Ho crossed the border into north Vietnam to make contact once again with the Vietminh forces who , by this time , and in the absence of any other administrative control or military power , were extending their influence in the mountains of northern Tonkin in the area known as the Viet Bac Revolutionary armed forces were supposed to be growing and there was apparently enough revolutionary enthusiasm to support the idea of launching another insurrection from there within a couple of months . |
| 9 | The hon. Lady represents a nationalist party , which seems to preclude the idea of taking on an international responsibility for nuclear matters . |
| 10 | Whichever motive is uppermost for them , feminist linguists engaged in sex difference research do not seem to find the idea of studying difference problematic in itself . |
| 11 | I do n't I do n't believe it is erm at the mo well earlier this week a report was published by the National Commission on Education which was er an independent erm Commission that was set up erm and they they 've said that basically what we need to be doing is t if we 're trying to raise standards is to keep the idea of having an all graduate profess profession followed up by high quality for train training for teachers once they 've actually started work . |
| 12 | There was also disagreement over the proposal to improve benefits and entitlements for part-time workers , and the Commission was forced in June 1990 to postpone the idea of offering them the same rights , on a pro-rata basis , as their full-time counterparts . |
| 13 | Bridger said yesterday : ‘ I have had several phone calls during the summer wondering if Amrullah was going to continue racing and he still seems to love the idea of carrying on . ’ |
| 14 | If you are at work or school , why not try to persuade your boss or teacher to investigate the idea of saving waste paper and packaging for recycling ? |
| 15 | An attempt to develop the idea of analysing local politics as the urban politics of collective consumption has also been made by Peter Saunders ( 1981 , 1984 , 1986 ) , and working in conjunction with Alan Cawson ( Cawson and Saunders , 1983 ) . |
| 16 | Because of this you will need to develop the idea of working within a grid . |
| 17 | But I have to admit the idea of getting married in Ireland scares me . |