Example sentences of "to the [noun sg] of [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the more unprofessional results of the plague was that some priests latched on to the idea of leaving the parochial ministry and becoming chantry priests — often , in the process , gaining a lucrative return for very little work . |
| 2 | Many young people are now attracted to the idea of producing a large part of their own food . |
| 3 | Four hundred artists represented in the museum 's collection have responded to the idea of producing a greetings image on an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , practically all the rules have exceptions and readers may feel that the rules are so complex that it would be easier to go back to the idea of learning the stress for each word individually . |
| 5 | According today 's Scotland on Sunday Newspaper , Hearts and it 's Chairman Wallace Mercer are coming round to the idea of sharing a ground with Hibs on the site the council wants , at Ingleston . |
| 6 | As compared with the way in which computing is usually taken out of the hands of machinists when CNC machine tools are introduced , consideration was given in the optical company to the idea of persuading the operators who cut the surfaces of the lenses to do some of their own computing , and even to the idea of installing computing facilities in the surfacing room itself . |
| 7 | The English attached themselves to the idea of privatising the operator in its entirety . |
| 8 | Soon thrilling to the idea of becoming a father , Frank goes to Dr Smedley 's maternity clinic to ask for advice , such as how to deliver the baby if it is born ‘ immaturely ’ . |
| 9 | Although it may take some practice to get used to the idea of changing the seemingly natural number scale , you will soon find that you automatically consider whether a transformation would aid analysis when you first look at a batch of data . |
| 10 | I knew that I wanted a free and independent life although I secretly subscribed to the idea of marrying a professional , sighted man . |
| 11 | Families who were used to servants , but were now finding domestic staff hard to come by , took immediately to the idea of having a young refugee about the house . |
| 12 | On top of this , there were plenty of people in NoS who were opposed to the idea of having an editor at all . |
| 13 | True , it would run counter to the idea of simplifying the tax system , but Lamont can always claim that the middle band will be steadily reduced until it , too , is 20 per cent . ’ |
| 14 | Make no mistake about it by all the processes of the government propaganda machine by kite-flying and carefully placed links , the government is trying to soften us up to the idea of increasing the State pension age for women to sixty five . |
| 15 | At various points in the early 1980s consideration was given by the Conservatives to the idea of introducing a ‘ voucher ’ system , designed to enable parents to exercise their choice by ‘ buying ’ a place at a particular school . |
| 16 | One problem of working in limited specialty areas is that existing clients might be averse to the idea of employing the same search firm as their rivals ; so Merton , approached by another major retailer with an assignment , cleared the matter with Tesco first . |
| 17 | In each case a different meaning is attached to the act of lighting a candle . |
| 18 | Colonel David Stirling was so alarmed at what he believed was the dubious ability of the government to cope with a major strike affecting essential services that he turned to the possibility of forming a private force of military and other experts to assist the civil authorities . |
| 19 | stated that it was a privilege to have several members present from North America , and consideration needed to be given to the possibility of forming a North American Division . |
| 20 | ‘ Difference ’ for the Piaroa always signifies a danger : it can easily lead to violence between individuals and therefore be a deterrent to the possibility of creating the sociality necessary for the creation of community . |
| 21 | I shall return later to the possibility of seeing the inaccessibility in terms of a limitation of access between levels ( rather than between modules ) , but for the moment we can redescribe this retraining activity as the ability of the subject , at a given level ( the uppermost , of intending to walk , in this case ) , to retranslate an activity into a lower level , in such a way that the translation later becomes compiled ( in terms of the earlier distinction between compilation and translation ) and ceases to be accessible from the ‘ higher level ’ . |
| 22 | Like Georg , she felt the need to submit herself to the possibility of seeing the one she loved who had rejected her . |
| 23 | The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany referred by way of example to the possibility of requiring the relevant fishing vessel to operate from the member state in which it was registered , its crew to be affiliated to the social security scheme of that member state or supply contracts relating to the purchase of the catch to be concluded with local undertakings . |
| 24 | The outbreak of war put an end to the possibility of reviving the League of Youth , though a sub-committee of the NEC was created to do so . |
| 25 | The twin solutions to equation ( 9.15 ) of equal positive and negative phase shifts correspond to the possibility of feeding a signal in at either end of the symmetric section and loading it with its characteristic impedance at the other end . |
| 26 | Twin solutions to equations ( 9.17 ) and ( 9.19 ) of equal positive and negative values of a again correspond to the possibility of feeding the symmetric section at either end and terminating it at the other end . |
| 27 | So what has brought the best known boxer on the unofficial circuit , the best known bouncer in town , the man who has inspired film scripts and tall tales in the snooker halls , once one of the six people in Britain said to be able to bench-press 500 pounds , what has brought him to the dock in front of Judge Richard Lowry and to the possibility of spending the rest of his life locked up with robbers and rapists ? |
| 28 | My Lords , to those who er who have objected to erm a body of large numbers o o need to reduce it to sixteen er I would say that those on the er my Noble Friends on the front bench would do very well to give their attention to the possibility of reducing the number of the cabinet er to sixteen er er er I w er forebear from making er detailed suggestions |
| 29 | Further study will also be given to the possibility of translocating a few Javan rhinos to other reserves within the species ' former range . |
| 30 | By contrast , in addition to the possibility of withholding the central grant , the Home Secretary may use other avenues of influence : |