Example sentences of "to university " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants to go to university , turns up to listen to Einstein , studies hard ; but his father wo n't have it , and at the age of 14 he becomes a soap boy in a barber 's and then a presser in a garment shop . |
| 2 | She had decided that she wanted to go to London , take some A-levels up there , and then , she hoped , go on to university . |
| 3 | At the Police Staff College shortly before I was offered the scholarship to university , I had listened as lists of degrees obtained by previous scholars were read out . |
| 4 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 5 | And although always implied rather than broadcast , this rejection of intellectualism is so well understood throughout the service that it has even affected those to whom Bramshill scholarships to University have been offered , and many turn them down . |
| 6 | The conference was also told that as an alternative to the expense of sending officers to university , it was proposed to ‘ direct officers to research a particular problem … and give them a short period to carry out intensive research ’ . |
| 7 | My inclination to reject law as a possible course was incomprehensible to many , and while I was waiting to go to university I was constantly challenged about this . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , he did not go to university unwillingly . |
| 9 | The day I went up to university I left you all , country gentry all … country where my father was stifling . |
| 10 | Price £55.81 plus £2.35 postage and packing ( cheques payable to University of Birmingham ) . |
| 11 | The basic assumption of this form of life , extending from school to university , was that imaginative literature was inherently valuable , and that it was valuable because it pleasurably conveyed emotion and profound insights into the life of things . |
| 12 | JOHN PRESCOTT did not go to university , was never a television presenter , and finds it exceedingly difficult to complete a grammatically correct sentence . |
| 13 | Dr Kavanagh sold his brother 's papers , including letters from Katherine to Patrick , to University College , Dublin , three years ago for £100,000 . |
| 14 | But the next exam on the educational ladder lays emphasis on what people know , rather than what they can do , and is seen primarily as a passport to university entry . |
| 15 | I never wanted to go to university although I do know , however , that my mum and dad always had it in the back of their minds that I would go . |
| 16 | It 's not a big deal in the scheme of things but you get an awful lot of hassle when all your mates are going to university , or start bringing home the bacon . |
| 17 | He was then left with two alternatives — going into the forces or to university . |
| 18 | Then a scholarship to university came in for Sheila . |
| 19 | Sister Oliver pressed her to grasp her chance and go to university . |
| 20 | She wants me to forget about the civil service and to go to university , ’ she said as soon as she got home . |
| 21 | ‘ Go to university ? ’ |
| 22 | Once Sheila was securely set towards the civil service as well , as if out of weakness or guilt Moran began courting her with vague , tentative offers ; if she were desperate to go to university they could still look into ways of how it could be managed and they would try to manage it somehow no matter how hard it was . |
| 23 | Going to university |
| 24 | I want to go to university and this will help me achieve that goal . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Are you going back to university ? ’ |
| 26 | Only eight per cent of children from low income families ( in the Registrar General 's social classes four and five ) go to university , even though they are guaranteed a free education through a full grant plus social security . |
| 27 | Only eight per cent of children from low income families ( in the Registrar General 's social classes four and five ) go to university , even though they are guaranteed a free education through a full grant plus social security . |
| 28 | The unbeaten Welsh Premier Division leaders Whitchurch must travel to University College Aberystwyth in the quarter-finals of the Welsh Cup . |
| 29 | ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’ |
| 30 | I was raised in Britain where I took my A-levels and went to university , but I now teach at an American college . |