Example sentences of "[prep] the trouble of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is is worth the trouble of allowing members to propose resolutions ? |
| 2 | To give this impression would ensure shipwreck on a reef which we shall in any case be lucky to avoid , the indifference of the reader who takes it for granted that we are trying to deduce imperatives from the facts of which one ought to be aware , and assumes in advance that there has to be a flaw somewhere , hardly worth the trouble of locating , as in a new proposal for a perpetual-motion machine . |
| 3 | In such cases it would be worth the trouble of introducing worms from elsewhere . |
| 4 | Another process is sometimes adopted for getting rid of the sediment without the trouble of decanting in this mode ; the bottles are reserved in a frame proper for the purpose , for a certain number of days , so as to permit the foulness to fall into the neck ; while in this position , the cork is dexterously withdrawn and that portion of the wine that is foul , allowed to escape , after which the bottle is filled with clear wine , permanently corked and secured with wire . |
| 5 | They came down the steps of the hotel with their Kodaks — at the Continental there was always a large number of Americans — and were immediately fallen upon by dragomans , donkey-boys and street-traders of all kinds , all offering instant picturesqueness without the trouble of having to go too far in the heat to find it . |
| 6 | Taxis are available for hire for full- or half-day excursions , and the cost for four compares very well with hiring a car for a day — without the trouble of driving yourself . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | From this point onwards it was entirely unnecessary for a testator to go to the trouble of writing a general damnatio in his will . |
| 9 | And afterwards they went to the trouble of calling out the Carabinieri to make sure I did n't die of exposure . |
| 10 | The main problem is that the cost of most new resistors and capacitors is now so low that it is barely worthwhile going to the trouble of removing and testing them . |
| 11 | Although the Chinese transformed rhinoceros horn into forms of customary refinement , it seems unlikely that they went to the trouble of removing agglutinated masses of hair from rhinoceros snouts and lavishing such skill on them for purely aesthetic reasons . |
| 12 | At any rate , it was difficult to see that the FAA had any good reason not to implement the very important recommendations made by their own US investigating authority , the NTSB , after the Windsor accident , especially as the RLD had gone to the trouble of flying to Los Angeles to make their point . |
| 13 | It 's even worth going to the trouble of sending your own System file of font suitcases . |
| 14 | WHEN Ron Dennis , the managing director of McLaren International , goes to the trouble of stressing that his team intend to continue giving Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost impartial treatment during the final two races , such a commendably even-handed approach immediately arouses suspicion in a sport governed by an organisation which is not exactly noted for its equitable methods . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's frustrating when we go to the trouble of providing better facilities for away supporters and then incidents like this happen . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why did you go to the trouble of hiring me if what you wanted were the same drab old styles of before ? ’ |
| 17 | I wonder how many times in the past , when you 've been staying here , you 've gone to the trouble of escorting Kirsty to school ? ’ |
| 18 | " He could have given me a ticking off , considering that he 'd gone to the trouble of telling me that you were coming . |
| 19 | He did n't go to the trouble of setting up a little love-nest for nothing . ’ |
| 20 | It would be a waste of time actually to go to the trouble of filling the space itself with blanks . |
| 21 | Interesting that Bill 's going to go to the trouble of taking out windows putting in |
| 22 | Numerous trials have evaluated the various procedures performed during pregnancy and labour ( Iain Chalmers has even gone to the trouble of collating them ) but very few of these ideas have changed obstetric practice . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But why should any western power go to the trouble of administering a third world country when these can simply be milked dry ? |
| 25 | Given full rein to run as far as they want , the plants are living very well and do n't feel in any particular danger , so there is no need for them to waste energy by perpetuating the species and going to the trouble of producing flower and setting seed . |
| 26 | So you can take this even further if you want , by saying : why go to the trouble of using your hands at all ? |
| 27 | Why you would n't break a window to break a window , why you 'd go to the trouble of using a glass cutter |
| 28 | Some states even go to the trouble of having two switches , one a ‘ dummy ’ , so that everyone can say , ‘ it was n't me who actually killed him ’ . |
| 29 | I once went to the trouble of having a pair made in the finest white doeskin but fortunately I have now outgrown such extravagances in much the same way that I have outgrown the petty conversations and banal posturings of those who frequent literary gatherings or , worse , television studio canteens . |
| 30 | Before their confinements some women go to the trouble of having the room they are to lie in fumigated . |