Example sentences of "[noun sg] of going to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again last week we talked about the feasibility of going to Australia for a week and the impact it would have on you after things like jetlag . |
| 2 | Richard Baxter 's ambition of going to university was never fulfilled . |
| 3 | Paul on the other hand was impractical and dreamy , with his head full of notions ; his ambition of going to Oxford seemed suitable , and could just be afforded by his family . |
| 4 | Verse 14 : Jacob has no intention of going to Seir , as the next stage of the journey shows . |
| 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 | Covering yourself against the expense of going to law : Sue Fieldman describes schemes that insure a policyholder against the risk of legal expenses |
| 7 | In addition , the cost of equipment and armour , the quality of which could vary considerably , added greatly to the expense of going to war . |
| 8 | Prestatyn Coun Rhiannon Hughes said the alternative of going to Bodelwyddan would pose huge problems for those without transport . |
| 9 | These large , rather crudely decorated , earthenware teapots were made at Coalville and Swadlincote , and many of the East Anglians who went up before the 1914–18 war brought ‘ Burton teapots ’ back with them because it was part of the experience of going to Burton , like buying a new suit . |
| 10 | Should Wycombe fail in their promotion campaign , there will doubtless be a number of League clubs clamouring to employ the Wanderers manager , who last summer turned down the opportunity of going to Bristol Rovers . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | Or do you believe in the act of Going to Church ? |
| 14 | They have a very fiercely competitive system , and some people say that you have to start preparing for this at nursery school erm and it 's a question of going to the right schools , going to the right training colleges , though it 's not so much a question of going to university , although you do have to have a university degree in most cases , but they have special training establishments with a tough competition to get into it , and as a result of this the people who come out are very highly selected , and think of themselves as being very professional , very competent , they have a great deal more self confidence , in some ways , than our British civil servants do . |
| 15 | We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ? |
| 16 | George and Elizabeth were on the point of going to bed when they heard a knock on the door . |
| 17 | For the parson the whole point of going to university was to become a minister of God . |
| 18 | All that changed , however , when he realised a rich talent for spin bowling was in danger of going to waste . |
| 19 | THE World Cup qualifying tie with Scotland in Lisbon was yesterday billed as Portugal 's last chance of going to America in 1994 . |
| 20 | If he comes through it well , Weir has a very good chance of going to New Zealand as a versatile forward who , in that company , could find himself pulling on the No6 jersey . |
| 21 | He was on the verge of going to bed when he heard footsteps in the hall . |
| 22 | I surmised that these were George 's drinking companions , men who would n't make a habit of going to funerals , but there out of friendship , respect for the dead . |
| 23 | Within a week of going to Iran , Ceauşescu was dead . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He walks up and down for a while outside , unable to settle to the prospect of going to bed . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | She should have taken Clare up on her offer of going to work with her one day . |
| 28 | It is again the age of going to work by train . |
| 29 | A friend of Ken 's had just taken his life after being given the choice of going to prison or a mental hospital . |
| 30 | Lucky for me that I got out before you could entice me into the ultimate folly of going to bed with you . ’ |