Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of going to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I Pressed home the usual arguments about duty and not fighting the war for the privilege of going to the cinema . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Covering yourself against the expense of going to law : Sue Fieldman describes schemes that insure a policyholder against the risk of legal expenses |
| 6 | In addition , the cost of equipment and armour , the quality of which could vary considerably , added greatly to the expense of going to war . |
| 7 | We came upon the idea of asking this question as the result of going to a for Change conference . |
| 8 | Prestatyn Coun Rhiannon Hughes said the alternative of going to Bodelwyddan would pose huge problems for those without transport . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The legal model has one further method by which it attempts to balance the desirability of going to the managers of the company substantial discretionary power so that they have sufficient flexibility to act effectively , whilst at the same time minimizing the danger that the existence of such discretion creates , which is that it will be used arbitrarily . |
| 11 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 12 | Like tonight , faced with the ordeal of going to a grand dinner party with people who all knew each other and were far removed from her experience , she had acquitted herself proudly and well . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | Or do you believe in the act of Going to Church ? |
| 16 | If a partner never could see the point of going to all those meetings , it may not have stopped you but it certainly took the joy out of attending . |
| 17 | George and Elizabeth were on the point of going to bed when they heard a knock on the door . |
| 18 | The adrenalin of going to a Court had kept it at bay so far but now I could feel the walls closing in again . |
| 19 | If the hon. Gentleman would do me the service of going to the Library and reading the judgments , he would find that in the earlier proceedings , neither the Home Office nor my hon. Friend were held in contempt for the actions that were taken on 1 and 2 May . |
| 20 | He was on the verge of going to bed when he heard footsteps in the hall . |
| 21 | If you ever get the chance of going to the catacombs in Rome you will see on the walls a very popular image of the cross shaped as an anchor . |
| 22 | It is again the age of going to work by train . |
| 23 | Everyone then gets out of the habit of going to the pub and goes to the ever-increasing competition such as McDonald 's or other fast food establishments . |
| 24 | This footbridge was however at the other end of the platform , and most passengers got into the habit of going to the station exit across the tracks despite the standard railway warnings not to do so . |
| 25 | Judge Starforth Hill told the jurors they 'd have to consider whether Mrs Jones gave the impression of a schemeing woman , could she play the part , the charde of going to the police , her neighbour and then lying on oath in court . |
| 26 | I can actually imagine the feeling of going to a cot and then finding no no the child was dead , that 's awful . |
| 27 | David was so upset about the prospect of going to a day centre that when the ambulance arrived he had uncharacteristic temper tantrums on the doorstep . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He walks up and down for a while outside , unable to settle to the prospect of going to bed . |