Example sentences of "idea of [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People have become ever more hostile to the idea of living near a rubbish dump . |
| 2 | Only the driver 's expression showed what he thought of the idea of living in a place like that . |
| 3 | Having always liked the idea of living in the country , Geoff decided to go for a country-style kitchen . |
| 4 | Even if the miracle happened , would she entertain the idea of living in the Shires ? |
| 5 | She was appalled at the idea of living in the ‘ wilds ’ , as she put it . |
| 6 | Yesterday we observed that Mr Jeffrey Archer ( whose idea of canvassing for the Tory Party has revived the lost art of burlesque ) had bet £10 that the Tories will win with a majority of 27 seats . |
| 7 | Alison waved from the window of the departing taxi and Celia waved back , a sudden feeling of depression taking hold of her to such an extent that she abandoned her idea of looking for a pram and set off , rather aimlessly , in the direction of Leicester Square in the faint hope that perhaps a cinema might take her mind off things . |
| 8 | ‘ Like you and Bud , ’ North wrote to Poindexter , ‘ I find the idea of bartering over the lives of these poor men repugnant . ’ |
| 9 | Earlier that year he had met a merchant from London who had money to spare and was looking for a likely speculation and Harry , being in the right place at the right time for once , had sold him the idea of investing in a privateering cruise to the Americas . |
| 10 | And the idea of nibbling at the perks of city employees earning ( on average ) under $10,000 a year , while millions are made on Wall Street , plays poorly on the hustings . |
| 11 | Sukenick has also gone on record as seeing writing as an essentially adversarial activity : ‘ When I grew up , I grew up with an idea of writing as a form of resistance to the establishment and culture at large ’ ( Sukenick 1985 : 139 ) . |
| 12 | I like the idea of learning on the job you know . |
| 13 | I dislike I dislike the idea of learning in a in a formal class . |
| 14 | In the last month of his life Minton contacted Ted Dicks , who had by then left the College , with the idea of collaborating on a musical play . |
| 15 | But yes , abroad lies our final year of partnership , although I 've been toying with the idea of alighting upon a play by Shakespeare hitherto unknown , unseen and unenacted . ’ |
| 16 | In the first place , there are universal factors which contribute powerfully , in almost all cases , though in different measure ( see Brubaker , 1992 ) , to the formation of a sense of nationality : common descent ( that is , the idea of belonging to a distinctive ‘ people ’ ) , the occupation of a definite territory , a common language , and more broadly a common culture . |
| 17 | Moira Griffin , of Edgecombe Drive , explained that the death of a homeless man had given her the idea of knitting for the people who use the hostel . |
| 18 | The idea of breaking into the Colonel 's den never occurred to me — it was just too plain terrifying . |
| 19 | The idea of dropping into the wing office for a gossip on first name terms would be beyond belief . |
| 20 | He toyed with the idea of reading in the drawing room , but he could hear one of the junior maids moving about in there and decided to go back up to his room instead . |
| 21 | Then she discovered he 'd gone off any idea of tucking into the delights of her home-made lasagne anyway as , without another word , he turned and headed out of the kitchen . |
| 22 | Thus students living in poor accommodation , often isolated and without external support , become disillusioned with the experience of teaching , and put off the idea of teaching in a rural area where qualified teachers are needed most . |
| 23 | When they ignore the whole idea of pandering to a European market , they can be quite good , as in Tarkovsky 's Italian-funded productions , where he just carried on making the same film that had obsessed him for the past 30 years , only a bit more slowly . |
| 24 | Jubilant , most gave up the idea of protesting in the freezing temperatures again , but approximately 1,000 persisted with their plan . |
| 25 | The idea of staying in a near empty compound in midsummer was scarcely inviting . |
| 26 | Oh yes , erm I think it was generally , er , they had to match the colouring of the rooms that they 'd got , the furniture they 'd got really because as far as the room was concerned er when , when the , new houses came onto the erm , ready for occupation , er they were all cream coloured inside and anyway and pale cream so they , they 'd got er any choice they wanted there it , really it was just to match their curtains , match their carpets , all their furnishings and erm , of course I suppose they , the rose coloured ones er went better than say the lemon coloured one and that because er people just er liked the idea of moving into a place that 's got a nice cosy glow in it , place sort of thing , but we never sell any at all , there 's , none of that type of fitting in , sold now . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't like the idea of dying by the law , ’ said Silver . |
| 28 | If you are allergic to feathers but do n't like the idea of sleeping under a synthetic duvet , Brinhaus ' Exotic natural silk duvet could be the answer . |
| 29 | In the days since her visit to me , her mind had become so used to the idea of walking in the vicinity of birds that it had seemed quite a natural thing to do . |
| 30 | Answer guide : This introduces the idea of arriving at the amount of stock using sales less mark-up , a technique that is often used to produce regular accounts in the retail sector . |