Example sentences of "[prep] the idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the idea of an object or an event with two metaphysically different aspects — with , as it were , an unextended mental front end and an extended physical rear end - is deeply puzzling . |
| 2 | As he now wistfully recalls , there were relatively few other supporters for the idea when he and the late David Gray , the ex-correspondent of The Guardian , who became ITF General Secretary , launched their Olympic campaign almost ten years before gold medals were again being presented to tennis players in Seoul in 1988 . |
| 3 | Economists , the statistics profession , trade unions and Opposition politicians all pledged support for the idea of a national council which is being promoted by eminent statisticians and considered by the Royal Statistical Society . |
| 4 | MORI ( April 1989 ) found widespread support for the idea of a society which placed collective over individual values ( Table 10.2 ) . |
| 5 | Nor could leaders of the Conservative party offer active support for the idea , for it implied lack of confidence in the leadership of Baldwin no less than in that of MacDonald . |
| 6 | But for the idea to be made manifest one needs a Coriolanus who is not only a truculent fighter but also a thrillingly horrific force of nature . |
| 7 | President Franois Mitterrand voiced strong support for the idea after his meeting with President Gorbachev in Kiev on Wednesday . |
| 8 | President Franois Mitterrand voiced strong support for the idea after his meeting with President Gorbachev in Kiev on Wednesday . |
| 9 | So much for the idea that two-tier pricing will somehow be too complicated . |
| 10 | De Jongh sounded doubtful about the prospects for the idea 's success . |
| 11 | In the first place protectionism had been traditional Conservative policy before the emergence of free trade and Joseph Chamberlain had revived some sympathy for the idea in the early twentieth century . |
| 12 | A second source of support for the idea of a generation gap in the DUP is found in the statements of embittered defectors or expellees . |
| 13 | He was all for the idea , and we exchanged addresses . |
| 14 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 15 | Historically , there is solid ground for the idea of a common European homeland . |
| 16 | People 's natural prejudices may be aroused by this prospect alone , sufficiently for the idea to be rejected , but it must be made clear why EMU is undesirable for Britain and for Europe . |
| 17 | Leapor 's contempt for the idea of ‘ A long Succession of domestic Kings ’ is close in spirit to a passage by ‘ Sophia ’ , the pamphleteer : |
| 18 | Enthusiasm for the idea is great but I wonder if you could provide me with the following information ? |
| 19 | The leader was perhaps doing no more than drawing on the enthusiasm detectable in each of the two components of the party for the idea of citizenship . |
| 20 | The extra complexity of the second hypothesis may seem a good reason for preferring the first , but in fact any theory of latent inhibition will need to find some place for the idea that associability can change if it is to accommodate the chief conclusions to emerge from Chapter 3 . |
| 21 | Several people have claimed the credit for the idea that if the LRDG could pick them up after a raid , it could also deliver them to within easy walking distance of future targets . |
| 22 | Herbert caught his enthusiasm for the idea . |
| 23 | There is strong support for the idea that excessive pain , expense , and hardship , together with no hope of benefit , may serve as the starting-points — though obviously words such as ‘ excessive ’ need further careful definition . |
| 24 | He had lost most of his enthusiasm for the idea by now . |
| 25 | However , since , in the mixed condition , the high incidence of singular references is associated with continuations based on the named-character , support is gained for the idea of contrast over mixed description types , influenced or driven by a tendency to isolate a named character through its elevation to status of ‘ principal character ’ ( cf. |
| 26 | As usual the mothers were all for the idea of travel : |
| 27 | Niels Reimers , director of Stanford 's office of technology licensing , told New Scientist that there was substantial support For the idea from both universities and industry , though the establishment of the corporation would require ‘ considerable effort and commitment ’ . |
| 28 | Loper hopes to win funding for the idea soon . |
| 29 | Just as the idea of a voyage was more satisfying than the trip itself for the poet Baudelaire , the Romantic tradition in France is strong enough for the idea of a well thought-out plan to be more important than its execution . |
| 30 | When they wanted to stop the investment programme , it was managing director Malcolm Cotton who fought for the idea . |