As a phrase, "novel of ideas" is gathered from what seems now a somewhat dated typology used to categorize all novels as "of ideas," or as comedy of manners, or action, romance and so on, depending on the general effect.
The current state of knowledge was analysed by experts and unresolved issues as well as ideas for projects were gathered proactively.
The input and ideas of all participants were gathered, synthesized and the facilitator tested the panel to see if the listed causes, areas of substandard care and interventions were acceptable to all.
When she praised a specific bit of description, I had to admit that it hadn't come about spontaneously — it was only after looking carefully at the photographs and trying out various metaphors that I settled on the idea that the leeches were gathered around the middle of the bottle like a belt.
Descriptive statistics were gathered.
Data were gathered between October 2012 and March 2013.
Pacifism includes a wide variety of ideas that can be gathered under the general idea that war and violence are morally wrong.
And there has been massive public involvement in the revitalisation of the Plaza de España in the city centre: more than 30,000 ideas from citizens have been gathered, and later this year the public will vote on which scheme they want to be taken forward.
Along with many new ideas and obsessions he's gathered in Europe, his greatest is with Edith Piaf and he plays "Milord" over and over.
There are scarcely any descriptions or reactions preserved from the heyday of the machine play in the 1670s 1690s, although a general idea of its technology can be gathered from the better-documented French and Italian opera scenery which inspired Thomas Betterton at Dorset Garden Theatre.
