Example sentences of "[adv] get to [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If schools feel that the National Curriculum does not get to the heart of the matter , that it is a relatively superficial means to more important ends and has important omissions , then is it not up to the schools to work through the National Curriculum or add to it to secure their goals ? |
| 2 | He also followed up a rumour that another ME I 10 had crash-landed north of Glasgow the same night , although he did not get to the bottom of it , and assumed it was more evidence of the Scottish Saturday Night . |
| 3 | We did not get to the top of Helvellyn . |
| 4 | He did not get to the end of the sentence . |
| 5 | At times , a simple piece of advice can quickly get to the heart of the matter : |
| 6 | It is very unlikely we will ever get to the bottom of it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You mean that the world was once so simple , and suddenly it 's full of amazingly interesting things that you 'll never ever get to the end of as long as you live . |
| 8 | Most learn by trial and error that they can never really get to the bottom of the problem if they did not witness it and so emphasize the importance of sharing and co-operating in the family so everyone stays happy . |
| 9 | You 've got to really get to the right of that red , so can rush it down to the , left of that hoop with the red paint on it . |
| 10 | ‘ Except that we wo n't get to the South of France now . ’ |
| 11 | Any character who does n't get to the top of the hill before the forest does is sucked into the trees , lost forever as one of the damned souls trapped in the translucent trunks . |
| 12 | He still could n't get to the bottom of it . |
| 13 | But I 've never really known about the Slippery Elm stick , wh , er did n't get to the bottom of it , you know , what it was . |
| 14 | But I did n't get to the point of giving them names , which was just as well , because in the end they both had to go to market . |
| 15 | If you do n't get to the end of it within a couple of days , come to me and I 'm sure I 've got somewhere on my old Mac . |
| 16 | " The Archbishop the next day travelling to Rochester , told his story to some of his familiars and had scarce concluded it when he was siezed with a sudden shivering and sickness , that he could scarce get to the village of Halling , a place of the Bishop of Rochester , where he had no sooner arrived by going to bed that night he died of a fit of collick " . |
| 17 | Parody can sometimes get to the heart of the matter in a way that imitation can not , and George Birmingham 's King Tommy is genuinely Ruritanian in its quirky way . |