Example sentences of "[conj] to get the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For where to get the medicines see the list of useful addresses in Appendix 3 . |
| 2 | Note that to get the divisions to operate as we wish , all we have to do is to impose a transfer price and then let them get on with it . |
| 3 | Did you find out from the last exercise that to get the area of a triangle we simply do the following ? |
| 4 | Mr d'Ancona admits : ‘ It was probably harder to get British industry to respond to the legitimate requirements of the oil industry than to get the oil industry to make allowance for the legitimate interests of the supply industry . ’ |
| 5 | It is actually better to under water it — even if you wait until the leaves just start to wilt — than to get the compost too wet . |
| 6 | The secret is to have sufficient height and to get the angle to the field about right before turning onto the base leg . |
| 7 | A long-held piece of advice to couples is to keep short accounts , and to get the differences sorted out right away . |
| 8 | Pimples can cause much anguish , so it pays to learn as much as you can about your skin , and to get the help of your doctor or a dermatologist at a hospital skin clinic . |
| 9 | ‘ It is vital that victims combine together to negotiate and to get the authorities such as the Office of Fair Trading , the DTI and the police to take the appropriate action , ’ Mr Kay stresses . |
| 10 | I urge him to go to the railway stations each weekend and to get the newspapers that are handed out free of charge . |
| 11 | Goldwater 's enemies presented the Senator as a harsh , uncompromising ideologue , a threatening figure likely to abolish social security and to get the United States involved in a nuclear war . |
| 12 | I want slick passing , quick passing and to get the ball BEHIND the defence occasionally . |
| 13 | In the light of what surely must be a changed forecast , will the right hon. Gentleman review his hostility so far to careful public expenditure designed to create infrastructure improvements for the future and to get the economy moving ? |
| 14 | I think it would be to survive and to get the audience its erm its target audience was getting smaller and smaller |
| 15 | I did n't stay there long ; I was told very forcibly that the job had to be done and to get the hell out of his cabin . |
| 16 | And all the while we monitor to keep tabs on what is happening and to get the feedback we need to make in-flight adjustments . |
| 17 | And and to get the stones , you would be working with just explosives ? |
| 18 | Test out a small piece first to check that your choice of thread colour is right and to get the tension correct . |
| 19 | But to get the subject as a whole into perspective , it is necessary to look back to the past … |
| 20 | Now the town is going for the big one , but to get the title Entente Florale , it needs to beat off competition from seven other nations . |
| 21 | But to get the richness of true Italian egg pasta , you need at least four eggs per kilo of flour . |
| 22 | But to get the vote of China , which objects to the use of force , the document stated clearly that Chapter 7 was invoked to ‘ ensure the security of the UN Protection Force ’ , rather than permit aggressive action . |
| 23 | They ran out of money , and they 've had to be supplemented since to get the job finished . |
| 24 | The whole point of the undergirding cables was to provide some shear bracing and so unless the operation was done with a knowledge and accuracy which were rather unlikely in the circumstances , so as to get the cables roughly at forty-five degrees , the expedient probably had usually as little effect as it seems to have had upon Paul 's ship . |
| 25 | Could Filmer have been so stupid as to get the horses ' names wrong in addition to the cities ? |
| 26 | Questions should be open ended so as to get the candidate talking . |
| 27 | They went through all the narrow places , and bad passes , and leaving the ambush on the left , struck to the right hand , so as to get the Moors between them and the town . |
| 28 | Similarly , the motorist who discovers that he should pull out the choke button a particular amount so as to get the car to start on a cold morning is also an empiricist . |
| 29 | ‘ Askeo ’ means to train , exercise , endeavour , and Paul exhorts Corinthian Christians to ‘ run in such a way as to get the prize . ’ |