Example sentences of "[conj] getting [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This identification and sense of hope are technically possible in the home situation or in hospital but here is a serious risk that family members or medical and nursing staff will , by their own concerned actions intended to help the sufferer to eat , actually thereby enable the addictive disease to continue : there are few hinge the disease likes more than getting other people ( rather than the primary sufferer ) to take responsibility . |
| 2 | Jim was convinced that politicians were ‘ more interested in Westminster gossip about David Mellor than getting human rights established in law ’ . |
| 3 | You know , young , homeless people we pick up on this bus and er , we have , we we 've sort of ended up pursuing their cases with the housing department and getting temporary accommodation . |
| 4 | In the Third World 's most isolated region — the South Pacific — an innovative organisation is tackling serious health problems with a simple outreach programme … and getting extraordinary results . |
| 5 | We had to go back to Porto to clear Customs back into Spain , and getting decent Met information was proving difficult . |
| 6 | ‘ I think success depends on people getting together and getting committed people to help . |
| 7 | An Affiliate membership will also be available to those concerned with following the progress of specifications and getting early access to X/Open publications and guides , though no price was given . |
| 8 | Second , that I am not in a position of knowledge and I ca n't deliver some goods to them ; that basically , I 'm on a journey and I will hate the techniques I 'm learning for unpicking the threads of my life by becoming assertive and getting new knowledge with them . |
| 9 | I do hope that each and everyone has been hard at work encouraging your class members to renew their membership and getting new class members to join the Society . |
| 10 | They might n't win Brightside , adds Doreen , but they 're hopeful of Hillsborough and getting good returns in Hallam , where reigned South Yorkshire 's lone Tory . |
| 11 | The show which comes to Darlington Arts Centre on Thursday is playing to sell- out audiences on its national tour and getting good reviews into the bargain . |
| 12 | Whatever ramblers may think of mountain bikers ( and I will be the first to admit that they can occasionally be annoying ) , the fact is that they are mostly young people , enjoying the countryside , keeping fit and getting fresh air , which is surely something we all subscribe to . |
| 13 | will be offering advice and help , and getting initial reactions to the new qualifications . |
| 14 | The population , it was added , was for the most part interested only in their daily problems of work and getting sufficient provisions , and there was little talk about military events . |
| 15 | But getting suitable ones , to supplement the original first-class seats , has posed problems . |
| 16 | Because getting young Rossiter up to eleven lengths will see me to the grave . |
| 17 | He is keen that any refinancing will be done while getting fair market values for the companies in Eagle , not a fire sale . |
| 18 | As his family began to grow , money was hard to come by so he became a clerk for his family and John cannily gave dressmaking work to his new daughter-in-law to help them survive whilst getting good value for money for himself . |
| 19 | Given the rise in Berlin property prices , choosing a site is as important as getting major funding . |
| 20 | As getting tiny clothes was a problem for us I 've decided to put together a pre-term pack to loan out to NCT members who find themselves in need of them . |
| 21 | F has joined the layline too early and as well as getting dirty wind as he approaches the mark , he will have no option but to sail on as if there is a favourable shift . |