Example sentences of "[be] to get a good " in BNC.

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1 The interviewer is trying to be objective and scientific , yet has to establish and maintain ‘ rapport ’ if he is to get a good interview .
2 The secret against sprinting predators , such as the big cats , is to get a good start on them .
3 The heavier your pack , the more important it is to get a good fit .
4 Therefore , if this backward boy was to get a good education , he must somehow be crammed up or taught up to scrape a scholarship at one of the big independent schools where most of the fees would be paid for scholars .
5 The professor 's wife said something about how difficult and expensive it was to get a good cleaning woman , and the professor responded uneasily , insensitively , aware that he was not getting the respect he was used to in his Senior Common Room .
6 As it happened , Toby was to get a good conspectus that day of the foothills of Burleigh teaching .
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