Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] to get at " in BNC.

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1	, I did n't know that one had gone , usually it 's the bulb over there that had gone , but I find it so difficult to get at , you change it .
2	What seems objectionable in Matza 's argument is that he clearly believes there is a ‘ hierarchy ’ of stances in relation to deviance , not just alternatives : the appreciative stance is portrayed as superior to either the romantic or the correctionalist in that it is inherently more likely to get at the truth .
3	Not only does this mean that you are more likely to get at the truth , but it is also likely to be more fruitful for whatever purpose you have in mind .
4	Er and erm it 's difficult for people to maintain er not only as I say , but in their lifestyle over a particular period of time , so you could be more likely to get at the truth by this method , than by sending out questionnaires .
5	It is much more difficult to get at property profits than at share profits — everyone has to live somewhere .
6	Yes it 's a bit more difficult to get at
7	The pre-school market is large , positive but notoriously difficult to get at ; this major new drive from Collins should be watched with interest .
8	She did n't get on well with them anyway ; probably she married as much to get at them as anything else .
9	The prostate encircles the beginning of the urethra and is therefore rather difficult to get at directly .
10	Cos it 's almost impossible to get at it .
11	In most casings this makes it pretty awkward to get at , but the Sigma 's casing is spacious enough to allow access to these vital sockets .
12	There 's an igneous intrusion there , with fragments of garnet peridotite — that 's a rock from below the earth 's crust — and I 'd like to spend a bit of time there , though the rocks at the north-west end look pretty difficult to get at .
13	Perhaps it is simply the case that this is very difficult to get at by methods which are feasible .

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