Example sentences of "[noun sg] of get at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There is no such deductive way of getting at the skill description . |
2 | Another way of getting at the question of disciplinary spaces is to ask about the boundaries of the discipline . |
3 | Questions about the ‘ core ’ and ‘ boundary ’ of a discipline imply a spatial or territorial metaphor ; but another way of getting at the nature of disciplines is to explore their internal structure . |
4 | I saw his words as a way of getting at the Countess . |
5 | One way of getting at the varieties of relationship in these poems is to group them , not too dogmatically , into poems where the I dominates , and those where the Thou carries more weight . |
6 | Ah 've seen pictures of drinkin' vessels where the only way of gettin' at the liquor is through the penis , but Ah 've never seen fellatio depicted or pictures of miniatures like this … |
7 | Concealment for the purpose of getting at the truth received encouragement from the courts in their refusal . |
8 | As the DEA was plainly out to get him , and had blocked all access to the files he needed to clear himself , the only avenue open to him was to work with Pan Am , in the common interest of getting at the truth , using his training and experience to piece together the best defence he could . |