Example sentences of "get a clear [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Unless you 've got a clear order through the proper channels please do n't do anything over here .
2 Adam may have fallen for your charms , but I 've got a clear head and I 'm immune . ’
3 I mean have you got a clear idea of the relationship between the so-called Author and his character .
4 Saying ‘ no ’ to many things at work is another way of declaring ‘ I 've got a clear idea about my priorities . ’
5 The Trust still asks my advice , but it 's not an easy process because although I 'm very old I 've still got a clear idea about what I 'd like to do in the garden . ’
6 They said to me now do you know anybody who 's got a clear accent or anything like that so I thought yes , I 'll er , I 'll , I 'll pop in .
7 We 've got a clear evening after that .
8 I mean , I do I do take your point about the culture , and it and it 's it is a significant issue , which will take some time , I mean , probably wi with your experience in Social Services you 'll know that a substantial number of directors of Social Services are in fact female , and maybe one of the questions that we have to ask at a senior level is , our s senior erm , chief officers , erm , the fact that we 've got no woman , chief officer , and it may well be because now that we 've got an equal opportunities policy , that we may get applications from erm , very able women who see that we have got a clear commitment to equal opportunities demonstrated in this paper .
9 I 've got a clear understanding inside my head that this business is taking place before I ever met you . ’
10 I was out in front of the Hatch & Hodges office at the time , directly across the street , and I got a clear look at the girl even with all the people around .
11 Thus , on sale , the purchaser got a clear title from the tenant for life , free from the limitations of the settlement .
12 Then I got a clear view of the mink , which was grabbing tufts of grass in its mouth and dragging them backwards into the den .
13 BSL looks imaginal ; one gets a clear insight into the happenings of the story ; it is impossible to understand it unless the receiver of the message enters into the perspective offered by the story-teller .
14 MAKE everyone in the house agree to breakfast at the same time so you ( a ) get a clear kitchen , and ( b ) know you can get some help .
15 When the defendant has served his comments , the schedule should be lodged with the court , so that the trial judge can , before the hearing starts , get a clear picture of which of the issues raised in the case are agreed and which disputed and why from the pleadings , the experts ' reports and the schedule .
16 If only she could fit the jigsaw together and get a clear picture of this man who so intrigued her .
17 It is also at Hatfield that we first get a clear glimpse of the tricky controversial personality of Cornelius Vermuyden .
18 These cases have the very valuable result of getting a clear decision from the House of Lords , upheld in this respect by the European Court of Human Rights which took nothing from that decision , that such former members owe a lifelong duty of confidentiality .
19 Sometimes the competitors jump a course of various jumps , those with a clear round will then either go against the clock — which means the person getting a clear round in the fastest time wins .
20 The main snag with binaural stereo , apart from the inconvenience of listening through headphones , is the difficulty of distinguishing front from rear sound , and getting a clear feeling of height .
21 Bishop levelled his gun , but Tiw prevented him from getting a clear view of the target .
22 Turning the pages together , they read what Luce Weston had written , getting a clear picture of someone who had loved more than she 'd hated , and given more than she 'd taken .
23 By placing radon gas detectors in homes the scientists are getting a clear picture of the problem around the country .
24 One way of getting a clear perspective on those crimes and criminals causing us most harm , injury , and deprivation is to excavate unreported , unrecorded , and non-prosecuted crimes .
25 Will you get a clear run in your presentation or will you be interrupted by tea arriving , or latecomers drifting in ?
26 Frankie Dettori 's mount did not get a clear run in the Group Two event but , despite finishing last of six , was only beaten around two lengths by Swing Low .
27 If we can get a clear idea about the situation in which teachers find themselves at present , and how they experience it , then we shall be in a better position to see what the most productive way forward is .
28 If the wind died for just a moment ; if she could just get a clear sight of the cockpit …
29 yes , because it 's only when the scheme actually starts to operate that you can er get a clear picture of what the cost are going to be , they are budgets , they are estimates and until you start incurring costs you ca n't be absolutely certain as to how the costs are gon na end up
30 If it 's jewellery it 's harder , it will show up , erm if you 're marking things like engagements rings , then the best thing to do is actually take photographs of them with a ruler or some sort of erm comparison of the size of the item cos if you do like a a ring on a photograph it 's gon na , it 's gon na come out like a , so if you got a ruler to say , you know , it 's only sort of one and a half inches in width or whatever , then we can actually get a clear picture of , of that .
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