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

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1 If you 're like me you 've still got a fair way to go !
2 He wants you to know that you 've got those and you 've got a fair idea of how much you 're leaving .
3 they mean , you 've you 've got a fair idea .
4 Okay someone else in your own class say who 's got a fair idea about what 's going on but
5 just because we 've got a fair idea of you mi ,
6 He 's got a fair bit of savings . ’
7 You 've got a fair bit of our money tied up at the moment , and naturally we 've got to see that it 's all right .
8 But er yeah so we 've we we 've got a fair bit of information on three .
9 Anyway I mean I 've got a fair pile now to take in August ai n't I ?
10 Farmers say in previous years the public have n't always got a fair deal , as Simon Garrett reports
11 But you was with it all the War , even before the War , and then when the War came , and of course you 've got a fair amount when the War came on you see .
12 I think they 've still got a fair whack of root bedding plants in , particularly of good value .
13 We 've got a fair length in there have n't we ?
14 You 've still got a fair gap to make up between that and your salary .
15 Got a fair bauxite strike and some low-grade iron ore , but it 's standard .
16 And that was er duly inside , you 've got a fair number of spares on that .
17 The new arrangements were supposed to ensure that true fans got a fair chance , but a Sunderland Supporters Association spokeswoman said yesterday that was not the case .
18 Paul says : ‘ I do n't think he got a fair shake .
19 The rest of the lads got a fair distance down the freeway en route to Toronto before they realised they 'd lost him , went back , and found him still sitting there like a tit in a trance nodding away to his Walkman .
20 Every everybody got a fair share .
21 I was n't Gene Krupa , but I got a fair beat going before MacLane rapped my knuckles .
22 Because of the hostile elements facing farmers in the wetlands , mutual cooperation was essential , both in sharing the upkeep of flood-banks and drains and in administering a system of checks and balances to ensure that each person got a fair deal out of the common pasture .
23 Ensure that the candidate got a fair deal and left feeling that he had done himself justice ?
24 ARSENAL manager George Graham last night sold Perry Groves to Southampton and said : ‘ He never got a fair deal from the fans . ’
25 In spite of all the anxieties about finance , then , governors can make a valuable contribution and can help to see that every department or area of the school gets a fair share of the limited resources available .
26 Once you 've established that you have the interest of around a dozen parents ( the number can be bigger or smaller , although a circle can be rather unmanageable if too many people are involved ) , decide on a system of allocating sitting ‘ jobs ’ so each parent in the circle gets a fair share .
27 Shakespeare gets a fair crack of the whip , but as text samples to be read , examined closely , and evaluated , rather than as monolith .
28 We will strengthen the regulation of the utilities , enforce standards through our Consumer Protection Commission , and ensure prices are cut or other action taken where profits are excessive so that the customer gets a fair deal .
29 What will the Minister do to ensure that Wales gets a fair deal in research ?
30 Now , I think what we 've got to try and ensure is that , that rural counties like Shropshire get a fair crack at that money as well , and we need to be starting to develop and I 'll touch on this if I come , gentlemen , when I come on to development strategy , we need to be developing a regeneration strategy for the county , so that bids to the government for funding from the regeneration budget and from this , from the regen from the er , the single regeneration agency , er , are seen against the background of a cohesive strategy , and we , I think we will be much more successful when we go for government money bids , on that particular basis .
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