Example sentences of "be getting a [adj] deal " in BNC.

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1 Especially as he has been getting a rough deal from some sections of the crowd .
2 We may not like the fact that they stop exports — they affect some of the exports of my constituency — but they are bloody-minded because they think that they , too , are getting a rotten deal from the CAP .
3 A new generation of canny investors who have inherited family fortunes will quickly switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal .
4 This is thought to be widespread , and is causing institutional investors , big holders of junk from the late 1980s , to complain that they are getting a raw deal .
5 SO Irish Americans think Ulster Catholics are getting a raw deal .
6 We must recognise that they are getting a raw deal and are being victimised by the Government .
7 The families of children with learning difficiulties are getting a raw deal , according to a national children 's charity .
8 POLICYHOLDERS with some of the country 's biggest insurance firms are getting a raw deal as premiums rise steeply , Labour claimed today .
9 ‘ Customers are getting a raw deal and have a right to be angry .
10 Bargain-hunters flocked to the stores , believing they were getting a good deal only to find they had paid the normal price or , in some cases , more .
11 Er it did seem , it did seem , it would seem to a quite a lot of people that they were getting a good deal and they would accept that , and they would , relatively speaking , they were getting a good deal .
12 Er it did seem , it did seem , it would seem to a quite a lot of people that they were getting a good deal and they would accept that , and they would , relatively speaking , they were getting a good deal .
13 They were getting a good deal out of staying at our house .
14 Seething at the thought that acne-ridden new savers were getting a better deal than a man of his maturity and substance , he retired like a wounded beast to its lair to ponder the problem .
15 What they had begun to realize was that they were getting a rough deal and that no one else would take any notice .
16 No wonder they were getting a raw deal .
17 The article went on to say that staff employed in the tourist industry were getting a raw deal , and that the government should take a hard line and introduce new legislation on taxation for the hotel industry .
18 ‘ Ross Perot is getting a good deal more attention than he deserves because there 's a perceived vacuum , ’ says Tsongas .
19 For the advertiser who is concerned as to whether he or she is getting a good deal from an agency or media specialist , companies such as Media Audits provide a service that compares the buying performance of different advertisers and their agencies in similar markets and media .
20 4.3 We would therefore submit that if anyone is getting a good deal it is most certainly not our members .
21 However , one of the scientists directing the study , Dr Derek Stevenson , says : " I am not sure the pesticide industry is getting a fair deal at the moment . "
22 No doubt he was getting a great deal of macho satisfaction at finding her at such a disadvantage .
23 I just thought Blagg was getting a raw deal .
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