Example sentences of "[conj] to get rid [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Themistokles , as well as Kimon , perceived the political value of a friendly or at least neutral Delphi : in about 478 , when Sparta tried to expel the medising majority from the Delphic Amphictyony ( the federal organization which decided the sanctuary 's affairs ) , it was Themistokles who opposed them , arguing that to get rid of the medisers would make the Amphictyony unrepresentative of Greece : more bluntly , it would make a present of Delphi to Sparta ( Plut . |
| 2 | ‘ And to get rid of the gamekeeper . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We are trying to quantify an art and to get rid of the mystery around the shoemaking craft , ’ said Geoffrey Egan , the development and engineering manager . |
| 4 | One , a centre-spread from NSS , read : ‘ Liberal Democrat supporter voting Labour in this constituency : Tactical voting for electoral reform and to get rid of the Tories . ’ |
| 5 | Maybe it is true that the differences between women and men are genetically determined as suggested by Arnold Jago ( Letters NI 191 ) — and it does seem to be men who cause all the wars , poverty , oppression and are now causing the destruction of the planet — so perhaps Mr Jago would agree that there is no hope but to get rid of the lot of them . |