Example sentences of "[prep] get [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we had this idea of getting other people to buy it with us . ’ |
| 2 | The Ellis-Beto-Estelle ( Estelle was Beto 's successor ) era was one in which the primacy of getting good people to do the important jobs was unquestioned . |
| 3 | I believe that there are ways of getting local people to participate in their own ceasefire with some help from outside , but it should not need mass troop movements to do it . |
| 4 | The winners will be those with the most innovative ideas , especially for getting unemployed people work — so there ought to be plenty of scope fro an input from the ES . |
| 5 | I know the erm , remarks made about getting extra people to register and to have their green card , I 'm probably one of a few councillors with a green card . |
| 6 | Much of the communication we do at work is concerned with building personal integrity and credibility , with getting other people to accept opinions and advice and then to act on it . |
| 7 | parents sometimes need more help in getting young people to make the difficult change from childhood to adulthood . |
| 8 | Above : the RYA Junior Windsurfing Scheme has had great success in getting young people involved . |
| 9 | This is an important but different explanation from that which attributes failure of conservation programmes to the conservation agency ( e.g. the Ministry of Forestry , the Environment , or ad hoc project staff ) being ineffective in getting local people to cooperate with them . |
| 10 | We are not just watching from the sidelines , but rather are rolling our sleeves up and getting involved not just in getting local people back into work , but in keeping them there . |
| 11 | Lastly , where the LDDC has belatedly entered into ‘ agreements ’ with local authorities , such as with Newham and Tower Hamlets , and helped to set up training schemes like SKILLNET , designed to improve the skill levels of local communities , it has had little impact so far on getting local people into Docklands jobs . |
| 12 | If you 're lacking in self- confidence you may , do n't want , you do n't wan na get other people 's views and meekness impose them . |
| 13 | He has managed to remain popular and reformist — despite criticism from a vocal , if not powerful , opposition — by getting ordinary people involved . |