Example sentences of "[prep] get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MCI Communications Corp is now shipping the GEC-Marconi Ltd VideoPhone for $1,500 the pair after getting Federal Communications Commission approval for the device , which is being sold here in the UK , in Japan , Singapore and Germany . |
| 2 | Yeah , and then Brian 's sort of got gingery tints in his hair , but my dad 's still brown . |
| 3 | The state-funded National Consumer Council said : ‘ If these legal reforms go through , ordinary people in England and Wales will stand a much better chance of getting real justice . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think there is a real prospect of getting major changes to this bill , ’ he added . |
| 5 | At this stage , Browns Lane has not given up hope of getting rear seats into the convertible , but it is proving a hard task , and it is probably that only the coupe will be a two-plus-two . |
| 6 | For someone who can give an object as plain and manageable as a book all the symmetry and neatness of a loosely wrapped food blender , the prospect of getting cumbersome gardening tools into a parcel terrifies me . |
| 7 | So we had this idea of getting other people to buy it with us . ’ |
| 8 | In both these cases the old plates made the necessary points , and there was no need to go to the trouble and expense of getting new ones . |
| 9 | The legal process takes a long time and the task of getting new Regulations approved remained incomplete when I retired . |
| 10 | However , having said that , the best way of getting new business is by referrals from satisfied clients rather than completely new assignments with completely new clients . |
| 11 | He blamed the delays on ‘ the realities of getting practical things off the ground ’ , but insisted that the Government was sticking to the original target figure and they were making ‘ excellent progress ’ . |
| 12 | Local incentive schemes are the most likely way of getting general practitioners to change prescribing habits by ensuring that they see the benefits retained in local health care . |
| 13 | The justification for this practice was that the dealer who could do business with such clients would thrive in the dealing room proper where he stood a chance of getting reasonable leads . |
| 14 | Much of this Wilson was inclined to blame on the difficulties of getting suitable men to act as local delegates or secretaries and on the impatience of the seamen . |
| 15 | of getting ordinary crayons because |
| 16 | who was at Cambuslang at that time , commented " He seems hurt at being asked to preach as a candidate and I sympathize with him in this , as I think candidating and preaching contests are the most objectional things conceivable , and also the least satisfactory way possible of getting good ministers as a rule good men who have done their work well will not preach as candidates for myself I never in my life either preached as a candidate , offered for a parish or got a certificate . " |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | To avoid being taken to the cleaners , Which ? suggested the best way of getting good results was to hire a firm recommended by word of mouth . |
| 19 | Once again i caught on the three methods that I thought would work on the day and to say the least I was more than confident of getting good points . |
| 20 | It was not enough to excel in the swimming and the running , which he knew he did ; what was going to be the good of getting good scores there and nullifying them with a duff riding round ? |
| 21 | Research in Britain is finding ways of getting good crop yields without the need for high levels of nitrate fertiliser |
| 22 | For example , part-time workers who earn enough to pay contributions may not qualify for unemployment benefit unless they can produce evidence that they have a ‘ reasonable chance ’ of getting part-time employment in the locality . |
| 23 | Well they say they see people that erm have more possessions than theirselves and they see in their eyes an easier way of getting similar possessions . |
| 24 | So in fact , we could have caused chaos on Oxpens Road by parking the bus on double yellow lines and making a big thing of getting handicapped children out , in and out of a specialised vehicle , but we , we actually prefer not to do that , and we go on the car park each week , and we pay the same fee as anybody else fee , pays because er we feel that that 's the right and proper place for us to be and the children to be , as they 're just ordinary members of the community with some special needs . |
| 25 | The main barrier seems to he fear of getting non-original work — but we get that anyway . |
| 26 | All you can say is , there are different ways of getting reproductive success and er being a female mimic , or a little sneak , is er , is just one way of doing it . |
| 27 | ‘ The art of getting cheap publicity ’ — FT headline . |
| 28 | Nor the hurdle of getting paid release . |
| 29 | Whether it 's landscapes or portraits you want , you can always be sure of getting perfect enlargements . |
| 30 | I know a great deal about the difficulty of getting homoeopathic treatments referred by general practitioners because there is a homoeopathic hospital in my constituency . |