Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] to get [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have some idea as to the effect of wind on this final turn so that , if necessary , corrective action to get onto the final approach track can be initiated out of the turn . |
| 2 | this experience to get on the course |
| 3 | Yes but but I ca n't push this buggy up that very very very steep hill to get down the other side to the birds . |
| 4 | But trust a trained engineer to get to the root of the problem at a glance . |
| 5 | Yes Chairman , the figure of a hundred thousand as we said did , was erm a figure quoted on by account chief 's executive of the purchasing consortium erm , that was spoken at a public meeting held here in Harlow last week erm the issue of the the transport around the area erm , was accepted by the the chief executive of the health authority erm or of that of the consortium erm , and the and the view that it would be much more difficult with the lack of public transport to get to the more relo , remote areas of Essex the the reason that the erm reduced use of London was put into this report was also erm , clearly stated by the chief executive , i it 's their clear aim to provide more of , to purchase more of the services from within the north Essex area , and that was stated in a major part of the conta , of of their erm achievements and that automatically means a reduced amount of choice for those people who would otherwise for , to London . |
| 6 | ‘ If it 's so easy for Rain Morgan of the Daily Post to get at the truth , it 's a secret which ca n't be kept . ’ |
| 7 | WORKING TOO HARD FOR YOUR SOCIAL LIFE TO GET OFF THE GROUND ? |
| 8 | The point is to facilitate discussion of how to change things — how in terms of the title of this book to get Beyond the Inner City , both for Tyneside and for other places like it . |
| 9 | She sat humbly in the cold church , making some effort to get into the right mood for the service . |
| 10 | The colourful magazine is a one-off idea to get across the party 's policies on a range of issues affecting women . |
| 11 | So the quickest way to get to the woods , if you were part of the Martin household , was to enter the orchard farthest from the house and climb over the vine-clad wall at its end . |
| 12 | ‘ It has taken me all this time to get to the position where I can call people up on the phone go out to dinner or to the cinema . |
| 13 | ‘ Since the INCUBUS investigation looks like taking some time to get off the ground I can at least devote my attention to this new one . ’ |
| 14 | She discovered she was a split second too late in making a hurried scramble to get off the bed , because , in the next instant , Naylor was there with her , pinning her down with his body . |
| 15 | And there is no gratuitous information to get in the way . |
| 16 | You know , the difficulty of getting up to the flats , i you know I I suffered from arthritis , and er you know i it was quite a strenuous business to get from the ground up to our own flat . |
| 17 | If there was a swell on the east side where the the grating but there was also a gully landing which you get into the gully but it had to be a very fine day to get into the gully and there was a derrick there er you could a crane there that you could take everything out of the boat but it had to be a very fine day to get into the gully . |
| 18 | If there was a swell on the east side where the the grating but there was also a gully landing which you get into the gully but it had to be a very fine day to get into the gully and there was a derrick there er you could a crane there that you could take everything out of the boat but it had to be a very fine day to get into the gully . |
| 19 | They fell over each other to get to the door and tangled themselves into a knot of struggling limbs trying to get out of it . |
| 20 | Independent producers , whose dogged campaign to get into the BBC and ITV as well as Channel 4 has bitten deep into the old structures of the companies , now form an established and vibrant third force in television . |
| 21 | ‘ But I thought we had all day to get to the school , ’ remarked Endill . |
| 22 | It took us a good while to get to the location . |
| 23 | Canon , the Japanese consumer electronics giant , has entered the ferociously competitive audio market as part of a 10-year strategy to get into the world 's living rooms as well as its offices . |
| 24 | Yes , well I was on a r a radio programme with him at one time and er and he was telling about some of his sticky stories , and there was one where he was doing a similar job from a farmhouse and he picked the furniture up and had to drive down this long drive to get onto the road and the the farmer , who presumably was the man who felt er an injustice to him was being done as it were , he was on his tractor , saw the van moving down the driveway , took a shortcut to the road edge , and fired a shotgun at his van . . |
| 25 | Then there was a long drive to get to the house . |
| 26 | ‘ That would be a very useful way to get across the point that risk management is n't a negative process but can genuinely operate as a positive contributor to the bottom-line . ’ |
| 27 | If the thought of a lengthy moorland return is unappealing , an alternative way to get to the best of the escarpment in a shorter time is to start from a parking area near a prominent standing stone on the unclassified road to Trecastle . |
| 28 | Thirty-six competitors enjoyed a ‘ Gap ’ in the recent poor weather to get into the 19th dry . |
| 29 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 30 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |