Example sentences of "[adj] to get a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's much easier to get a good sound , too — far easier than on the smaller amps and combos at the lower end of the market . |
2 | But I know of several people who having been in full-time Christian work have been prepared to get a secular job for a time , until the new church was able to support them . |
3 | I recommend the reader to read through the conversations in Appendix 2 to get a general impression of them before returning to this chapter and the next to read the discussion of detailed points . |
4 | For a moment she almost pitied the police , who would not find it easy to get a straight tale from any of its members . |
5 | It 's not always easy to get a compatible mixture of fish and plants which are geographically sound . |
6 | The list of possible influences on supply is , is exhaustive , erm , and as a result any models of agricultural supply response tend to be very , very simple , and it 's very easy to get a complicated model simply by looking erm , at why , one of these factors , disregarding er , any other , any other of these complications . |
7 | When one is a member of any society from a distance it is easy to get a wrong impression about what goes on at headquarters . |
8 | The Norweigan international goalkeeper has had contract talks with chief executive Terry Venables and looks set to get a new deal after a string of brilliant performances . |
9 | There was still rationing , it was nearly impossible to get a decent meal in London , and the whole atmosphere was very puritanical . |
10 | But until these fields were enclosed , until their multitudinous strips were reallotted in large compact blocks of land , and until the rights of common pasture over them were extinguished , it was impossible to get a single acre for building . |
11 | With the lack of air , the smells , the unrestrained vomiting of a woman in the top bunk ( why had she ever thought they were lucky to get a bottom bunk ? ) it took real hunger and a strong stomach to face food . |
12 | He let us off he said you two are supposed to get a late mark but I 'll let you off this time three and we 've got a detention . |
13 | we shall have to ring er the grand parents cos they wanted a copy , we 're supposed to get a free copy of the magazine we think , but they photocopied that for us just for fun |
14 | THE hottest new line in fashion is likely to get a warm reception when it hits stores at Christmas . |
15 | On honours degree courses , mature students are shown to do no worse than school leaver entrants , being more likely to get a good degree and less likely to drop out . |
16 | It would , however , be hard to justify spending £99.00 unless it is likely to get a great deal of use . |
17 | Even now , with so much suffering in the early stages of radical reform , he and his government are likely to get a better hearing from the voters than from Congress . |
18 | ‘ Will you help run the lucky dip stall at the summer fayre from 1 pm until 3.30pm ? ’ is more likely to get a positive answer than a general plea for help with the summer fayre . |
19 | Students with limited time to complete an essay would do well to begin here , although they are likely to get a British perspective and , inevitably , some less than comprehensive coverage . |
20 | The criminal fraternity knew that if he was shifting uncomfortably in his seat when sentencing time came , they were likely to get a ferocious sentence . ’ |
21 | J is angry , but he realises that you have n't got to get totally in-your-face to get a serious message across . |
22 | Even if the library does not have the information that you need , the librarian will probably be able to tell you where you can find it : with hundreds of books available about all aspects of archaeology , it is as well to sample a few of these to get a better idea of what aspects of archaeology interest you most of all . |
23 | If you leave after only a few months ' experience here , believe me , you will find it hard to get a good job elsewhere . |
24 | There is nothing wrong with that — in fact , without such precautions it would be hard to get a coherent programme together at all . |
25 | To work hard to get a better class of degree was regarded as the mark of a gray man — ; the worst epithet in the Oxford vocabulary . |
26 | It 's hard to get a real exchange going . |
27 | It was difficult to x-ray his leg so far up , and as it was a small machine and needed a relatively long exposure it was hard to get a clear picture with him shaking as the poor boy was doing by this time . |
28 | Many private practises wo n't treat these groups and they may find it hard to get a local dentist in future . |
29 | There seems to be no logical reason for ignoring some and then picking on one , but one can only suppose that , having missed , for whatever reason , their first opportunity of causing trouble , the authorities were just glad to get a second chance . |
30 | Most dairymen are usually bad-tempered at milking time , but Mr Crick was glad to get a new dairymaid at this busy time of the year . |