Example sentences of "rid of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Western governments should be prepared to protect not only writers , but publishers and bookshops ; and Britain should get rid of its own unnecessary curbs on free speech , the laws against blaspheming Christianity . |
| 2 | But , taking its cue from the Flowers Report , the industry began to look with renewed vigour for somewhere to get rid of its most troublesome detritus . |
| 3 | But , in both cases , the need for and expense of the stores arises from the nuclear industry 's failure to plan ahead for getting rid of its waste . |
| 4 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 5 | To add to Sears ' woes another £82 million went on getting rid of its loss-making menswear arm , which included Fosters . |
| 6 | The root-stock then has no option : with no or insufficient shoots to take the upthrust , it has to get rid of its energy with top growth of its own . |
| 7 | Herndon , Virginia-based Ada language development systems specialist Verdix Corp wants to get out of its defence and aerospace software niche and into the commercial development tools market with the C and C++ languages , and to that end is seeking to get rid of its Secure Products Division , which develops and markets security products , including the Verdix Secure Local Area Network system , which is designed to protect information from unauthorised access by electronically securing different levels of data on a single network . |
| 8 | Having got rid of its international stores chain with the spin-off of InterTan Inc , Tandy Corp is heading back into the international market again and says it expects to open a second SuperCenter store in Stockholm , Sweden in the third quarter ; the company already operates a third SuperCenter in Copenhagen . |
| 9 | Last week Germany got rid of its constitutional right to political asylum , the most liberal in Europe . |
| 10 | ‘ They say a soul feels lighter for getting rid of its burden of sin . ’ |
| 11 | If the merger goes through , Beecham could get rid of its cosmetics business , with sales of about $700m , and some of its food and drinks brand names , such as Marmite . |
| 12 | The pillar of gas and sand was pulled out by the wind , darkening the sand under its shadow and forming a curtain of haze under its base like you see under a heavy cloud sometimes as it starts to get rid of its rain . |
| 13 | Well Belfast International has got rid of its rival and BA has ‘ freedom of the skies . ’ |
| 14 | However , the UK mining group plans to sell off Nerco 's oil and gas interests and may get rid of its gold and silver operations as well . |
| 15 | Mary did refer to Scottish affairs in her letters , but under the influence of the cardinal , and in a manner which visibly lacked the vigorous interest shown in her determination to get rid of her governess . |
| 16 | So , it seemed that Scotland had got rid of her usurper , after a bare three months . |
| 17 | She has now called in an exorcist from Beverly Hills to get rid of her celebrity ghosts . |
| 18 | But I think she was like me she did n't really want to get rid of her baby . |
| 19 | If people told me that was all well and good but if they did n't , but I did hear about this erm er she did the operation on the girl who er who could n't get rid of her baby , and then it , she lo she sent she sent a telegram to her husband or a letter er it took a long while to come from the Far East , he was in the Far East . |
| 20 | It was too gloomy , she said , to lie there all by herself , she wanted to get rid of her depressing thoughts . |
| 21 | Tantrums are n't just attention seeking exercises , but also opportunities for your two-year-old to get rid of her pent-up frustrations and aggression at the world . |
| 22 | No , cunning bitch , she poisoned the feather and got rid of her husband . |
| 23 | Over Mrs T 's head , Prentice hopped from one foot to the other , making ‘ get rid of her ’ movements with his eyebrows . |
| 24 | He seizes him and disposes of him in the river like the previous three bodies , and finally gets his pay , the wife being all the more glad for having got rid of her repugnant husband . |
| 25 | so I 've got to get rid of her staff . |
| 26 | It was almost as if the agent could n't get rid of her fast enough . |
| 27 | Each new recruit goes through an AP — or Announcement Party — when she invites a group of family and friends to get rid of her kit — or goods . |
| 28 | and they 're not a bad price for all that , you see and I 'd get rid of her wardrobes that she 's got |
| 29 | get rid of her |
| 30 | And they come because they want to be rid of their fear : it gives them a completely new feeling of life to overcome their fear and come here . ’ |