Example sentences of "[noun pl] get [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Checking that the straps on her equipment were tight enough to prevent anything moving and making a noise that might alert anyone nearby , Ace slipped through a stand of bushes to get a better view of the road . |
| 2 | popular theory now decrees that small specialist retail companies get a higher stock-market rating than the big conglomerates , so the latest fashion is for Sock Shops , Body Shops , whatever it is , with very high p/Es , while larger organisations get a lower rating because they are a group . |
| 3 | Nicholson laid it on a piece of black velvet that lay on the work top , allowing his visitors to get a better look at the tiny object . |
| 4 | popular theory now decrees that small specialist retail companies get a higher stock-market rating than the big conglomerates , so the latest fashion is for Sock Shops , Body Shops , whatever it is , with very high p/Es , while larger organisations get a lower rating because they are a group . |
| 5 | This will help the seedlings to get a better hold , and will make it evenly firm — this in turn results in even germination , without gaps . |
| 6 | In this way , it is often possible for organisations to get a clearer idea as to which potential expatriate couples are likely to make a success of their assignments overseas . |
| 7 | I think it 's a most disgraceful system quite honestly , and my own party , and the Liberal Party before that , have been campaigning for years to get a fairer system , but there 's nothing we as a Council can do about this unfortunately . |
| 8 | Absorption and diffraction could help industrial researchers get a better handle on the materials they use . |
| 9 | Surveyors get a better fix from lasers |
| 10 | But shareholders get a bigger dividend . |
| 11 | Trainees do n't lose their entitlement to benefit and employers get a better idea of what they 're like . |
| 12 | By helping teachers to set real-life problems for pupils , employers get a better class of recruit . |
| 13 | Our task is to try and make sure that two and two come out at five and the members get a better deal from the new union than they got from either of the amalgamating unions . |
| 14 | GIRLS GET A FAIRER SHARE |
| 15 | The trip was part of the team 's continuing training programme and enabled the members to get a better understanding of how the heliport 's safety services operate in the event of an emergency . |
| 16 | ‘ She looked too small to be the Queen , ’ said Mr Fagan , so he drew back the curtains to get a better look . |
| 17 | Mr Robinson continued : ‘ The Premier League executives now talk to clubs between meetings to get a better understanding . |
| 18 | The loos at Caernarvon Castle were once nominated for an award but , nice as they are , the place is n't exactly flush with conveniences — again , men get a better deal . |
| 19 | Two-thirds of our men concede that they think men get the better deal in Britain today , with 56% of them agreeing that the balance of power is still tipped too much in favour of men . |
| 20 | Do you find that your shows get a warmer reception in Europe ? |
| 21 | A CHEQUE for £3,000 from Springfields will help Lancashire schoolchildren get a closer look at the heavens . |
| 22 | I pushed up my goggles to get a better look at her . |