Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said if a valuer were to get accurate valuations on all the properties in Milton Street it would take more than one day . |
| 2 | Seve Ballesteros criticised the length of the tour when it was announced in September , but Schofield stated : ‘ Our job is to get competitive opportunities for our members and we are not going to turn down opportunities . |
| 3 | The thing that worked best when we were going through an investigation was to get individual kids to come and explain it … mind you they made such a racket applauding them when they 'd finished etc. , but I felt they were listening more carefully to them than they were to me ! |
| 4 | We appear to be selfish , cynical creatures ; our greatest ambition in relation to rules of behaviour is to get other people to obey them so that our own cheating is even more productive . |
| 5 | At £12 per table leader , parliamentary democracy is getting good value . |
| 6 | With oil and gas exports , the objective is to get foreign currency with which foreign goods can be purchased and the domestic economy 's energy requirements are organised so that they are able to manage on the fuel which is left . |
| 7 | ‘ The most important thing is to get medical aid to the injured man as quickly as possible . |
| 8 | First fruits of February 's OEM agreement under which Data General Corp is to get 88000-based desktops from Omron Corp is the Luna 2001 which is built around Motorola Inc 's latest 88110 RISC CPU and runs the DG/UX operating system . |
| 9 | First fruits of February 's OEM agreement under which Data General Corp is to get 88000-based desktops from Omron Corp is the Luna 2001 , built around Motorola Inc 's latest 88110 RISC CPU and running the DG/UX operating system . |
| 10 | Primary function is to get new business for his company , decide policy , see clients remain happy , and turn in good profits . |
| 11 | Another way to thwart a hacker is to get daily print-outs of calls to the computer which would quickly weed out any suspicious activity , Mr Hook claimed . |
| 12 | THE US 's space shuttle is getting preferential treatment in the cut-and-thrust world of satellite insurance . |
| 13 | The problem was to get hot water to the wash basin . |