Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ed 's comment : Test kits can quickly deteriorate with age , and if they do you will of course get variable results from them . |
| 2 | We may of course get different amounts of utility if our tastes differ , but we all consume the same quantity . |
| 3 | For it does rather need a constant stream of work to get full value from the investment in girders , gantries , hoists and related hardware that were installed for manipulating ( and originally for dismantling ) huge aero-engines . |
| 4 | We have had a lot of delay getting suitable material from John Ranford and Chris Roles regarding Will Aid but I gather that this is now to be ready by the end of the month and hopefully Euan will be starting at the beginning of July if we can plan accordingly . |
| 5 | In political systems heavily dependent on trading and dealing , matters of principle get short shrift , long-standing problems are not faced and there is little scope for more than modest incremental change . |
| 6 | Mrs Mitchell wants to know if she can increase or decrease the width of the pattern , in order to get complete repeats of the pattern on a sweater that is a different size to the one she used her 23-stitch repeat for . |
| 7 | Perhaps , in the West , it is still necessary for accountants to demonstrate that fact by calculations in order to get general managers and the workforce to take it to heart . |
| 8 | If the Liberal Democrats threaten rebellion , Labour will say : ‘ We have a programme to get Britain out of recession ; we want to get rid of the poll tax ; we want to rescue the health service , and you are standing in our way in order to get petty party advantage . |
| 9 | If you mean ‘ pirate ’ , you can get lost , but if you want to analyse programs in order to get reset pokes , for example , you 'll need to learn machine code first . |
| 10 | In order to get official night leave , one successful plot was to pretend to have a brother or an uncle , depending on the prospective escort 's age , who was supposedly visiting Paris . |
| 11 | Therefore it is important to select a system which is designed to prevent this reduction in temperature in order to get maximum benefit . |
| 12 | Authorities on the cutting edge of independent care management will have to intensify their monitoring of assessment costs in order to get quick handle on their care managers ' expenditure . |
| 13 | But such activities — advertising and the like — are costly , and the raider may have to improve the offer in order to get sufficient shareholders to agree , which lessens the raider 's own return . |
| 14 | There are instances , fortunately very rare , of mothers simulating illness in their children in order to get medical attention — this is known as ‘ Munchausen-by-proxy ’ or ‘ Meadow 's syndrome ’ after Professor Roy Meadows , who first described two cases in 1977 . |
| 15 | In order to get full compensation the buyer will have to look to tort , as in the case of fraudulent misrepresentation , or sue for breach of contract . |
| 16 | Although our results need to be replicated , they suggest that at least those patients with hypoxia and dyspnoea at rest get significant benefit from supplemental oxygen . |