Example sentences of "to get at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point I 'm trying to get at sir is that erm it is none of it is in none of our interests , either the planning authorities or even of the developers , that if we were to erm find a strategic sites policy appropriate for this alteration , it 's in none of our interests that it should be confusing to the public or to the development industry as to how rare a thing this should be and how tightly directed it should be in geographical terms . |
| 2 | So Open Server for Kix is an A P I , an application programming interface , which allows us to get at S Q L data on D B Two S Q L , but also allows us to get at any another database or application system which resides in . |
| 3 | He got some sort of report from intelligence sources in England that Steiner was killed at a place called Meltham House trying to get at Churchill . ’ |
| 4 | He got to his feet and tried to fly up to get at Bower-bird , but every time he leaped into the air he fell back to earth . |
| 5 | A tall thin guy I had seen in the house before crawled on all fours in front of the television to get at Nicola 's joint . |
| 6 | The company has set up focus groups to talk to large US PC users , but has n't yet hit on a magic formula that will allow it to get at users directly and in a cost effective way . |
| 7 | The role of the head has not been ostensibly diminished but , in the words of Maclure ( 1988:140 — 1 ) : there is scope for an over-zealous governing body to get at cross-purposes with an over-zealous head . |
| 8 | It also outlines what guidance and support you can expect to get at work and what we expect from you in return . |
| 9 | What did bother him was that Graham used him to get at Barak . |
| 10 | It was not to pass examinations and qualify for better wages , not to raise themselves into a higher social class — though these are respectable ambitions and no doubt many of those early students felt them — but to get at knowledge for its own sake because without it their existence would be less worth to them , that the working classes demanded education and got it . |
| 11 | The danger 's coming closer all the time — whatever it is — and besides , the Threarah is n't going to like it if he finds out that you 've been trying to get at rabbits in the Owsla , Bigwig . |
| 12 | Small fish swing around in the currents , head-butting molluscs , to get at food . |
| 13 | Lurking behind their response are images of RE reflecting past experience : " dull " , " irrelevant " , " soft option " , " load of nonsense " , " dangerous — trying to get at people " , " morals and all that " , " a training in prejudice " , " an anachronism in the modern world " , " the odd one out in schools " , " to do with the God squad " . |
| 14 | In an attempt to tap a potentially huge , but difficult to get at market , the two companies will rent out the necessary kit in packages starting from £90 a month . |
| 15 | I was still a nothing , but I was in a good position to get at Charlie when the time was right . |
| 16 | CD-ROM systems have made it much easier for anyone with minimal computer literacy to get at information of all types . |
| 17 | It is much more difficult to get at property profits than at share profits — everyone has to live somewhere . |
| 18 | To get at French you crossed the sea . |
| 19 | This accident … it was to get at Jack , right ? |
| 20 | For if a holder thinks that the buyers will really be able to get at 36s. all that they care to take at that price , he will be unwilling to let slip past him any offer that is well above that price . |