Example sentences of "not getting the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , they have the knack of employing the best architects , but not getting the best out of them . |
| 2 | The professor 's wife said something about how difficult and expensive it was to get a good cleaning woman , and the professor responded uneasily , insensitively , aware that he was not getting the respect he was used to in his Senior Common Room . |
| 3 | Without Angela Morgan , at least two major clients were in danger of not getting the assiduous service they were paying for , and it would be well worth trying to see if one of them , whom he knew to be a fellow refugee from family life at the weekends , could be found . |
| 4 | In competition for new investment , hotels and ferries came way behind the main business and these two potentially successful concerns were not getting the management or main board attention they deserved . |
| 5 | When things are going wrong the Government 's supporters call it a failure of presentation and everyone trots out the old excuse that ‘ we are not getting the message across ’ . |
| 6 | Like Robert Capper said : ‘ If you 're not getting the pictures you 're not close enough . ’ |
| 7 | A delegation of the residents complained that they were not getting the priority in rehousing which had been promised them and demanded to know whether or not they would be moved before the winter . |
| 8 | Like bees buzzing up and down my window pane , the instinct is too deep for such a creature to see or to reason that he is not getting the expected response . |
| 9 | FRONT GATE : They got the hall and the bridge , but they 're not getting the front gate . |
| 10 | And , as I grew more frustrated at not getting the screenplays into production , and I saw Q bring his book out , I thought I could maybe do what Selvon did , but in our time . |
| 11 | Complain that the Committee is not getting the coverage it ought to have for the work it 's doing . |
| 12 | Not getting the exam results you expected is a lot more common than you might think . |
| 13 | And allied to this are concerns about ‘ not getting the results ’ and about one 's reputation with colleagues in general , and especially with the senior staff whose opinion can make or break a career . |
| 14 | As ever , the acid test for search consultants is not getting the people hired , but whether those people are doing an effective job two , three or four years later . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Intel vociferously denied to Unigram last week suggestions circulated on the InterNet by GE 's research and development Center in New York that it 's hit a brick wall with its P5 design , is not getting the yields and is on a crash redesign course that would delay the parts until the end of next year . |
| 16 | ‘ Aid to these countries is of a high humanitarian priority at the moment , ’ he said , ‘ and it is not getting the desired coverage because of problems in neighbouring states . ’ |
| 17 | In between times , a whole psychological scenario is elaborated , in which we piece together the flavour of his anxiety about the pay , his disappointment at not getting the information out of the lady , his interpretation of what she is like ( inferred from her appearance , actions , and conversation ) , his assessment of her son , his misunderstanding of the son 's errand , and his recollection of how he came to be involved in the interview . |
| 18 | Mr Falk suggested that we as a profession are not getting the message about risk factors across to the population . |
| 19 | I teach physical education erm , in the primary schools in Edinburgh , and because of the equal opportunities , obviously I teach football to primary girls and boys , but I feel that the girls are not getting the opportunity |
| 20 | I mean , I knew from my own experience that carers were not getting the help , they were not getting the back-up , so any sort of really good telephone numbers I had laid my hands on got sort of written away in a wee book , and I was lucky enough to come across an association that actually backed up carers and actually were willing to sort of , put their life on the line and say to me , yes , you have got rights and you need support and we are here to give you that support . |
| 21 | I mean , I knew from my own experience that carers were not getting the help , they were not getting the back-up , so any sort of really good telephone numbers I had laid my hands on got sort of written away in a wee book , and I was lucky enough to come across an association that actually backed up carers and actually were willing to sort of , put their life on the line and say to me , yes , you have got rights and you need support and we are here to give you that support . |
| 22 | Adrian Bourne : ‘ We were not getting the best range of stock into Dillons ’ |
| 23 | But we are just not getting the support from the trade . ’ |
| 24 | I mean if we 're not getting the service why |
| 25 | Maybe you 're not getting the full story and all the facts . |
| 26 | But he was angry , having just been hauled over the coals by Kragan and Frick for not getting the Englishman to talk . |
| 27 | Even if the practice overspends its funds , there is no question of patients not getting the treatment they need . |
| 28 | As I grow chrysanths we have to do erm I 'm not getting the right word . |
| 29 | And you 're not getting the proper circulation down through |
| 30 | I 'm not getting the practice I should , though . |