Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is surprising is that a new colony has settled down to breed so quickly — it normally takes a year or even longer for a newly-formed pair to get down to breeding . |
| 2 | However , by asking members of the elite group questions such as ‘ How many members of the group have you worked with on committees ? ’ , and ‘ How well do you know each member of the group ? ’ and ‘ Whose support would be necessary for a major project to get substantial community backing ? ’ , some elite studies of community power have revealed remarkable consensuses about the existence of elite groups , and about their power , and have supported such findings with demonstrations of the interaction of members of the supposed elite groups . |
| 3 | Coun Ord , a member of Sedgefield District Council , has called for a concerted campaign to get the proportional representation across . |
| 4 | It 's difficult for a Black girl to get a credit card . |
| 5 | Teaming up with the Unanimous Decision Crew he talks us through a languid groove based story of how ‘ hard it is for a black man to get a job ’ , ‘ If you 're black , what 's your destination ? ’ he enquires . |
| 6 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 7 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 8 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 9 | A ramp that made it possible for a disabled woman to get in and out of her home has been demolished by the local council . |
| 10 | One route is to take a hostile view of takeovers involving the absorption of a domestic firm by a foreign buyer , since takeover is often the best method for a potential competitor to get an initial share in the domestic market . |
| 11 | Arguably it 's easier now for a British composer to get an opera on to the stage than at any time since 1945 . |
| 12 | First of all , there is the very real ethical problem : is it morally permissible for a social scientist to get information through false pretences ? |
| 13 | If you are a small family , look for models with the sort of controls that allow you rinse-and-hold cycles — a short cycle which rinses dishes for a short time to get rid of dried-on food and any smells so that they can then wait till you have a full load to put through . |
| 14 | Our usual joke is that for a Hungarian novelist to get published and widely read , he has first to be sent to prison . |
| 15 | A third route could be to permit vertical relationships and restraints between domestic producers , or domestic producers and distributors , which made it difficult either for a foreign firm to set up production and gain essential supplies , or for a foreign firm to get access to existing distribution networks . |