Example sentences of "[prep] getting at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another way of getting at the question of disciplinary spaces is to ask about the boundaries of the discipline . |
| 2 | There is no such deductive way of getting at the skill description . |
| 3 | Do we have any ‘ instrument ’ or means of getting at the truth ? |
| 4 | Concealment for the purpose of getting at the truth received encouragement from the courts in their refusal . |
| 5 | As the DEA was plainly out to get him , and had blocked all access to the files he needed to clear himself , the only avenue open to him was to work with Pan Am , in the common interest of getting at the truth , using his training and experience to piece together the best defence he could . |
| 6 | Questions about the ‘ core ’ and ‘ boundary ’ of a discipline imply a spatial or territorial metaphor ; but another way of getting at the nature of disciplines is to explore their internal structure . |
| 7 | I saw his words as a way of getting at the Countess . |
| 8 | Like getting at the prostate , for instance . |
| 9 | For instance , a particular user ID could be prohibited from getting at the disk drives or the network , or from using the PC at all during certain hours . |