Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] to get the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Langbaurgh has made several all-party attempts to get the Government to reconsider its spending limits . |
| 2 | This is n't true , the logging practices were atrocious , and even tribal burial grounds have been uprooted by the loggers , and the number of deaths last year , in 1989 , logging deaths was 94 , because they 're sending loggers up even steep slopes to get the timber than they would normally , so there 's actually a lot of bad practice going on , so we 're hoping to fund Friends of the Earth , Malaysia in their environmental programme to help the indigenous people defend themselves , and therefore the forest better . |
| 3 | I had to alternate between different sizes to get the degree of control I wanted . |
| 4 | Just as the DoE lost its early struggles to get the Electricity Board to accept pollution controls , it fell to the Forestry Commission ( FC ) to pronounce on the state of the nation 's forests , although environment scientists declared themselves convinced of the risk as early as 1982 . |
| 5 | One might start by repeating examples done by previous mental-art-scientists to get the feel of what it 's about , but since each brain is complexly different from the next , so its expression has to be complexly different and one must soon press on with one 's own structures — and yet there is the universal bond of molecular structure , which is another way of saying " form/art is everywhere " . |
| 6 | This would almost make it only eligible for a speculative developer who reckoned he might be able to pull the right political strings to get the site suitably rezoned for a later sell-on . |
| 7 | Gary Smith : ‘ You learn to pull the right triggers , push the key words to get the money . |
| 8 | Some parents may already use a variation of this procedure by sending children to their rooms , but this is usually for long periods to get the children out of their way . |
| 9 | Although Cypress has made great efforts to get the HyperSparc to the launch platform so quickly ( when compared to Viking , see front page ) — the design process spanned just 18 months — Cypress has one major problem : it has no customers signed-up for the thing yet . |
| 10 | We seem to have a breed of unadventurous promoters who can only offer us the likes of Grooverider and Carl Cox , making it difficult for talented newcomers to get the break they deserve . |
| 11 | Mike went to great lengths to get the ergonomics right , tailor-made to Mary 's size and strength . |
| 12 | She sees no need to diet but that does n't stop her from encouraging others to get the pounds off . |
| 13 | Here , someone had gone to considerable lengths to get the cushions toning in nicely with the curtains . |
| 14 | This means that the designer must avoid long unbroken sequences of questions demanding little thought or deliberation from respondents , otherwise they are likely to grow bored and inattentive and provide ill-considered answers to get the interview over with . |
| 15 | Concerned when turnover did not match the grandiose scale of the shop , Bertelsen tried various tactics to get the merchandise moving , including putting on an early sale . |
| 16 | Mark and cut the shape on a piece of cardboard , transfer on to the front of the tile , and using a few downward strokes to get the cut started , saw out the shape . |
| 17 | That en entailed employing men to get the coal , and er he was responsible for the wages , he was paid by contract the amount of coal that er he produced , his stall produced . |
| 18 | I had tried it before and put on more weight due to not re-educating my eating habits , but I needed to see immediate results to get the enthusiasm to continue dieting . |
| 19 | I talked about the conditions that Normandin had described and kept repeating that it was n't a question of doing a deal , but of looking at other ways to get the hostages out . |
| 20 | So that these people go to the urban areas to get the jobs , they 're not trained erm , for these jobs right and as a result , these wages rates still , may still be maintained despite the fact there are lots of people who are quite happy to take wages erm , in , take up jobs in the urban sectors , it 's the fact that sort of , employers do n't want them , because they do n't have the requisite skills . |
| 21 | They were asked to use their influence with local officials to get the water supply re-connected to the £1 million villa rented by Mona Bauwens . |
| 22 | It is also worthwhile explaining that the recording is intended to capture the child 's natural language and that the adults should try to behave as normally as possible and should not make any special efforts to get the child to talk . |
| 23 | The account of the design contract with Freeman Fox in London and the subsequent efforts to get the construction done by companies in the United Kingdom presents a depressing picture of British industry as seen from abroad . |
| 24 | ‘ Many people feel that Radio 1 has just made a couple of minor alterations to get the critics off their backs . |
| 25 | But if what is sought is merely a gross comparison between the damage of corporate and ‘ conventional ’ crimes , then the current level of official information available provides sufficient facts to get the ratio in perspective . |