Example sentences of "to get round the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contras had been supported , through the CIA , since 1981 ; in 1984 , in order to get round the Boland amendments ( which forbade the administration to spend appropriated money on the contras ) management of the war was brought into an office on the third floor of a building beside the White House . |
| 2 | Strategies to get round the problem could include selective spraying with conventional insecticides , including two different insecticide genes in plants , or even planting ‘ sacrificial ’ pesticide-free crops to attract some of the susceptible insects away from the protected crop and keep them in the breeding population . |
| 3 | They too had been paid in oil to get round the world trade boycott . |
| 4 | In anticipation of the rush to get round the mast , the front foot is placed by the mast foot . |
| 5 | The main priority at first is to get round the course without falling off ; then , as you improve , you can start to think about tactics , some of which are explained below . |
| 6 | As well as being asked how often they commit illegal acts , respondents are generally asked details of their social characteristics , social class , race and so on , in an attempt to get round the biases in official criminal statistics . |
| 7 | The British Crime Survey of 1983 , a research project carried out by the Home Office , is a recent example of how victim and self-report studies can be used to attempt to get round the problems of and deficiencies with the official criminal statistics . |
| 8 | The libraries with the most extensive training programmes were most likely to be the ones who had clearly identified their training needs , and who were looking for ways of either increasing or maintaining the effectiveness of their training by developing methods that would enable them to get round the restriction of decreasing staff ‘ mobility ’ . |
| 9 | My knees were knocking and my lips quivering , making it difficult to get round the words . |
| 10 | To get round the problems of securing a satisfactory comms link out in the sticks , multinationals are acquiring VSAT links , provided by the local PTT or anyone else that can obtain licensing . |
| 11 | As Figure 2 shows , all the stresses have to get round the crack tip and are sharply bent in doing so . |
| 12 | Nora tried her best to get round the wartime restrictions so that Constance could be well dressed . |
| 13 | It is believed that the UDA could now change its name in a bid to get round the law . |
| 14 | To some extent we are able to get round the problems of localizing lesion sites by using modem imaging techniques like NMR ( nuclear magnetic resonance ) and CAT ( computerized axial tomography ) scanning ( Carlson 1986 ) . |
| 15 | To get round the fact that the CSMA/CD carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection protocol prevents two nodes from transmitting data at the same time , so that video signals could get interrupted , isochronous Ethernet time-stamps the packets so they can be guaranteed to arrive at the recipient 's computer at the same time . |
| 16 | Many landlords try to get round the law by letting under one of these headings because of the degree of control they can exercise over the duration of the tenancy and over individual tenants . |
| 17 | I start by checking the nursery , where we 've got our glasshouses and propagation facilities , and I 'm always walking around — I try to get round the whole garden at least once a week . |
| 18 | There are so many sick in the village , February is a wicked month , and it seems to take me all my time to get round the cottages and then when I am back , I am extremely tired and I fear I 'm not as patient as I should be , poor little creatures and the baby still in his petticoats . |
| 19 | Various methods were adopted to get round the problem . |
| 20 | What has failed to attract attention , however , is the fact that there is a third possible response — avoidance , using legal methods to get round the law . |
| 21 | The missing boat is what is known as a 10-metre rule-beater built to get round the Government 's ruling that boats over 10 metres have to be licensed and adhere to controversial fishing quotas . |
| 22 | To get round the maggot queues , which often formed at Billy Clarke 's and John Arthur Broadhead 's on Button Lane , Ernest Jowitt 's on Fitzwilliam Street and Maurice Jackson 's on Asline Road , I used to take my empty Ostermilk tin to the Hide and Skin Company in Sheffield 's Pond Hill . |
| 23 | This is bad for everyone ; the local authority complains that their money spent on the facility has been wasted , and motorists complain because they still have to get round the cyclists . |
| 24 | We endeavored to get round the South West Cape on Sunday morning but was obliged quickly to retrace our steps . |
| 25 | Now they 've managed to get round the popular vote . |
| 26 | It is possible to get round the need to refer to yourself by using the following devices , which can be varied in order to avoid any over-formulaic effect : — Adverbs and adverbial expressions Instead of " I think it is likely that … " use " Arguably … " ( but bear in mind what we have said about " arguably " above , Chapter 3 , p. 68 ) . |
| 27 | The defendant will not be allowed to get round the Act by saying that the plaintiff was volenti . |
| 28 | If you , the teacher , take on the " obstacle " role you can focus on their use of space/ body language/ eye contact in their attempts to get round the obstacle . |
| 29 | That 's right , yes , yes , that 's right , because erm , there 's a gre there 's a higher elasticity of migration inelasticity in respect to income differentials than there is to unemployment , any job creation schemes will lead to more migration , rather than , rather than less , so how , how best to get round the problem ? |
| 30 | They may thus find ways to get round the controls . |