Example sentences of "[adj] to gain [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is , he argues , almost impossible to gain access to the nature of working-class consciousness in the past ; secondly , political practice is more strongly related to strategy and tactics than to views of society ; and thirdly overarching concepts such as culture presuppose internal coherence .
2 The above is intended to indicate the fairly small amounts of formaldehyde likely to gain access to the air in an embalming theatre , never-the-less we are very aware of the potential hazard of the gas and advise our members accordingly .
3 Those young people who gained places on what were called ‘ employer-led courses ’ , or mode A courses , were the ones most likely to gain employment at the end of their training .
4 Dust , grit , and ‘ wee beasties ’ seem to be able to gain admission to the vestibule of the inhaler through the open top of the canister housing , even though the safety cap has been religiously applied .
5 It gives a useful introduction to the subject and via the bibliography the reader will be able to gain entry into the specialist literature .
6 It is as if the inner mind structure presents a predetermined pattern to the sense organ , through the brain and sensory/motor nervous system , and only that input which relates to the inward pattern is able to gain entry to the creature 's world of subjective experience .
7 How will the public be able to gain access to the information that by law they have a right to see ?
8 Hundreds of people were unable to gain admittance to the hall .
9 In some cases it may be difficult to gain entry to the channel unless the product is somehow differentiated by way of uniqueness or lower price than those products already established in the channel .
10 is an input parameter specifying the module name and and password ( if necessary to gain access to the module ) .
11 So-called biometric security devices such as finger scanners are considered safer ; they check finger prints to authenticate a person 's identity before it is possible to gain entry to the system ( Ernsberger , 1988 ) .
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