Example sentences of "way of getting [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are only two ways of getting into the Cabinet . |
| 2 | He worked out there were one hundred and seventy-three different ways of getting to the library from the dining room and fifty-two different ways of getting from his dormitory to the nearest toilet , which was only a few yards from the dormitory itself . |
| 3 | ‘ You should know by your age , Lachlan , there 's more ways of getting to the other side of a mountain than by chewing through it . |
| 4 | One of the best ways of getting to the heart of a character is to put him or her into a situation of extreme testingness . |
| 5 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 6 | It is wrong that people should be able to abuse the social security contribution system , and I hope that Ministers will keep a close eye on the matter because the smart people who offer advice may be looking for further ways of getting around the regulations . |
| 7 | These can be an effective way of getting through the work because a small group can afford to take more time to consider different aspects of a topic and can call in others to help — members of staff , parents and people from the local community with special expertise . |
| 8 | The song was a part of the day , a way of getting through the day tunefully , in rhythm . |
| 9 | I had no desire to go out , but it would be one way of getting through the evening . |
| 10 | To allow the primary sufferer to wake up in yesterday 's clothes , reeking of vomit , may seem unkind and unpleasant but it is a good way of getting through the denial system which might otherwise lead him or her to think that a lot of fuss was being made over nothing . |
| 11 | I saw his words as a way of getting at the Countess . |
| 12 | There is no such deductive way of getting at the skill description . |
| 13 | One way of getting at the varieties of relationship in these poems is to group them , not too dogmatically , into poems where the I dominates , and those where the Thou carries more weight . |
| 14 | Even worse , some think public relations stands in the way of getting at the real facts . |
| 15 | Another way of getting at the question of disciplinary spaces is to ask about the boundaries of the discipline . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Huy had returned to his house in order to work out a way of getting into the brothel known by the impious name of the Glory of Set — Nebamun had been right , he found that he simply could not let the whole thing drop , and now there was a friend 's death to be avenged — when the message had come for him from the palace compound . |
| 18 | Yeah , I mean that seems a plausible way of getting into the , er the job market , er what would Harrison Todaro erm say , you know , because they were saying that this migration , this migration was perfectly rational , despite there being high levels of unemployment . |
| 19 | Fraganes , a good way of getting to the more remote spots — it makes an eleven-hour round trip regularly , several times each week — — has gone , and no one is going my way . |
| 20 | At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly . |
| 21 | In any case other activities got in the way of getting to the Sunday services , but I managed the rehearsals and some weekday 5pm services . |
| 22 | So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along . |
| 23 | Travel on two or four legs is the most ancient way of getting around the world . |
| 24 | He sat watching the girl , wondering if there was any way of getting behind the mask . |
| 25 | To drive from Lascaux of the prehistoric caves in the Dordogne right across country to Valence on the Rhone is possibly not the most expeditious way of getting from the deep south-west of France to the Mediterranean . |
| 26 | One possible way of getting round the problem of the ‘ doorstep ’ explanation is to write a letter to people in the sample to let them know in advance of the survey and the coming call by an interviewer . |
| 27 | One argument for common investment funds is that at the moment they provide a way of getting round the narrow and wider investment bands that dictate charity investment . |