Example sentences of "to get [prep] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Zen and Taoist traditions , it was always the aim to get beyond words to the direct experience , and an emphasis on the senses rather than the thoughts may be a help in achieving this very necessary state . |
| 2 | There 's this baby starling with these funny stubby wings trying to get to bits of the bread but the other birds are too quick for it . |
| 3 | It is claimed that catering colleges have failed to get to grips with the developments of technology , acknowledge its importance and provide students with a level of understanding based on the industry 's needs . |
| 4 | IT WAS about here that the Mancunians really began to get to grips with the sheer scale of their music . |
| 5 | They were so keen to get to grips with the enemy that they disregarded much of the training in stealth and guile . |
| 6 | Headquarters was fully aware of the need to provide as much protection as possible and Stirling submitted a plan to mount a whole series of raids on airfields on the night of 13 June , mainly making use of the Free French who were longing to get to grips with the enemy . |
| 7 | He thought these were helpful plans — something positive to get to grips with the habit and see an end to cash shortages in the housekeeping as money was siphoned off for another packet ; no more sandpaper taste in the mouth ; no clothes reeking of stale tobacco and an end to the shakes . |
| 8 | The Highlanders were eager to get to grips with the enemy and , after an opening volley of musketry , charged forward to attack Argyll 's right , only to be taken in the flank by his dragoons . |
| 9 | As with the STANDARD version , there is an excellent on screen tutorial to help you to get to grips with the exact facilities of the Professional package . |
| 10 | Brailsford deplored the incapacity of pacifists to get to grips with the larger drift of British foreign policy — the effective entry of Britain into the European alliance system . |
| 11 | I was just beginning to get to grips with the Campaign for Ink Print Information , but Women 's Tapeover could not keep up with the steady stream of new feminist writing that was emerging week by week . |
| 12 | Sir , — There have been numerous reports this year of Ipswich Town 's failure to get to grips with the increased demand for tickets . |
| 13 | I could n't wait to get to grips with the famous putter and was duly grateful that the Friday afternoon traffic was reasonably light , with fewer than usual kamikaze lorry drivers about . |
| 14 | And with such eagerness in still wanting to get to grips with the rock . |
| 15 | Ducal influence in the region has , however , been judged remote and ineffectual , a verdict based largely on Gloucester 's inability to get to grips with the problems caused by the decaying system of local office holding . |
| 16 | It is not an attempt to get to grips with the fundamental problems of this society . |
| 17 | It is not enough , therefore , to say that more women should do science , or that domestic economy should be compulsory for both sexes ; we have to get to grips with the ways in which ‘ femininity ’ is consistently devalued , both in society generally and specifically in the education system . |
| 18 | Others felt frustrated by their inability to get to grips with the lab work : |
| 19 | ‘ Kicked out of Oundle before I had a chance to get to grips with the first line of the Aeneid , if you want to know the truth . |
| 20 | So , why has the PC taken so long to get to grips with the market and how is it faring today , some two years after the phrase ‘ desktop publishing ’ was coined . |
| 21 | He wakes early next morning , and gets out at once , anxious to get to grips with the city . |
| 22 | In addition , it is an assumption that precludes them , to a large extent , from beginning to get to grips with the language- based problems that learners might experience and providing teachers with useful insights into how linguistic factors might help or hinder a child 's progress at school . |
| 23 | Firstly , there was some feeling that the report had tried to deal simultaneously with too many different groups of teachers and , in doing so , it had failed to get to grips with the needs of adult tutors ; by assuming that they were similar to those of part-time teachers it had failed to recognize the large managerial element in their work . |
| 24 | ‘ Never been able to get to grips with the difference between illusion and reality . ’ |
| 25 | bit more easy to get to grips with the physical stuff |
| 26 | From the above brief outline of work attempting to get to grips with the character of aesthetic response it can be seen that it is both complex and ‘ multi-layered ’ , a term used by Greger ( 1972 ) to describe how multiple meanings come to attain a feeling of significance by being grasped at the threshold of consciousness . |
| 27 | Widgery , meanwhile , attempted to get to grips with the Greek Street gang . |
| 28 | It has everything you need to control your stock and invoices and is the ideal package for the small business , due to its ease of use , it took me only five minutes to get to grips with the program . |
| 29 | FAILURE to get to grips with the problem of young offenders will result in ‘ a natural breeding ground for long-term criminality and even terrorism ’ , the RUC Police Federation has warned . |
| 30 | Robert had earlier won the 250cc race but in the superbike he was forced to make up ground after a bad start and was never able to get to grips with the leader . |