Example sentences of "[adj] to get at " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said , ‘ Yes , we know that , but it 's easier to get at from the front . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ As far as I can see there is only one house that is easier to get at that way than by going through the town , and that is the house on stilts . ’ |
| 3 | She did n't get on well with them anyway ; probably she married as much to get at them as anything else . |
| 4 | It 's only a small crag , this , a mile or so from the car-park , easy to get at , a little ruined by the serpent presence at its side . |
| 5 | Most of the functions you need are easy to get at via the toolbar at the top of the screen , including Open , Save and Print commands . |
| 6 | If anything happened to the computer and it proved impossible to get at the data inside , you could go to your back-up diskettes and simply copy the data back into the computer when it had been repaired , or replaced , or put it onto another computer . |
| 7 | At first sight , nine tricks are comparatively easy , but on closer inspection it becomes clear that it is impossible to get at all of them . |
| 8 | Cos it 's almost impossible to get at it . |
| 9 | That is about as much as the East Europeans are likely to get at the moment . |
| 10 | What seems objectionable in Matza 's argument is that he clearly believes there is a ‘ hierarchy ’ of stances in relation to deviance , not just alternatives : the appreciative stance is portrayed as superior to either the romantic or the correctionalist in that it is inherently more likely to get at the truth . |
| 11 | Not only does this mean that you are more likely to get at the truth , but it is also likely to be more fruitful for whatever purpose you have in mind . |
| 12 | Er and erm it 's difficult for people to maintain er not only as I say , but in their lifestyle over a particular period of time , so you could be more likely to get at the truth by this method , than by sending out questionnaires . |
| 13 | In most casings this makes it pretty awkward to get at , but the Sigma 's casing is spacious enough to allow access to these vital sockets . |
| 14 | However , Sir John Cockroft was in the USA at the time , did not attend the lecture and so was unable to get at first hand insights into what the Soviets had , and had not , done . |
| 15 | If I have a partner , Zambia wo n't be able to get at me . |
| 16 | Neither journalists nor ordinary voters have been able to get at him . |
| 17 | You have to agree to keep up payments for ten years and normally will not be able to get at the cash in the meantime . |
| 18 | How will you be able to get at it ? |
| 19 | Water companies are obliged to give more comprehensive data to local councils , so consumers should be able to get at least the same amount of information . |
| 20 | For if a holder thinks that the buyers will really be able to get at 36s. all that they care to take at that price , he will be unwilling to let slip past him any offer that is well above that price . |
| 21 | And eventually in exasperation the bird flew a short way down the beach and picked up a small stone in its beak and then it returned and it bashed the shell repeatedly until it cracked it open and it was able to get at the contents inside . |
| 22 | We must be able to get at all the different ways in which a lexical item transcribed as is used . |
| 23 | My large , triangular landing net is stuck net upwards in the mud to the left of the gap in the rushes where it will be handy to get at and easy to catch hold of in the dark . |
| 24 | It should not be possible to get at the dangerous mains wiring without using a screwdriver or other tool . |
| 25 | It is much more difficult to get at property profits than at share profits — everyone has to live somewhere . |
| 26 | It 's difficult to get at the timbers once you 've insulated , so get the job done properly and carry out the treatment before insulating the loft . |
| 27 | The prostate encircles the beginning of the urethra and is therefore rather difficult to get at directly . |
| 28 | The problem is that the pool of liquid usually forms underneath the car , where it is both inconspicuous and difficult to get at , so the chances are that it will not be mopped up . |
| 29 | There 's an igneous intrusion there , with fragments of garnet peridotite — that 's a rock from below the earth 's crust — and I 'd like to spend a bit of time there , though the rocks at the north-west end look pretty difficult to get at . |
| 30 | With closed questions it is easier to count the replies and perform statistical operations on them , but it is difficult to get at what the respondent really thinks about something . |