Example sentences of "[n mass] of get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practise opening more airbrake during the hold off as a means of getting the glider down fully held off , but without such a long float . |
| 2 | This can be put to good use in soaring conditions as a means of getting into the lift when cruising at a high speed . |
| 3 | It touched Lorca to the point that he reduced his poetry to a secondary status , concentrating on theatrical communication as a better means of getting his message over . |
| 4 | The combination of lack of access to a car , difficulty in using public transport because of the increased likelihood of disability , and inaccessible location of necessary services , means that older people are both more likely to have difficulty walking and yet more likely to depend on walking as means of getting about . |
| 5 | Or has this whole summer for Mansell been a fabrication of what he really felt , a means of getting out of his Ferrari contract by saying he was quitting and then holding Williams to ransom after they had backed themselves into a corner ? |
| 6 | Many look upon them as an opportunity to put training into practice , or as a means of getting their first introduction to the tasks that will face them should they be posted to Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | Do we have any ‘ instrument ’ or means of getting at the truth ? |
| 8 | To her it was just a means of getting from A to B , but she welcomed its invention because it lessened cruelty to horses . |
| 9 | Transition curves were temporarily eliminated from the pure geometric shapes of the twentieth century : in part , as a reaction to Art Nouveau but also as a means of getting a firm grip upon design . |
| 10 | But he was singing ; people only do that either if they are drunk or if they are trying to collect some money , in which case they will sing and sing all day , having no other means of getting it . |
| 11 | She had no means of getting into the end house , as the keys were upstairs . |
| 12 | Sex is often used as a means of getting close and having contact , but if we are of this type then we feel that the partner will sense our detachment of feeling and lack of giving , and so will reject us . |
| 13 | Negotiation is therefore a means of getting what you want from other people and as such qualifies as a tricky situation ( see page 168 ) , where the way you behave is a make or break factor . |
| 14 | For them , cable from a local receiving station would be the only possible means of getting the programmes . |
| 15 | Lessees are sometimes astonished to be told that in spite of obtaining planning permission with their landlord 's knowledge , they still require his consent and if he is not inclined to give it , the means of getting him to agree can be difficult , slow and expensive . |
| 16 | Next , find out the best means of getting there . |
| 17 | It did n't occur to him until he was travelling home that in learning the truth he had also acquired the means of getting his revenge . |
| 18 | When he was imprisoned in 1768 for sexual sadism he managed to secure an early release by the devious means of getting his wife pregnant while she visited him in jail . |
| 19 | ‘ Walking could , and should , be a pleasurable means of getting about . |
| 20 | Bonefish Straker reckoned that some Bahamian kids must have stolen the boat as a means of getting home , but we would never know who had wrecked her , only that they had removed a dinghy load of gear including her chronometer , sextant , VHF , barometer , spare sails , lines , fenders , and even the mattress off the starboard quarter-berth . |
| 21 | ‘ I believe education is a right in itself , not merely a means of getting a job . |
| 22 | Derek and I drove down there and shut off the whole barn , preventing all means of getting in or out . |
| 23 | I think black kids look towards sport as a means of achievement or a means of getting out of society . |
| 24 | An exhibition can be viewed as a means of getting noticed and attracting publicity and contracts : as a rare chance of seeing a good deal of your recent work together and thus creating an opportunity for self-evaluation and an assessment of the way your work is developing ; and , by no means least , as a way of selling work . |
| 25 | Do you want the exhibition to be a low-key means of getting some experience , or create and attract a lot of local media coverage ? |
| 26 | From the point of view of people seeking work , the kin group continues to provide a reliable and up-to-date information network and a means of getting to the head of the queue of potential employees . |
| 27 | A long while ago I watched Tom Keating on TV painting a ship during which he discussed putting on a varnish and painting in the rigging through the varnish as the only means of getting a nice line . |
| 28 | Similarly , the Scandinavian antipathy for power-hungry , dominant task leaders in groups fits poorly with the German tolerance of dominant power-holders as a means of getting things done . |
| 29 | Do not use alcohol as a means of getting to sleep , this will simply lead to alcohol dependence and there is evidence that alcohol has a detrimental affect on the quality of your sleep . |
| 30 | In fact , unreasonable behaviour is often used as a means of getting a quickie divorce where husband and wife both want one but do n't want to wait for the two-year separation period ; and because the age of chivalry is still not dead , men are often willing to let their wives petition for divorce when the fault is fifty-fifty , or even when the women are more to blame . |