Example sentences of "[is] [adj] to get [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it 's confusing to get to grips with , WinMaster is a well thought out , useful program . |
| 2 | A SPONSORED swim is due to get under way tomorrow at the Walton-on-the-Naze pool to help save dolphins . |
| 3 | Repairs are expected to cost at least £4.5m and work is due to get under way in the next few weeks . |
| 4 | Rebuilding work is due to get under way in the next few weeks when councillors decide which bid to accept for the contract . |
| 5 | PowerGen , which along with the other English generator , National Power , makes up 50 per cent of BR 's freight business , said the contract would be cancelled from next spring when BR privatisation is due to get under way . |
| 6 | Hawaii and Iceland are nearly as far apart as it is possible to get on Earth , but both are composed of basalts , and oceanic volcanoes everywhere in the world are composed of almost identical basalts . |
| 7 | At such moments we come as close as it is possible to get to the spirit of Crime and Punishment . |
| 8 | ‘ All right , for the sake of argument , I am Ewan Famber , or the nearest it is possible to get to him now . ’ |
| 9 | Raising the suspension will not improve off road driving but will be detrimental to on road driving It is possible to get to most places with a standard vehicle suspension or heavy duty suspension |
| 10 | It is possible to get round the need to refer to yourself by using the following devices , which can be varied in order to avoid any over-formulaic effect : — Adverbs and adverbial expressions Instead of " I think it is likely that … " use " Arguably … " ( but bear in mind what we have said about " arguably " above , Chapter 3 , p. 68 ) . |
| 11 | Milton Keynes is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get in England , and Roger Mason 's motivation in coming to us was never quite clear to me ( perhaps it was n't to him either , for although after four intensive years ' research he produced a many-hundred page ‘ draft ’ of his thesis , far in excess of what might be required , he finally failed to submit it for examination ) . |
| 12 | That is as genuine an example of a knee-jerk reaction as it is possible to get in this place . |
| 13 | It 's about halfway between London and Edinburgh , about level with Liverpool and Hull , and it 's easy to get to by train , plane or automobile . |
| 14 | It 's impossible to get through the jungle to Saigon from here . " |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Microsoft 's attempts to increase usability have worked well , producing a package which is easy to get to grips with and fun to use . |
| 17 | Although its drawing and selection tools are slightly more convoluted than they need be , the program is easy to get to grips with and has some nice touches that make it more usable than most . |
| 18 | It opens on to open countryside and is easy to get to . |
| 19 | This is the closest this little girl is likely to get to a lion . |
| 20 | Second , takeover raids typically bid up the share price significantly , so again the incumbent management has considerable leeway before it is likely to get into trouble and be out of a job . |
| 21 | Such legislative changes are seen as necessary ( by government in particular ) to curb abuses of privilege ( by improper disclosure of information ) and confidentiality , and more is likely to get onto the statute books as appreciation and concern grows of the power and damage that information can wield . |
| 22 | ‘ We are always looking for more employers to become involved and anyone who wants to support our work is welcome to get in touch . ’ |
| 23 | Over the past few months they have been told that their primary and community health care is awful ; now the government tells them that accident and emergency departments will shut , along with 2000-odd hospital beds , when their immediate evidence is that it is hard to get into hospital . |
| 24 | That 's because you , you want to , everyone does , you want to think in terms of conductances , so it 's hard to get over this problem , so do n't get over it . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's hard to get past Greg Norman , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Attempts to revive the buyout of United Airlines are meeting with little enthusiasm on Wall Street and a new bid — possibly with the support of Jay Pritzker , the Chicago financier — is unlikely to get off the ground before early 1990 . |
| 27 | Gari — that 's my Guru — says it 's important to get in touch with your inner being . |
| 28 | You 've got ta to do it so it 's clear , concise and puts across the information that you feel is important to get across |
| 29 | It 's tough to get into the union , and it 's tough to earn a living in the profession . |
| 30 | " There 's a lot of opportunity out there , " he says , " and it 's tough to get to the bottom of it all . |