Example sentences of "to get at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities . |
| 2 | Those who want to get at the frozen part of their savings in the old currency will have to buy new currency from the central bank , at auctions where it will cost them well over its face value . |
| 3 | The sandstone was quarried here at first , but later mined when this was found to be more economical than removing the ‘ overburden ’ — the rock and soil which has to be dug away in quarrying to get at the useful strata . |
| 4 | To enable us to get at the real reasons for lending decisions and influences upon those decisions , we decided to adopt a different approach from any previous research … ‘ |
| 5 | I point out the empty ‘ shells ’ of others on the grassy cliff-top , and explain that this is the work of the local great black-backed gulls , who seem to enjoy cracking open these echinoderms ( which are really modified starfish ) to get at the small amount of ‘ meat ’ inside . |
| 6 | There are a large number of living species that are predators , some species using the modified radula as a kind of poison dart , others employing it to bore neat , perfectly round holes through the shells of prey ( often bivalves ) in order to get at the nutritious interior . |
| 7 | Erich Honecker , for instance , continued demolishing villages in East Germany until the end , but only in the relatively rational quest to get at the dirty sulphuric brown coal underneath them to provide inefficient and polluting fuel for his tottering smoke-stack industries . |
| 8 | The bones are of antelopes , gazelles , hippopotami , pigs and other animals , and many have been smashed , presumably to get at the nourishing marrow ; some even show marks of cuts , inflicted by a stone tool when the bone was still fresh . |
| 9 | It should not be possible to get at the dangerous mains wiring without using a screwdriver or other tool . |
| 10 | ‘ Buzzing , ’ he replied , turning the couchette over to get at the narrow bed . |
| 11 | Consuelo had taken them out to get at the anti-inflammatory tablets for the patient with the sprained ankle . |
| 12 | To get at the true explanation we must concentrate on the fact that the bureaucracy 's ‘ particular functioning is not directly determined by its class membership , by the political functioning of those classes and functions from which it originates : it depends on the concrete functioning of the state apparatus , i.e. on the place of the state in the ensemble of a formation and on its complex relations with the various classes and fractions ’ . |
| 13 | The next definition , which we formulate from a desire to get at the fundamental building blocks as far as multiplication in Z is concerned , is intentionally unconventional , introducing , as it does , a familiar concept in an unfamiliar way . |
| 14 | The goldfinches pecked neatly and precisely : The snow buntings burrowed energetically , discarding dead stalks and leaves with a quick flick of the head ; then dug deeper to get at the hidden seeds , their busy movements leaving visible impressions . |
| 15 | Back in the 10th century they would scoop out holes in the sand to get at the crude for medicinal purposes . |
| 16 | I will try to slant my handwriting to be more adult like , I will try to get many merit points , I will try to get at the top sets for every lesson you are in the top sets for every lesson do well in them , I want to carry on my good progress in the sports area , I do many sports now and I want to do more |
| 17 | Caspar was trying to get at the dead magpie that Philip was still holding . |
| 18 | Caspar , straining to get at the dead magpie , leapt forward and the collar snapped . |
| 19 | When they rise to an equal level , like for instance if I have a choice between going to a woman doctor and a man doctor and they 're both on the GP list , I will choose the woman , because the woman has had to fight tooth and nail , probably , and work much harder , to get at an equal level with the man , so I would suspect that I 'm getting value for and quality there by going for the woman . |
| 20 | Remember , though , that you need to get at an internal filter for maintenance , so do n't make it completely inaccessible . |