Example sentences of "[prep] getting [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | TO BE sure of getting value for money in rugby books it is usually good policy to lash out on a yearbook or an expensive work of reference . |
| 2 | She was hardworking and industrious , and in her work as a contracts officer enjoyed the challenge of getting value for money when it came to servicing the needs of the company 's departments . |
| 3 | Knowing a bit about Devonians I expressed no particular interest but commented on their rustiness and on the difficulty of getting spares for such old equipment . |
| 4 | Tin U's remarks , made during a visit by a group of SLORC ministers to the northern city of Mandalay , included a warning of action against people " who attack SLORC and create instability and unrest just for the sake of getting power for their party " , including public servants who were " deceiving " the government by engaging in " political intrigue " . |
| 5 | After tea she unpacked her shabby and much-mended clothes ( no chance of getting stockings for Christmas now , unless Felicity had a practical fit and sent her some ! ) and wrote two letters : a polite little note to Miss Henry , thanking her for past kindness , and a lengthy epistle to Gay , telling her the gloomy news . |
| 6 | Cobbett indicates that , at least in Kent , the working class was not yet reconciled to exchanging a cottage on earth for a mansion in heaven : ‘ they appeared to me to be thinking much more about getting houses for themselves in this world first : just to see a little before they entered , or endeavoured to enter , or even thought much about , those ‘ houses ’ of which the parson was speaking ; houses with pig-styes and little snug gardens attached to them , together with all the other domestic and conjugal circumstances . ’ |
| 7 | I was interested in the thing in B A I E news which you had been talking about getting grants for people to do it |
| 8 | Macdonald was ready for that one too : ‘ It 's all about getting points for us . ’ |
| 9 | Similarly , sustained government rhetoric about getting value for money from programmes and protecting the interest of taxpayers will probably leave a mark . |
| 10 | Erm my father received the recorder and tapes and is enthusiastic about getting recordings for us , and that 's all set up for whilst he 's in Scotland next week . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's an education to see how they lie and cheat their way into getting passes for the paddock ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ She used to make them run round getting things for her not my father ; he used to make her get things for him but a lot of them would run up and get her cardigan for her . ’ |
| 13 | At Huddersfield Chapman had amply demonstrated his skilled diplomacy in getting players for the club , as in the signing of Stephenson and Taylor . |
| 14 | With the government 's policy of creating an internal market , ‘ we are going to have to behave much more like a business in getting work for the government ’ , said Worswick . |
| 15 | ‘ At a general meeting held in Edinburgh today solicitors representing the fourteen Property Centres throughout Scotland agreed that contrary to recent statements in the Press there is no insurmountable difficulty in getting mortgages for clients who wish to purchase a house at the present time . ’ |
| 16 | So keen were the locals to see Otago cricket strengthened that there was no difficulty in getting assurances for the £350 a year salary which was to be offered to Crawford . |
| 17 | ‘ All the grown-ups have to help in getting food for the community . |
| 18 | While officials in New York refused to confirm that the USTA could forget any idea of financial aid , there is no doubt that , in the current world recession , New York has been hit harder than most and that Mayor David Dinkins , although an avid tennis fan , would have difficulty in getting approval for the money to be spent improving access roads etc to a new tennis facility , in view of all their other problems |
| 19 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
| 20 | Industrialists have complained of delays in getting applications for cash through the governments bureaucracy ( New Scientist , 7 April , p 22 ) . |
| 21 | The current climate of Government attitude to education is pragmatic and based on getting value for money from existing technologies . |
| 22 | I have just done her a return kindness by getting invitations for her and her mother , to the Alumnus of the Year award given by Royal Bank as holder of Chair of European Governmental Studies . |