Example sentences of "can [adv] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While a shareware Windows spell checker is available , you can only get hold of it in English . |
| 2 | ‘ We can only get things done if there is sufficient public clamour and we will only get that if the public is aware . ’ |
| 3 | Parents often complain that they can only get help or support when they have identified themselves as having a specific problem , and it is not unusual for some families to have several different workers trying to offer support and advice on specific problems which , in reality , are part of a whole situation . |
| 4 | And while there are scientific minds like those of Stephen Hawking many steps ahead of us we will always want to listen to their stories of exploration — even if we can only get glimpses of what they are trying to describe . |
| 5 | Now we can only get Lux made locally out of God only knows what . ’ |
| 6 | " Yet we can not get visas and we are such a small drop in the ocean compared with the businessman . |
| 7 | Work with old people is not a prestigious occupation and there is a vicious circle in that jobs with low prestige tend to attract unambitious or less-skilled works , or those who because of racial or social discrimination or competing domestic responsibilities can not get work elsewhere . ’ |
| 8 | Does the hon. Gentleman recognise the terrible toll that that places on the community and , in particular , on the young people who can not get work and see the possibilities of career development and a decent standard of living slipping away from them ? |
| 9 | They can not speak the language , so they can not get work and they need help . |
| 10 | They go on a list and they can not get work simply because they 've been activists . |
| 11 | But the PNC can not get hold of Suffolk files . |
| 12 | If you can not get hold of one , make smaller muffins in an ordinary bun tray and bake for only 10–15 minutes . |
| 13 | If you can not get hold of dental dams , you can cut open a condom instead ( use the non-lubricated or flavoured varieties ) ! |
| 14 | Our universities can not get hold of our great industrial centres in any permanent way unless they raise them In self-respect and dignity by giving them an intellectual understanding of their vocatIons … |
| 15 | If you can not get hold of ripe red tomatoes , add one tablespoon of tomato purée to the soup to improve its colour . |
| 16 | ‘ I did not know the Bioplan hospital might not be going ahead , ’ said Mr Prescott , ‘ If the Darlington health authority can not get hold of a CT Scanner from Bioplan then we will seriously consider getting one . ’ |
| 17 | The choice is between a national system of health care and some form of insurance with extensive government subsidies to those " bad risks " — the poor , elderly and chronically ill — who can not get cover . |
| 18 | If you decided on the first day of the PIW you could not pay the SSP or that you had to stop paying SSP during the PIW , you employee can not get SSP now . |
| 19 | can not get SSP because of pregnancy |
| 20 | If it is less than the level at which NI contributions must be paid , your employee can not get SSP . |
| 21 | Because of its reputation , the traders can not get insurance cover and they do n't report all the crimes . ’ |
| 22 | declared , ‘ It has long been a rule well established ( the origin of it I do not recollect ) that you can not get discovery except from a party to your action . |
| 23 | where the petitioner has suffered an undoubted legal wrong — been assaulted and beaten , or turned out of his property , but for some reason can not get redress , because he is poor and his opponent is rich and powerful , because juries are corrupt or timid . |
| 24 | So it is not surprising that we can not get computers to understand them . |
| 25 | ‘ It is very sad to see up to three million people on the dole while we can not get applicants for good jobs in our industry , ’ he added . |
| 26 | In addition , you should keep a supply of form SMP1 which you will need to give to those employees who can not get SMP from you . |
| 27 | If she was not , she can not get SMP from you unless she was ‘ fairly dismissed ’ . |
| 28 | If it is less than the lower earnings limit which applied in the QW , your employee can not get SMP . |
| 29 | Now next year something else might happen and somebody may be forced to go to court , if they can not go to court they can not get justice and they have to wait to see what happens . |
| 30 | A married woman or widow can not get HRP for any tax year in which she was only liable to pay reduced rate national insurance contributions . |