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I spent the flight here trying to get to grips with Andrew Motion's brick of a Keats biography.

Massa struggled for form last season as he failed to get to grips with the characteristics of Bridgestone's narrower front tyres.

Okay, we got a. . . -Time for me to get to grips with one, carefully.

My eyes were bandaged for three weeks and I had to get to grips with the problem of blindness, even though I knew it was only temporary.

I had tried so hard to join in with everything he enjoyed. He had wanted to sample orienteering and I just couldn't get to grips with that.

It's taken me a little time to get to grips with a new car and to adapt inside the cockpit, but the team has been fantastic.

"With such a high cost, it is imperative that businesses get to grips with this issue, " said Madan Sheina, an Ovum analyst.

They don't want to leave formula one and we don't want to lose them, so we'll get to grips with it.

Races allow you to practise running in crowds, test out your fuelling strategy and get to grips with pre-race nerves.

Students as young as 7 have been instructed to forgo their ball point pens and get to grips with its more artful predecessor.

This book is compulsory reading for anyone who wants to get to grips with Yemen's pit of slithery serpents.

But neither of those two factors would stop a gold rally if the EU can't get to grips with the debt crisis, he added.

The world has only recently started to get to grips with the fact that China's economy really matters.

This is followed by a tour through the most applicable parts of the Java2D package that you need to get to grips with.

Our economy is stable at this time because this government has taken the difficult decisions to get to grips with Britain's debts.

But the time may have come to get to grips with personal branding.

The new senators (including six extra Republicans) may need time to get to grips with the subject.

Next year's general election seems certain to hinge on Mr Obama's ability to get to grips with economic problems.

This approach sets it apart from other document stores, which can often be difficult to get to grips with for SQL developers.

It will create a zoo of new particles for those who study the fabric of reality to get to grips with.

This article offers a tool that may help your team get to grips with process improvement based on the day-to-day experience of the team.

If the nation is to get to grips with the problem of misconduct as it becomes a substantial scientific power, that situation has to change.

There's something you need first to get to grips with, then to get a grip on.

So just what couture is and represents is something the industry needs to get to grips with.

Yes it does still feel familiar but be prepared for some new thrills and spills as you get to grips with how to play the beautiful game.

Ever since I began working with Rails, I've always found the templating system difficult to get to grips with.

The US has to get to grips with its debt problems.

While the horse-trading goes on, the servant leader cannot get to grips with Nigeria's most urgent problems.

But there will be a sit-down dinner and dance in the evening so it is best to get to grips with table manners well in advance.

But if we can get to grips with the causes, we can find the solutions in each and every case.