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Gene: OK, let me get at it and I'll see what I can do.

Two things defined how much a worker will get at retirement.

Spring break is a special time of year when all the students in North America get at least a week off school to relax and recuperate.

This was the culmination of a campaign extending over many months in the Senate and in the media to get at the "truth" in Laos.

I had scrimped and saved to get at least two stickers a week - sometimes three if I had a little extra left over.

Get at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise, enough to raise your heart rate but not leave you short of breath, five times a week.

So I have all day to make sure I spend at minimum a few hours with my family and get at least 30 minutes of exercise in.

"We knew that if we won this game we'd get at least two more matches in the semis so it's always good to progress, " he said.

He wanted ever so badly to read it; he would get at it the first opportunity and find out just what Jane had said.

An American blogger has called for my 20-year-old son, here in Australia, to be kidnapped and harmed for no other reason than to get at me.

You know, we fought hard to get at least a small Pakistani contingent to come.

Get at least one microphone, and a stand to go with it. Playing songs is a lot more fun when someone's singing!

Paul always wanted to get at him and be friend with him.

As you value his existence, let me get at him.

That's one example, though, about how Origen thinks it's perfectly fine to get at least two readings out of this same text.

This is an oversimplification but seems to me to get at the heart of the difference between European economies and the U. S. economy.

Almost all adult females breed, so a mother will get at least some of her genes into the next generation by producing them.

When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it.

Grain is often heaped on the ground and covered with a sheet: no wonder the rats get at it.

What I'm trying to get at is whether you want to marry Susan for her father's money or because you love her.

A low-grade rose like this one, for instance, you might get at a grocery store, is not even bred to open. It will never blossom.

There was plenty of coal. The old workings could not get at it, that was all.

Someone appears to have been trying to get at the jury.

It felt to me like the sort of memory you get at a European Cup final where it's just a sea of red and white and noise.

Of course, you'll want to get at least two or three bids and check references to be sure the contractor has a good track record.

I have suggested that it is not just a relapse into infantilism, but a genuine attempt to get at something necessary.

Wait till I get at my handkerchief, and I'll tie it up for you.

Make it a point to get at least eight hours of sleep and plenty of rest.

This needs to be big enough to make a real difference and get at the heart of the problem.

A new wrinkle to an established technology should allow some of that current sunshine to be employed to get at more of the ancient stuff.

Get at least one trusted person who can understand your invention and sign and date your written description of your project .

Seeing the spreading bafflement on the Brown' faces, he adds 'It's his philosophical position and beliefs I'm trying to get at here.

I don't know what you are trying to get at. If you have something unpleasant to say, tell it to me directly.

If you did try to summarise it, what would you say you're trying to get at with these book choices?

For most consumers it's printers and sort of crappy, cheap computers that you get at Best Buy.

But however good computers get at classifying paintings, they are likely to remain only one of the tools used to detect forgeries.

A top U. N. official on Monday called for a worldwide ban on single-use "thin" plastic shopping bags, the kind you get at the grocery store.

Once the koala is dinging to the dog's underside, the dog can't get at it with its jaws.

So, using this model, we may be able to get at whether exercise could have farther-reaching implications for tissue damage in general.

Now, the only I can do is, I'm trying to get at molality here.

Our elders were subscribers, but not very regular readers, of these series, so that it was not difficult for me to get at them.

The Fortune 500 doesn't merely have lots of money, it concentrates lots of money where it's relatively easy to get at.

"The Guinness Book of Records told us we needed to get at least 500 people in the queue to get the record, " he said.

Peak oil is the point when global oil production peaks, then goes down. The remaining oil supply is limited and will be harder to get at.

Of the ten she lists I would include: read more, drink more water, and get at least 30 minutes of activity each day to my list.

Since the animals have grown very timid and difficult to get at, few people ever manage to see them.

The basic rule in writing is: the more you write, the better you get at it, and this goes for reviews as well.

It is not easy to get at the meaning of eVery abundance idiom in English.

This is the only way to get at the problem. Anyway, if you want to relieve the pain, you are just going to have to be tough and do it.

IDLE itself is blameless; in testing I just used the mouse to get at more menus than I would have liked.

But a new study finds that until great whites get at least three meters long, they're less [Jaws music] and more [gentle music].

That was actually the contrary that they were trying to get at.

Blonna aims to get at least 30 minutes of cardio four to five times a week.

On the other end of the spectrum is medium grease like the white stuff you can get at a bike shop.

It is no easy thing to get at the meaning of every idiom.

But really to get at the heart of the dispute, as so often in Asia, one needs to peel back layers of history.

That's not the sort of text message I usually get at 3pm on a Friday.

To get at these non-mutating parts of the virus, Nabel and his colleagues used a two-step vaccination process, called "prime-boost. "

Doctors shouldn't tell all of their patients to get at least eight hours of sleep, he says in an editorial in the journal.

Can I get at no additional cost every ten sheets in a plastic bag or with a plastic film as it will be easier to manipulate them.

It was presumed that he had broken the body when taking the soul, like monkeys who break the shell to get at the nut.

There's a whole ocean of oil under our feet! No one can get at it except for me!

She checked back to 1949, trying to get at the fact.

The Old World did provide him with a solace of a kind he could not get at home.

Experts recommend adults get at least six or seven hours' shut-eye a night to stay healthy.

However, it won't actually be able to store it yet, as it won't be able to get at the data.

I set a goal for myself to get at least 36 out of 40 in the next exam!

Therefore, it is very important that you get at least eight hours of sleep every night that you complete your workout routine.

No matter what you are selling, get at least two, and preferably three, bids.

These women must stop smoking, adopt a heart-healthy diet, get at least 30 minutes a day of exercise, and watch their weight.

This book , which you cannot get at all the bookshops , will give you all the information you need .

The Pakistan People's Party, Ms. Bhutto's party, says a United Nations investigation into her death it is the only way to get at the truth.

The second is outputting it in such a way that you can get at the information you need.

If the leak is very small and in an area you can't get at, around the evaporator for instance, they can be very elusive.

Then you've just shifted the problem from the banks to somewhere else where you can't really get at it.

The thieves, they set upon the tiny bag, and I could see they were struggling to get at a big wodge of gold that choked the opening.

Great location, close to Time Square, but still as quiet as you can get at Manhattan.

But a new study finds that until great whites get at least three meters long, they're less and more .

Today, I got fined when my fat dog decided to walk across a private film set to get at the catering area. FML.

Tell him to be alone often and get at himself and above all tell himself no lies about himself.

It will be very helpful if your customer can see what they are going to get at the end of the project.

About 20 percent of women will get at least one bladder infection at some point, while men's chances start out lower and increase with age.

To get at it, James had driven the car's front wheels onto two ramps he positioned in the driveway.

We must get at the root of the matter.

The solution was to perform the GET at a user definable interval after each GET checks all the endpoints.

Next year, it's looking increasingly likely that we'll get at least a partial answer.

Your task is to get at least one gem with level M in minimum steps of operation.

The zoo denied reports the tiger had managed to bend the iron bars of its cage to get at the lion and tear it to pieces.

"I can talk to the workers and get at the heart of what's going on. "

A fall in residual value also decreases the amount of money consumers get at trade-in or when they try to resell a used car.

One tip that I fully endorse it to buy quality art supplies for your kids. . . not the cheap stuff you get at big box stores.

What do you think this school has to offer that you are unable to get at your present school?

You want to get at least a fame of dreadful in four locations before you cut another single.

Other firms are working on ways to break up the cells of oil-rich algae to get at the oil.

For somehow the rats get at all ideas which conflict with the conventional wisdom of the Department of Education.

Every statement must be patiently weighed and tested and combined with all other available information in order to get at the truth.

The first part of his book is a familiar tale of teeming cities, roaring trade, harder-to-get-at oil and rising sea levels.

I'd get at least a "B" --but there it was in black and white: a "D" .

Moth and rust do not get at Mr Rockefeller's oil wells, and thieves do not often break through and steal a railway.

And because it is so scarce, it is worth digging out a lot of rock to get at it, and using poisonous chemicals to extract it from that rock.

Put the food where the cat can't get at it.

Children should try to get at least 60 minute of exercise a day.

So I brought together all the dry wood I could get at hand, and making a good handsome pile, I set it on fire upon the Hill.

I can get at these files by iterating with a for loop, which in this case iterates over the collection of directories.

Try to get at least eight hours of sleep every night.

I still get at least one email a day asking when I plan to "come home. "

old silver. -- From the ladle one could get at least two hundred francs.

To get at the fruit, you pare Off the rather thick peel with a sharp knife.

To analyse the image is only to get at its dust, not at the joy of the artist.

Ken: Well, you know how bad the traffic can get at rush hour.

'It's almost like a hot stone bibimbap that you get at Korean restaurants, ' he explains.

This means, according to one government spokesman, that women will get at least 29% of seats in the new parliament.

Most importantly: no matter how good you get at presenting, you can never forget that you are there to contribute, not to perform.

The baggage man stood by his truck, waiting to get at the trunks.

The cat is on the chair trying to get at the bird.

I was sure Id get at least a B --but there it was in black and white: a D .

I made a kind of tent out of my blankets to put my things under, so the rain couldn't get at them.

Listing 5 shows the hoops you commonly have to jump through to get at a value via the DOM, in a cross-browser-compatible way.

A market order lets you buy or sell immediately, at whatever price you can get at the moment.

Eg. I cannot get at the meaning of this sentence.

Julia: Except insofar as it totally WAS your fault, since he did it to get at you.

I turned on my cell phone to get at least some small light.

To get at cause and effect, you would have to conduct an experiment in which you deprive people of sleep and observe the results.

I'm not stupid - I know Fergie was thinking 'Let's get at him.

Mike was just tall enough to get at the box.

Xiao Wu hurried up to get at the venue gaspingly .

and most people get at least four days off, that's awesome.

This was the best room we could get at such short notice.

That's also roughly the number of calories you can expect for every basket of tortilla chips you get at your local Mexican restaurant.

The only way to get at the facts is to make a thorough investigation.

The better you get at the small stuff, the easier the big moments of negotiation will feel.

By the age of 15, I was pretty much lost, screwed up, and looking for something I couldn't get at home.

Others want their laptop to have the biggest screenthey can get, at the cost of portability.

I could not get at the meaning of that sentence.

Note that you have to do a little trickery to get at the contents of the result nodes, too.

Reducing the amount of sleep students get at night has a direct impact on their performance at school during the day.

Perhaps because these give Mr Roberts a chance to get at his pet hates: lefties, anti-Americans and "liberal internationalists" .

You use list_entry to get at your data object (to free it back to the kernel pool), and then use list_del to free the entry on the list.

With the motor on, you should get at least 85% of the range you got with the motor off.

Some makes of cars have awkward setups that make it nearly impossible to get at and remove the filter with ordinary tools.

If you ask 100 different economists to define the terms recession and depression, you would get at least 100 different answers.

script, shown in Listing 6. To get at the namespaced elements, you need to declare a couple of groovy. xml. Namespace variables.

On the rare days that I don't get enough, I try hard to get at least a 20-30 minute nap in the afternoon.

You find out when you're not working. you get at me.

In one deserted self-service noodle shop in Sendai, a food-ticket vending machine had also been forced open to get at the cash inside.

To get at the real reason for the clink of glass on glass, we have to first look at why and how we toast, and where the practice originated.

In other words, we don't know the data but we remember lots of ways to get at it very quickly.

This book, which you can get at any bookshop, will give you all the information you need.

The total weight and the numbers can be get at the same time once the weight of the single unit has been known.

Always get at least a testimonial when they say how happy they are.

The more we practice, the better we get at listening to speech in a foreign language.

The better I get at filtering and managing my email, the more convinced I am that email overload may be an intractable problem.

Seeing exotic places, meeting interesting people, experiencing things you just don't get at home.

I can't get at the plate on top of that cabinet.

One way to get at this unknowable future is to put China's rise in comparative perspective.

Like taffy but classy, get at me.

To get at the truth, let's break downhow you use your body to talk.

And besides, taking home art, or cooking ingredients from a place you can't get at home, is far more interesting.

"For long-term stability, you need to get at the safe havens, and the sooner the better, " a senior defense official said.

But Brenda, I can't wait to get at her. . . And now this chamfer-blade wants sharpening.

Get at The cat hid where we couldn't get at it.

The ghost could not get at me, so he waited.

Five foreign mining firms are digging huge open pits to get at the gold, encouraged by recent record prices.

The thieves tried to get at the lock, but it was too strongly made.

An example of calling a static method then an instance method to get at a Java System property. Somewhat verbose, but it works.

The little boy cannot get at the books on the top shelf.

The bones also had percussion marks, sustained while Lucy's friends smashed the bones to get at the marrow.

We need to get at least 2 on the scoreboard and keep their forwards quiet, particularly the ex-{0} man.

Three of the other collared animals have also been killed in the past few months, their faces hacked off to get at the tusks.

Eg. Patiently he worked for weeks, using every trick in his bag to get at the facts.

He uses a bowl of dumplings, which Po is so eager to eat that he'll scramble anywhere, at any speed, to get at them.

the better we get at listening to speech in a foreign language.

This is the most important question you will get at a job interview, this will show that you know something about the company.

Pattern matching is also useful for the design problem where you need to get at data inside an object, but only in special circumstances.

Although the study found significant variation based on race, sex and income it was not designed to get at the causes of those differences.

e. g. The cat hid where we couldn't get at it.

The amount of people at training was almost as big as what we get at Anfield for a Premier League game.

This is mainly because a new rule requires parties to get at least 2. 5% of the national vote to win any seats.

It's hard to get at the spark plug without a proper wrench.

Get lots of rest. Don't try to work out, and make sure you get at least eight hours of sleep a night.

Yet do this even till you can do better, and you may perhaps find some "Symmes' Hole" by which to get at the inside at last.

As for the lipsticks, get at least 3 lipsticks. 1 red lipstick, 1 darker brown lipstick and 1 lighter pink lipstick.

Before you can start manipulating text using a few of UNIX's plethora of text utilities, you need to know how to get at some text.

The doctor opened up his stomach to get at the source of the trouble.

This is no ordinary ring box that will be tossed aside to get at the sparkly centerpiece inside the box.

Now, scientists are finding that the bacteria you get at birth may depend on how you got here.

The survey shows two thirds of females dislike battling the crowds in the supermarket to get at what they want.

To get at the bitumen, the companies bulldoze wetlands to create vast open-pit mines.

He says that he talked to a lot of parents and offers them services that they looked for but couldn't get at public schools.

But sometimes you can't get at your desktop client. Perhaps you're at a friend's house or checking Twitter at the office.

I presume you'd want to get at least that much in your new job.

These books, which you can get at any bookshop, will give you all the information you need.

Take the boost and the speed, chose your car and race without speed rules to get at the first place.

We've got a spare suitcase but it's not very get - at -able.

You have to use a little ladder to get at the jars on the top shelves.

In one case the motorcycle drove on the pedestrian sidewalk to get at the victim.

In analysing problems, it is most important to get at the essence of a thing and not be put off by temporary appearance.

The same trick can be used to get at shale oil.

I should like to get at some of the papers in that drawer.

Externally-imposed data formats, such as interfaces to hardware devices, also often require the ability to get at pieces of a word.

After examination, students often have the scores they get at heart.

Ostrich eggs are an important source of protein, and this vulture has a strategy to get at its contents.

The more we practice, the bigger we get at listeningto speech in a foreign language.

They focus on the marks their children get at school no more.

But whatever I do with this cage, I cannot get at you.

You would not find a solution to the equation that you get at the end.

You'll have to get at the airport one hour before the take off time.

They opened up his stomach to get at the source of the trouble.

Well, if you're talking Genoa salami, like you'd get at Subway, then it's both.

And when I talk about that polarity I get at so many different Q & As, and people are really opinionated.

It's so easy thing to get at the meaning of every idiom in English.

So I followed their instructions to get at the raw data.

So this is the question my students and I wanted to get at.

I really can't get at the ganeral idea, even though I've read the article over and over again.

Eg. Let's get at the root of this matter.

Neither Listing 13 nor Listing 14 is the right or wrong approach; they are simply two different ways to get at the same information.

Some doctors now are telling patients to get at least a few minutes of sunshine every day.

To what extent do you consider the pay you get at present reflect your capability?

Do you know how many moon cakes people get at the Mid-Autumn Festival?

And how many chances does a non-singer get at tackling such an insanely difficult score?

Only 6% of Congolese have access to electricity and more power will be needed to get at the country's trove of minerals.

the better you get at it, and the more fun you have doing it.

What kind of training can we get at your company?

Jim and Jane get at oy Santa Claus. They are very angry! !

"The animal actually used it to sweep snow, " Wang explains, "so they can get at the vegetation below the snow cover. "

We have to get at some money somehow.

Also, before you start, look under the car and make sure you'll be able to get at the filter to remove it.

To hurt someone. Often we just don't like someone, and want to get at them, attack them.

To get at the answer, consider the machines in your life.

They are easier to get at than airliners and airports, because they are often in the centre of cities and rely on ease of access.

e. g. If we could only get at the cause of the problem!

what should i get at the grocery store?

I can't get at the TV plug; my arm isn't long enough.

How's the family, Ryan? Nearly lost'em, didn't you? It's easy to get at them. Are you there?

Can you get at the book at the top shelf?

To this day I carefully make sure I get at least 7 hours each night, but perhaps it's time to give a bit of thought to what Steven says

I hope I have time to get at my homework tonight.

Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, wanted to find an easy way for people to get at the information on computer networks.

Having to have everything "our way" we go out and buy Hummers and large SUVs that get at best 15 miles per gallon.

This is a very important part of the federal regulations because if there are generic defects this part is the way to get at those.

I can't get at the book on the shelf.

What kind of salary did you get at the previous job?

You must get at the underlying SWT Shell widget and set its title.

He instructed them to never drink coffee or alcohol, and always to get at least 10 hours sleep every day to avoid danger to the mission.

I'd like to get at re painting the house as soon as the weather is suitable.

get at I can't get at the tool on the shelf.

In fact, they can even improve the sleep you get at night since they prevent you from altering the sleep cycle you've developed.

Yeah, but that is what you get at a good school.

This article is hard to get at.

Sean Miller: Hows the family, Ryan? Nearly lost em, didnt you? Its easy to get at them. Are you there?