(1) She was unable to get to grips with her assailant.

(2) The government's first task is to get to grips with the economy.

(3) I can't seem to get to grips with this problem.

(4) All this means that most critics never get to grips with masculinity's perennial fascination.

(5) Tutorials on disk are the latest way to get to grips with problem areas.

(6) They were so keen to get to grips with the enemy that they disregarded much of the training in stealth and guile.

(7) Any attempt to get to grips with silence in music inevitably begins with Cage.

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

(9) It is a worrying trend which the authorities - despite past assurances - seemed to have failed to get to grips with.

(10) So little time, so many ideas, so much government to get to grips with.

(11) In my view this is an evasion of the teacher's duty to enable pupils to get to grips with academic language.

(12) The judges were looking for books that challenged pupils to get to grips with big concepts while giving teachers autonomy and flexibility.

(13) He wakes early next morning, and gets out at once, anxious to get to grips with the city.

(14) He had wanted to sample orienteering and I just couldn't get to grips with that.

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

(16) I think you could already see, in Blair's decision to wear a poppy for his portrait two years ago, how he was going to get to grips with history.

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

(18) While Jovanovic is getting used to a new style of football, he and his family are also attempting to get to grips with life in a foreign country.

(19) There is a wider point here: a spell of unemployment can do young people far more harm psychologically than older people so it is doubly important to get to grips with this.

(20) and Professor Kaufmann believes the same thing is likely to happen now, as China and other developing countries get to grips with their burgeoning environmental issues.

(21) 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.

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

(23) You need lots of love and understanding to help you to get to grips with your feelings and unpick the confusing issues that are overwhelming you.

(24) 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.

(25) In 2004, China conducted an Economic Census, including a thoroughgoing attempt to get to grips with one of the most slippery parts of the economy: the services sector.