get-at-able
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Some $3 trillion of get-at-able minerals are thought to lie under a country bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined, equivalent roughly to $1m for each of nearly 3m Mongolians.
From Economist ● Oct. 9, 2014
How I wished my Mr. Reginald Brace could have been anywhere get-at-able!
From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Mrs. Oliver Onions
Every portion of furnace chamber, flues, shafts, and conduits for hot and cold air must be "get-at-able" either by means of manholes or by long brushes.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop
It is true that art, science, and literature are entirely without status in Australia, but then personal distinction of whatever kind is far more get-at-able than at home.
From Town Life in Australia by Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny
This timber will be a very important factor in the coming development of Prairie Canada to the south, and fortunately, too, it is most get-at-able.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
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