Example sentences of "[modal v] find [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The house I now rent could be let again and in all I might find myself with a handsome income .
2 France and England never pulled together , for all they might find themselves on the same side . ’
3 Let us make the fourth choice — which actual apartments you 'll be staying in — and you 'll find yourself with a whole lot more holiday spending money into the bargain .
4 In any event , you could find yourself with a substantial amount to invest .
5 With so much of interest to discover and such a wealth of magnificent coast and countryside to explore , within even an hour or two of home you could find yourself in a beautiful new world .
6 You could find yourself in the ludicrous situation where you have to take them out of the country for half-an-hour and take them back in again .
7 McNicholl looked sharp and positive when he made his entrance in the second half against Dublin and Damien Cassidy could find himself under a little pressure as a result .
8 Another forecast is that companies which have committed themselves to supplying multiple retailers — which is still being publicly advanced as the correct structural direction for the beef industry to take — could find themselves at a permanent disadvantage .
9 But when he works his way round to the Home Office budget , campaigners against the Fazakerley jail could find themselves with a powerful new ally .
10 Although this may be obscured by the second phase of London Bridge City , if the Simpson scheme is constructed the directors of Marketplace could find themselves with the unlikely view of a replica of the Piazza San Marco in Venice .
11 In the event of a hung parliament with the Tories as the largest party , the Unionists could find themselves in a powerful bargaining position .
12 However , employers could find themselves in a tight corner if they attempted to increase employee contributions or reduce benefits .
13 The visitor to Rydal Mount , after bumping into a boulder with the following inscription : would find himself in a conventional household , where the master read morning and evening prayers to the assembled family and servants .
14 You might walk down sombre corridors and gaze upon dim , seldom-used halls , and you might run your hand across the scarred surfaces of the old walls , and then , without the least warning , you would find yourself in a sun-drenched quadrangle , or a courtyard where gentians grew or mountain ash flared .
15 Furthermore , as soon as he did turn up , Maradona unwisely told the expectant press corps that he thought the World Cup draw had been fixed so that Italy would find itself in an easy group .
16 In another moment she would find herself on the other side of the door , facing disaster .
17 Those who live in a high-spending authority , inhabit an expensive house and are part of a small household will find themselves at a triple advantage .
18 Most London homes will find themselves at the top levels .
19 If you try to return to your BBCBASIC(Z80) program , you will find yourself in the same situation as when you left it .
20 The further east the boundaries are drawn , the more Britain will find itself on the Western periphery of a Germany-centred Europe .
21 At one level , of course , this simply reflects Latin American political realities : these societies are highly fragmented and any governing group will find itself with a diverse power base and the need to sustain its position by means of either coercion or consensus building .
22 Peter Brown , chairman of the Thomas Coram foundation , said : ‘ Unless the human imperative of individual dereliction is addressed alongside the more visual investment in environmental dereliction , and however well we spend it this means more money , the country will find itself in a downward spiral of inner-city social decay that could well substitute Drug Alley for the Gin Lane of Coram 's and Hogarth 's day . ’
23 Eventually the institution will find itself in the residual phase , in which the external constituency has ceased to exist and the biological growth is eroded by the loss to the movement of the uninterested children of the members .
24 The memorandum at the front of the Bill refers to ministerial orders in England and Wales , but schedule 4 shows that the whole of the Light Railways Acts 1896 and 1912 are to be repealed ; so Scotland will find itself in an invidious position .
25 Instead , Murray will find herself in a 12-runner final , with only four adversaries likely to bar her path to gold — the Netherlands ' Elly Van Hulst , Romanian Margareta Keszeg , American Lynn Jennings and Russian Olga Kovpotina. — PA .
26 On top of that she will find herself in a different group for pensions and income tax .
27 Even more patchy is Deutsche Grammophon 's ‘ Mozart 's Masterpieces , ’ another set of reissues where the unwary consumer may find himself with the superb piano artistry of Maurizio Pollini for one concerto , but the rather less impressive playing of Friedrich Gulda for another .
28 Although accountants may be on hand , the surveyor at partner level in a growing practice , or one of a substantial size , may find himself in the anomalous situation of spending the major part of his time on management for which he received no training rather than on technical matters , in which he is expert .
29 Another who may find himself in the same situation will call upon all his inner resources in his efforts to deal with the problem .
30 By the age of 25 or so the oiliness should be settling down but you may find yourself with a new problem : laughter and frown lines must finally be acknowledged as the first signs of an ageing skin .
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