Example sentences of "[modal v] find [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In doing so he might find himself in the company of evolutionary epistemologists such as Riedl ( 1979 ) , whose over-arching theory of life as an ‘ erkenntnisgewinnender prozess ’ seems to require a unitary notion of knowledge or information , information that can be stored in a genome at one end of the evolutionary spectrum , as well as be expressed , at the other end , by scientific theories that make the world a less strange place to live in . |
| 2 | From this , we will not be excluded , but will in turn exclude them , including some of those who might find themselves in the terrain of our state because their being on our state threatens the unity of our state , just as they perceive us to be a threat to their unity , and so on and so on . |
| 3 | If such a proposal was adopted by the GMC Kay and his committee might find themselves in the dock . |
| 4 | Well , do n't keep me waiting another time , or you 'll find yourself on the Report for improperly working your beat . |
| 5 | How wonderful , I thought , if today 's humans could find themselves on the shores of England seeing and getting mixed up with Caesar 's army in 54 BC , landing to take over the country ; be in burning Rome as Nero fiddled ; get involved in Europe 's tragic thirty years war , etc. , etc . |
| 6 | ‘ Whereas with workflow management the document could find itself round the company to the right person — everyone has a PC on his or her desk — and you not only outsource a lot of the data entry work but get rid of the paper . ’ |
| 7 | Sometimes at night I 'd find myself beyond the souks in narrow lanes between windowless houses . |
| 8 | If he was n't careful he would find himself in the dungeon — or dead . |
| 9 | One day when the terrible moment comes and it is bound to come when we shall be talking of the Serb national catastrophe , when we shall be questioning ourselves about who was responsible for it and how it came about that we are the last nation in Europe to be surrounded by such enemies and such hatred , then many of the great brains of the Academy will find themselves in the dock if they live to see the day . |
| 10 | He will find himself at the heart of a Ruritanian ceremonial which makes the House of Lords seem informal . |
| 11 | Together with the abolition of the Wage Councils and the minimum wage , the working man will find himself at the mercy of the unscrupulous bosses . |
| 12 | RICHIE Richardson will find himself at the centre of another bitter Yorkshire bust-up tonight . |
| 13 | Turn left when you reach the fortifications and you will find yourself at the back of the Černín Palace ( 5/101 ) . |
| 14 | Turning right into Havelská Street you will find yourself in the middle of the St Gall area of the Old Town , part of the ancient marketplace founded in 1232 by Wenceslas I. In the 15C the marketplace was split in two by the building of stalls between today 's Rytířská and Havelská , hence the grand houses set on arcades in Rytířská and Havelská and the street of low houses between . |
| 15 | You may find yourself in the midst of a lengthy disputation about the rights and wrongs of a particular request you made ( 'But you said another five minutes , mum ! ' ) . |
| 16 | Relatively ignorant , inexperienced and amateur politicians may find themselves at the mercy of the bureaucracies , which possess knowledge , experience and technical expertise . |
| 17 | The volunteers may find themselves at the centre of an even more important discovery . |
| 18 | The surviving spouse of the most disagreeable , friendless partner may find herself at the centre of a crowd at his funeral , but once dispersed the crowd does not re-form . |
| 19 | But if we then turn to the ego — and , still more , the superego — and try to understand the sequence of development there we may find ourselves in the predicament of a person who tried to investigate the musical education of a child who had started learning the piano with grade 2 , then gone on to grade 3 , and finally ended with grade 1 ! |