Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] find the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir : I consider myself fortunate in having selected your launch issue from the station bookshop , being attracted by the price , for as a relatively new computer user I find the content both interesting and easy to read and understand . |
| 2 | If we examine the lexical units referring to other modes of perception we find the following correspondences : |
| 3 | This may sound a somewhat highfalutin' way of making an obvious point ; but the obvious points are often the important ones : in this tension we find the limits of experience , beyond which we locate an objective universe and within which we locate subjectivity . |
| 4 | In the course of one chapter we find the following phrases , in this order : there seems no explanation on Darwinian grounds It is no easier to explain It is hard to understand It is not easy to understand It is equally difficult to explain I do not find it easy to comprehend I do not find it easy to see … |
| 5 | Add to this that today 's stars are fit and positive , as well as the thought that they now use almost illegal high-tech equipment and are given every new creation to experiment with , such as metal heads , weird shafts and incredible balls , and it 's no wonder they find the perfect combination — for them . |
| 6 | In John the Baptist s ministry you find the fulfilment of the prophecies made long ago that a messenger would come to prepare the way of the Lord . |
| 7 | Again , people in other religions may likewise have had ( though for myself as a westerner I find the most to be gained through looking at western religion ) . |
| 8 | In the 5th edition we find the following footnote to 270 : ‘ In order to maintain a fixed and measured standard for developing the power of liquid medicines , multiplied experience and careful observation have led me to adopt two succussions for each phial , in preference to the greater number formerly employed ( by which the medicines were too highly potentized ) . |
| 9 | Indeed before we even come to the characterization of characters within the drama we find the poem itself being apparently characterized one way but then characterized another in the opening three stanzas : ( As I travelled along a path I heard the tale of one , a spirited man , and proud ; he was wise in learning and splendid under his clothes , and clothed in fine array . |
| 10 | In classical mythology we find the example of Aphrodite , who left her dull and lame husband , Hephaestus , for the excitement of an affair with the war-god , Ares , and from then on followed her drives wherever they led her . |
| 11 | Right at the start of the gospel story we find the Spirit active in full vigour . |
| 12 | In contrast we find the Church party attacking the Church hierarchy . |
| 13 | Now as a traditional climber I find the emergence of these new activities such as sport abseiling and sport climbing somewhat sterilised and regulated , but I suppose there is plenty of room in Britain for all offshoots and variations of the parent activity , and we must accept these developments with open arms as we did bolts and competitions . |
| 14 | The former is largely a commercial operation , but at Taieri you find the Otago Aero Club where , after a check-out by one of the instructor , you have the choice of Piper of Cessna aircraft to rent . |
| 15 | Therefore , on the second occasion you find the rabbits occupying a restricted section of the system . |
| 16 | Embedded in his initial instructions to Joshua concerning the actions the people are to take on the seventh day we find the clause , ‘ … when they make a long blast with the ram 's horn ’ . |
| 17 | Round the back we find the mains power socket , rocker on/off switch and fuse , plus a single speaker output socket and fuse . |
| 18 | And when they wake in the morning they find the stockings bulging with gifts . |
| 19 | With a reasonable amount of intelligent deduction and a good deal of luck they find the loot of churches on the Spanish Main hidden by the priest-turned-pirate Domingo Mugnoz . |
| 20 | If we look at the Church we find the numbers of monks and secular clergy growing , especially in the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; we also find that more and more of them lived a life of celibacy after the papal reform . |
| 21 | During the boom of the 1980s , they made massive investments in new production , but now that new factories and assembly lines are finally in operation they find the domestic market bogged down in recession , protectionism rising in key export markets and the yen rocketing to historic highs . |
| 22 | Yes I mean basically we need to first of all decide , I think this is what we 're deciding in the first instance , which option for the provision of information you find the most helpful . |
| 23 | However with the Daily Telegraph in front of me reporting only three trains each way over the Central Wales line from May this year I find the current railway scene enough to depress anyone ! |
| 24 | so they 're probably trying to muscle into the er that niche you see , but er brown bottle you find the critics ? |
| 25 | In the twentieth century we find the Lutheran theologian and new testament scholar Rudolf Bultmann reading the scriptures in terms of a very similar theme . |
| 26 | It is not surprising that in this period of increased sensitivity to the emerging ecological problem we find the first Utopia based upon ecological as well as social ideals . |
| 27 | At the same time we find the first attempts to develop certain overseas areas as specialist producers of such exports to the ‘ developed ’ world — indigo and jute in Bengal , tobacco in Colombia , coffee in Brazil and Venezuela , not to mention cotton in Egypt , etc . |