Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] find [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The user may find a book on a subject but it may not be what he really requires or may only partially satisfy his needs . |
| 2 | However , if the authority concerned has a code of practice dealing with consultation and fails to carry it out , the Local Government Ombudsman may find the authority guilty of ‘ maladministration ’ . |
| 3 | The West must find a way to respond . |
| 4 | In France Shallot may find the truth behind Selkirk 's obtuse warnings . ’ |
| 5 | The makeshift team of veteran professionals and apprentices have n't been paid for three months and the club must find a quarter of a million pounds to guarantee survival . |
| 6 | But builders fear neither the Tories nor Labour could find the money for the much bigger public works pro gramme needed to get construction moving . |
| 7 | Their translations were often either incorrect or contained a word left in English for which the translator could find no equivalent in his language . |
| 8 | Outside Flanders , Robert 's sister 's marriage to Roger of Sicily was a mark of his new position in the world ; like Louis VI 's sister 's marriage to Bohemond of Antioch , it stretched French kinship connections into the new Norman colonies , ensuring that travellers from the homeland would find a welcome in those distant parts . |
| 9 | The system is , however , extremely difficult to negotiate and even the most competent citizen would find the task of tracking down his or her welfare benefit entitlements a daunting one . |
| 10 | Grief will find an expression at some time , and if it is not allowed at the time it occurs , then it will be much more difficult to deal with when it is triggered by an event in later life . |
| 11 | The sedimentologist of the distant future will find a long trough filled with deltaic and fluviatile sediments with clear evidence of their provenance from the north-west and of longitudinal infilling like so many other trough.shaped basins up and down the stratigraphical column . |
| 12 | bee-keeper may give away a hive , and later the recipient will find a way of unobtrusively repaying the kindness either with an appropriate gift or with some worthwhile service . |
| 13 | Nor is it inevitable that all the products of research will find a ready market . |
| 14 | If the parent bird can appear to be at some grave physical disadvantage , the killer will find the tempting proximity of the vulnerable adult irresistible and its concentration on the location of the nest-site can be broken . |
| 15 | It may or may not be of significance that the Oxford English Dictionary can find no instance of the word ‘ pornography ’ being used before 1864 ( in a decade , it may be noted , which also saw a generalised use of the term ‘ capitalism ’ ) . |
| 16 | An officer with private income might find the half-pay given to those no longer employed in active units an agreeable augmentation of his resources , which he might be content to draw for the remainder of his life . |
| 17 | And while the UK red-and-white breeds might seem the obvious target for NRF salesmen , Prof King believes breeders of black-and-white cattle who shy away from the extreme Holstein type may find the NRF of interest . |
| 18 | Our Institute must find a way to defend our interests in the matter of fee income while appearing to be concerned for the public interest as well . |
| 19 | If Gloucestershire wants to stay within Government spending limits the council must find a way of saving sixteen million pounds — or risk being charge capped . |
| 20 | Men from the company sector might find the jargon of competitive market solutions more appealing , but most recognised they were now entering a new milieu . |
| 21 | At the same time , the top management might find the organisation so large and complex , and changes in policy and procedures so difficult and time-consuming to implement , that they also feel unable to give direction to the organisation . |
| 22 | Another medical check could find no organic reason for his failure to thrive and so psychological help was requested . |
| 23 | A child could find the treasure now ! ’ |
| 24 | There they had to wait some time until the Constable could find the key and lock the door on them . |
| 25 | ‘ Maybe the best way of putting it is that if you were abroad and on the town , Con would find a licensed brothel where the girls all had health checks , while the riff-raff might sometimes take the risk of picking up a likely-looking tart in a bar . |
| 26 | The recent ENO production of Königskinder may have helped to alert interest to Humperdinck as the composer or more than Hänsel und Gretel , and those who enjoyed the work will find the splendid overture and three other pieces here . |
| 27 | I think that the hon. Lady will find the answer in Her Majesty 's inspector of constabulary report for 1991 , which notes that ’ West Yorkshire has one of the highest levels of expenditure per head of any police authority . |
| 28 | The hon. Lady will find the answer to her question about expenditure in a written answer which has been published in Hansard . |
| 29 | Darlington Tory MP and Schools Minister Michael Fallon , said : ‘ It is ironic Durham County Council can find the money for a new nursery a few weeks before the general election . |
| 30 | Those looking for value for money could find the answer in Waitrose 's deep-filled short pastry mince pies . |