Example sentences of "find [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today we could expect to find perhaps a dozen employed ; but then , only 14 were retired in the broadest sense . |
| 2 | And Kraemer and Ossenkopp ( 1986 ) , in an experiment formally equivalent to that reported by Kraemer and Roberts , were able to find only a small and statistically unreliable effect using milk as the flavour ( see Fig. 4.3 ) . |
| 3 | If this is the case , we would expect to find only a few of the many polymorphisms readily interpretable as responsive to present proximal selective forces . |
| 4 | All too often , a ‘ best of all time show-stopper ’ is difficult to find only a few years after its introduction , superseded by yet another new name . |
| 5 | She opened the first door leading off the hall to find only a cloakroom . |
| 6 | Ellis found only a moderate rate ( about 4 per cent ) of frank insanity among his subjects ; a figure , incidentally , that included some examples of brain disease . |
| 7 | Merrill Lynch found only a minority of companies would take a tough line — only one in seven firms would start to charge the current rate of interest and one in six would apply pressure on the employee to reduce the price of the old house in order to sell it . |
| 8 | Instead of the evil-looking robber they expected to see , the two ladies found only a pale , thin child , lying peacefully asleep . |
| 9 | Blanche looked up and searched the sky , seeking some prophecy of success or failure , but found only a sprinkling of stars brave enough to outshine the lemon gleam of the city 's lights . |
| 10 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 11 | He found only a weak negative relationship between the two variables . |
| 12 | Interestingly , Kölbel et al , who used a higher initial dose of 600 mg/kg ethanol , found only a 55% increase in acid secretion . |
| 13 | Well I 'm only trying to find just a few more recordings for her because they 're coming towards the end of the er |
| 14 | Ollie scooped out the money and found just a little short of l 5 |
| 15 | In 1341 England and France found both a cause and a theatre of war in which they might meddle further . |
| 16 | McLeish , warmed by the fact that she had taken the trouble to find out a bit about him , confirmed he had been at Reading University and had worked as a young sergeant in the Flying Squad . |
| 17 | Given what we now know , this is much more than the expected attempt to find out a demon 's identity , though it sounds very like it . |
| 18 | When you have shared something like that , you want to find out a little more about those who have shared it with you . |
| 19 | In future , it would be wise to find out a little more about your fish before you buy them . |
| 20 | I would be very pleased to chat to anyone who 's interested , even if you just want to find out a bit about making banners . |
| 21 | It 's the sort of fruitless post-mortem that bridge-players do but the point of the incident is that it showed the extent to which Hunt 's temper could affect his judgement , for in motor racing , as Nigel Mansell was to find out a decade later , to lose one 's cool harms only oneself . |
| 22 | Try to talk about things that are n't on the list , to find out a little more about Moore and how shaky he is , how super-sensitive , how damned defensive , and you 'll be faced with as much sternness and disapproval as he can muster . |
| 23 | " endeavour to find out a person both to answer to their expectation and those of the Town , and … to superintend and assist him for a while . " |
| 24 | To find out a new research programme was started , fresh water biologist Doctor Alistair . |
| 25 | In his second year at the College Jack Smith had Minton for his tutor and was impressed by the way he took pains to find out a student 's intentions . |
| 26 | I had to find out a lot of things about you in a short space of time . |
| 27 | There was then the opportunity to meet the captain and crew and to find out a little bit more as to how the plane was able to fly at such a phenomenal speed . |
| 28 | Before we start slapping all sorts of controls and restrictions on cars , we ought to find out a little more about the effect that they are really having on the environment . |
| 29 | ‘ George they are n't going to find out a thing if we do n't tip them off . |
| 30 | It really is something that I would like to see us achieve in the future and if this can be brought forward by meeting the developer down there , then I would be , certainly be in favour of that and I would certainly like , and this is what we said at this meeting , to find out a little more detail of exactly what they were offering but we have to be minded all the time , as I said again , is how we 're going to acquire permission to go over one or two different land owners ' lands . |