Example sentences of "find [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ . It should come as no surprise , therefore , to find that a well-disciplined human body with clearly defined parameters of correctness will provide a symbolic mirror of the preferred police social formation in which the human condition can be enacted . |
| 2 | I was pleased to find that a number of pamphlets on the town had been published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by a keen amateur local historian . |
| 3 | There are many tales of naturalists who have gone to some place in search of a rare species , only to find that a member of that very species floats down out of the trees on gentle wings to besport itself before his amazed eyes , or appear in whatever appropriate manner to his appreciative gaze . |
| 4 | When we question the actual extent of lifetime employment it is not surprising to find that a fluid labour market requires that only a quarter of employees can expect such guarantees . |
| 5 | The easiest thing to do is stop reading , to find that a whole year has passed without even a glimpse of a business book . |
| 6 | The carrack was brought to anchor in the Bay of Cascais two evenings later , and after an uncomfortable night rolling about in the confused waters of that harbour , Sara rose early and went on deck to find that a thick mist had descended . |
| 7 | Losers instantly have their spur leg amputated with a machete , and we were shocked to find that a cock which even for a moment turns and runs has instantly lost . |
| 8 | He was horrified to find that a British grocery family , close relatives of the Jews who had taken over his lands , had title to the property . |
| 9 | You will be amazed to find that a sentence which at first sounded terribly long and difficult , now seems much shorter , once you have conquered and mastered it bit by bit . |
| 10 | I turned to find that a girl had joined me at the bar . |
| 11 | It is therefore possible , in theory at least , for a court to find that a trader has complied with the code but that such compliance nevertheless involved giving a misleading indication . |
| 12 | Jessamy was horrified to find that a wave of pure jealousy was beginning to sweep through her . |
| 13 | Inevitably , the save and sometimes the print facility has been turned off , and it 's not uncommon to find that a limit on file size ( in memory ) is also applied . |
| 14 | Currently it is usual to find that a contract cleaning company may be used to look after the offices and toilets , but production areas are generally ‘ out of bounds ’ , because they are considered too sensitive . |
| 15 | Despite being very close to an agreement with NALGO it was disappointing for the Special Finance Committee held on the 7 October 1992 to learn that the latest package offer had been rejected and to find that a number of employees had taken industrial action to lobby the meeting . |
| 16 | The courts will generally be reluctant to find that a natural event breaks the chain of causation as the plaintiff has no-one else to sue if the defendant is exonerated . |
| 17 | I then tell them a story which they act out : one day the children all set off home only to find that a great big hole has opened up in the playground . |
| 18 | She turned to find that a tall black-haired man , slimly built except for wide shoulders , had entered silently and was standing watching her . |
| 19 | Luce opened her eyes to find that a burly stranger in workmen 's overalls was at the wheel , and she was lying cradled against Michele 's chest , her head on his shoulder . |
| 20 | That is to say it might be possible , as an example , to find that a particular non-US bank held deposits in a NOSTRO account in the US to the value of $1m . |
| 21 | Yeah well he used to find that a lo |
| 22 | As a non-philosopher I always used to find that a slightly depressing statement , that of Ayer 's about beauty , and it seemed to me that one could perhaps immediately follow that by saying ‘ Just because there 's a word for it maybe , you have it because you like it and you want to use it and is n't that self- validating in a sense ? ’ |
| 23 | However , in practice it is rare to find circumstances in which the court would be prepared to find that an obligation of confidence arises by virtue of an implied term of a contract but not by virtue of an equitable obligation ( see for example Marshall ( Thomas ) ( Exporters ) Ltd v Guinle [ 1979 ] Ch 227 ) . |
| 24 | It found that a number of them were ‘ what could be described as pits ’ , according to the Nigerian ambassador , BA Clark , who headed the team and who represents the United Nations Transition Assistance Group ( Untag ) in Angola . |
| 25 | They found that a local custom in the country was to walk around barefoot at all times of the year and in all weathers . |
| 26 | He found that a poor Tambov peasant who harvested 35 pudy of grain from one desiatin of land had to pay 15 pudy of it for the hire of a plough , 7 pudy for having the grain carted off in a richer man 's wagon , and to top it all 7 pudy in tax . |
| 27 | So it came as something of a shock to Labour 's Brian Wilson when he found that a Commons motion he had tabled had been … well , subbed a bit by the authorities of the House . |
| 28 | Even so , I found that a curious structure remained at the service 's centre . |
| 29 | When Nigel went into the Left Arts Review he found that a good review of Eleanor 's book was ready and waiting . |
| 30 | But a commission appointed in June 1246 found that a number of foresters of fee had in fact disposed of all or part of the lands they held by service of keeping their forest bailiwicks . |