Example sentences of "find themselves in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And predictably , McDonald and wife Juliet , who had also been present at the birth of the label , found themselves in financial trouble . |
| 2 | However , high interest rates in 1989 and 1990 brought about a sharp reduction in sales , and some of those who had already bought their houses found themselves in financial difficulty . |
| 3 | THERE was a testing time in store for members of THORP 's Chemical Separation Process team who found themselves in hot water recently . |
| 4 | When broadcasters were promoted they found themselves in administrative posts : talented people were rewarded with jobs which meant that they broadcast no longer . |
| 5 | Inevitably , many of the young men Crawford had been engaged at great expense to coach found themselves in khaki instead of cricket whites . |
| 6 | This was precisely the situation in which Charles and Elizabeth found themselves in 1772 ; and we may surmise that they did what brother John was to do later — in the absence of Thomas the Calvinist , who had died just over a year previously , they honoured Charles 's elder brother William by making him the godfather and giving the child his Christian name . |
| 7 | Once the prisoners had arrived , the dead found themselves in perpetual company . |
| 8 | Many landlords found themselves in economic difficulties , and there was widespread impoverishment of tenants and small farmers . |
| 9 | as if in a corny love story , they found themselves in each other 's arms . |
| 10 | Recently the junior staff at Southmead Hospital in Bristol found themselves in bitter dispute with the hospital management over the terms and conditions of their employment . |
| 11 | Some Western reports claimed that Iraqi troops had been told that they were invading Israel and were deeply distressed when they found themselves in another Arab state . |
| 12 | By the late 1880s , however , they found themselves in open conflict with the women 's trade union movement on this point . |
| 13 | Computer hardware companies , such as Apple and Compaq , found themselves in this position , as did their software counterparts Microsoft , Lotus and Ashton-Tate . |
| 14 | Single carers who have given up work to care appear to be especially likely to find themselves in this situation . |
| 15 | It must be sad and hurtful for any parent to find themselves in this situation , because the vast majority of us have nothing but our children 's good at heart . |
| 16 | Only sometimes in dreams the terrible days of the siege , which were like the dark foundation of the civilized life they had returned to , would return years later to visit them : then they would awake , terrified and sweating , to find themselves in white starched linen , in a comfortable bed , in peaceful England . |
| 17 | Many of the Socialist ‘ heavyweights ’ , such as Michel Rocard ( the official Socialist presidential candidate ) , Pierre Beregovoy ( the outgoing prime minister ) , Jack Lang ( outgoing culture and education minister ) and Roland Dumas ( outgoing foreign minister ) , are likely to find themselves in severe difficulties in the second round of voting next Sunday . |
| 18 | Many soon found themselves in long-term debt to richer peasants , particularly in the Famine areas . |
| 19 | Wise Speke analyst John Dean , says : ‘ Whessoe and Varec have been known to one another for some considerable time although given their emphasis on different geographical markets they have rarely found themselves in direct competition . ’ |
| 20 | But while the United States , France , the UK and Germany still find themselves in similar league positions to a hundred years ago , there is now a growing challenge from a dozen or more previously dependent nations , especially in Asia . |
| 21 | The police have praised Parveen for her courage , but they 're not recommending that women who find themselves in similar situations react in the same way . |
| 22 | ( This trend has been so insistent that when men find themselves in part-time work economists have begun to call this the feminisation of labour . ) |
| 23 | As well as the growth in the number of low-paid jobs , a significant group of flexible workers find themselves in great demand , and consequently gain high salaries . |
| 24 | Many find themselves in low-paid part-time employment , with few prospects for real security or advancement . |
| 25 | The Artisans and the main Aldeburgh club find themselves in separate halves of the draw at the semi-final stage to be played on June 27 at neutral venues . |
| 26 | As two likeable gangsters running away from a vicious killer and the crack-selling Triads , Coltrane and Idle hide in a convent , where , inevitably , they find themselves in 101 dodgy situations . |
| 27 | Even given the expenditure that the Government have devoted to the public sector , there can not be many Ministers who find themselves in such a favourable position . |
| 28 | It should be borne in mind that many labour-only sub-contractors lack administrative and management ability and therefore find themselves in financial difficulties when employing labour or expanding their gang size . |
| 29 | It is this ‘ position ’ that homosexuals find themselves in modern Britain that requires further consideration . |
| 30 | For those who find themselves in that category , something extra is now needed , some adventitious stroke of fortune , something to upset the terms of the argument and create a world no longer dominated by a leader of proven unpopularity . |