Example sentences of "a [noun] to find [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In tide free waters like the Mediterranean we do n't have the same problem but we still need to consult a chart to find out a suitable location for sailing . |
| 2 | In your opinion , is there any point in carrying out a census to find out how many paintings , sculptures , and historic buildings there are in Italy ? |
| 3 | The new Prime Minister was obliged , yesterday morning , to send a driver to find out the telephone number of one of his key ministers , before Mr Singh could pass on the good news of his appointment . |
| 4 | Just a trick to find out what you would do ? |
| 5 | Rub over the Early Reply bonus seal on your Entry Bond with a coin to find out if you are eligible to be our first £100,000 Double Prize Draw Winner . |
| 6 | If this goes ahead , visitors to the Accademia will be able to consult a computer to find out which churches contain further works by the artists featured in the museum itself . |
| 7 | The fact that their milk yields are low is their concern but to pay £22 a cow to find out seems a little extravagant … |
| 8 | If you have not subscribed to Proceedings yet , here is a opportunity to find out for yourself what good value a subscription will bring . |
| 9 | I had to look the word up , you know , look the word up in a dictionary to find out what it meant . |
| 10 | COACH travellers are to be the subject of a study to find out what causes motion sickness among passengers in road vehicles . |
| 11 | Now we , let's say for instance we 've got five hundred thousand members of the church , and they in turn have a circle of friends and relatives of ten now you do n't need to be a mathematician to find out that 's five million . |
| 12 | Animal welfare officers plan to examine the body in a bid to find out how the dog died . |
| 13 | Finally and in total conclusion I must tell you what happened when we took Adam to a specialist to find out if he had a particular familial complaint . |
| 14 | The investigators knew that within an hour or so of their arrival at the accident site , but they had to work for another year and a half to find out why : |
| 15 | It had taken a year and a half to find out , but now — at last — I was sure . |
| 16 | Join us in just over a minute and a half to find out . |
| 17 | It was part of the evidence he was collecting against himself : he locked at Blighty furtively in the barber 's ; he tried drawing women , sometimes in the nude , always with big busts , in a drawing-book he kept hidden at home ; he desperately wanted to kiss a girl to find out what it was like . |
| 18 | Such international collaboration is now continuing to locate the gene itself , opening up the prospect of devising a test to find out which women are at risk of developing the disease . |
| 19 | Mrs Denise Allan , 42 , of Sowerby , West Yorks , led a campaign to find out what happened to her son , Charles , after he vanished while trekking across Canada . |
| 20 | It will be a place to link technology with science , to stimulate and amuse , a place to find out about the natural and man-made world . |
| 21 | Previously I 've written songs about all these other subjects which personally affect me , but now I 'm thirtysomething and it may be down to a need to find out about and rationalise my environment , but these songs about Wales seem to be appearing . ’ |
| 22 | In the modern industrial world , more and more people are feeling a need to find out about their immediate and distant past , and this is likely to increase in the future . |
| 23 | A desire to find out took hold of him . |
| 24 | ‘ It took me a while to find out he ( Rare Bear ) pulled out because I could n't hear that well on the radio . |
| 25 | Sentimental producers may like to think that these programmes give the politicians a chance to find out what the people are thinking , and vice versa . |
| 26 | Staying with Kathy and Len gave me a chance to find out more about the difficulties . |
| 27 | It also gives the PRO a chance to find out how he can best help that particular journalist , and the questions of background material , samples for photography or testing and in-depth features can all be raised . |
| 28 | I did n't immediately see this : that now human shit is out in the open , we 'll get a chance to find out what this stuff can really do . |
| 29 | Give me a chance to find out for goodness ’ sake . |
| 30 | Next month Guinness Today will give you a chance to find out , with a competition to guess what a whole host of strange and enigmatic terms mean . |