Example sentences of "had to find a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , thinking the process through sensibly , I realised I needed to write an essay before winning the £200 , hence I had to find a suitable topic . |
| 2 | First we had to find a new propeller and this was delivered by Sam , an engineer from Technical Branch , who made a record marathon run in his tiny van from Southampton to join us at Oban . |
| 3 | Industrialized countries , however , felt that with international economic arrangements increasingly being negotiated through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , UNCTAD had to find a new purpose . |
| 4 | ‘ Had to find a quiet corner . |
| 5 | The low headroom on the staircase meant that we had to find a sensible height for the border by doing a ‘ dry ’ run without cutting any material from the roll ( an assistant is invaluable for this ) . |
| 6 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 7 | Its pressure paid off , but Whitehall had to find a face-saving formula to cover its miscalculation . |
| 8 | In order to win West Bank allegiance in the face of Israeli and Jordanian competition , the PLO had to find a local partner . |
| 9 | Our first problem was one the water was quite cold and so everyone had to find a wet suit to fit them , which caused a slight problem . |
| 10 | We had to find a proper bin to chuck it in . |
| 11 | The union estimates that local education authorities had to find an additional £7m , as well as awarding 8,400 fewer classroom teacher incentive allowances , to meet the cost of incentives for senior teachers . |