Example sentences of "we find the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The normally staid Independent cleared its front page for a graphic , reminiscent of a medieval woodcut , depicting all stages in the evolution of the Cosmos , while the Sun announced that ‘ We Find the Secret of the Creation ’ and showed a mysterious egg-shaped blob with the caption ‘ AMAZING … the universe with ripples shown in the patchy areas ’ , presumably in case the readers thought they were patches in the rippled areas . |
| 2 | I hope we find the net as easily on Wednesday against Sunderland ! |
| 3 | Embedded in his initial instructions to Joshua concerning the actions the people are to take on the seventh day we find the clause , ‘ … when they make a long blast with the ram 's horn ’ . |
| 4 | The idea of confidence runs thus : Rather than look at the probability of getting this precise result , we find the probability of getting a less likely observed result . |
| 5 | At the end of the Gospel , therefore , we find the resurrection appearances that Luke records are confined to the city where these climactic events have taken place . |
| 6 | In the Word of God we find the position of the one , true God , Jehovah stated plainly ‘ I am the Lord thy God … |
| 7 | The latter use the word which ? or what sort of ? , as in fact do all attributives , whereas the means for questioning the predicate qualifier is normally how ? ; ( 6 ) and ( 7 ) are examples : ( 6 ) they ca n't map the parts inaccessible : which parts ca n't they map ? the book missing was stolen by Twyford : which book was stolen by Twyford ? ( 7 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong : how does Alastair like his beef tea ? we find the prisoner guilty : how do you find the prisoner ? |
| 8 | In contrast we find the Church party attacking the Church hierarchy . |
| 9 | For here we find the head of the common law courts , echoing the spirit of Coke , Hale , and Mansfield and working largely within Dicey 's framework , expressing anxiety about the challenge to the supremacy of the ‘ ordinary law ’ posed by statutory developments . |
| 10 | We find the reference in section 12 to duties , etc. , ‘ not incident to the administration of justice in any court ’ particularly compelling as a pointer to the conclusion that the disciplinary jurisdiction of the visitors was transferred to the High Court pursuant to section 16 . |
| 11 | But at the beginning of Acts , volume two in the drama , we find the story of the ascension related again , and from a very different point of view . |
| 12 | Clearly , Greenblatt 's argument is compromised if , in the case of King Lear , we find the play and Harsnett 's A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures are both texts on the margins of the culture , neither representative of the culture 's central preoccupations . |
| 13 | Naturally , we find the history of the Carews fascinating . |
| 14 | Today we find the equivalent in talking offensively and insultingly about coloureds , niggers , fuzzy-wuzzies , chinks , yids and so forth . |
| 15 | But where we find the law is deliberately being ignored or flouted , inspectors will be prepared to take firm enforcement action , particularly if serious risks to health and safety are evident or where what needs to be done is not new , i.e. where existing duties have simply been replaced by new legislation . ’ |
| 16 | Through this type of literature , generally based on the Chicago school of economics , we find the utilization of economic methodologies in support of Hayek 's basic point about the common law as a spontaneous order . |
| 17 | Right at the start of the gospel story we find the Spirit active in full vigour . |
| 18 | Precisely as in Mark , we find the Spirit and mission being the two notable marks of the Church in the age stretching between the advents . |
| 19 | Particularly in the sonnets where the Poet confronts time and age , we find the affirmation that his verse will perpetuate the Friend 's memory to eternity , and it follows — as history has indeed shown — that his verse itself , and the poet who wrote it , are also guaranteed immortality . |
| 20 | It is not until they get accepted into the Project that we find the problem emerging that perhaps senior staff are not supportive . |
| 21 | We find the village nurse in her house . |
| 22 | Indeed before we even come to the characterization of characters within the drama we find the poem itself being apparently characterized one way but then characterized another in the opening three stanzas : ( As I travelled along a path I heard the tale of one , a spirited man , and proud ; he was wise in learning and splendid under his clothes , and clothed in fine array . |
| 23 | ‘ There are a surprising number of magazines that deal with graphics , but we find the coverage a bit soft . |
| 24 | 4.3 Once again , our interpretation has consequences for grammaticality and linguistic form which match observable data : First , it implies , inter alia , that adjectives which can not be ascribed to the entity of the noun phrase — such as the associatives — will be unacceptable here , just as they are in postnominal attributive position , and this is indeed the case : ( 19 ) how did the Ministry send their expert ? they sent their expert well-briefed they sent their expert meteorological ( 20 ) how do you find the new flag ? we find the flag gaudy we find the flag national |
| 25 | 4.3 Once again , our interpretation has consequences for grammaticality and linguistic form which match observable data : First , it implies , inter alia , that adjectives which can not be ascribed to the entity of the noun phrase — such as the associatives — will be unacceptable here , just as they are in postnominal attributive position , and this is indeed the case : ( 19 ) how did the Ministry send their expert ? they sent their expert well-briefed they sent their expert meteorological ( 20 ) how do you find the new flag ? we find the flag gaudy we find the flag national |
| 26 | If we turn to the literature which attempts to combine sociobiology with social psychology , we find the formation of youth subcultures being given an explanation which is largely at odds with that proposed by Marxism . |
| 27 | Here we find the ring of truth because if you were one of the disciples and Jesus had appeared to you , what would you have told your friends ? |
| 28 | But it is very lately that the truly magnificent taste in gardening has flourished in these northern parts of Europe , for although in King Charles the Second 's reign there was great spirit amongst the nobility and gentry of England for planting and gardening , which spirit was greatly heighten 'd in King William 's reign , during which time most of the large gardens of England were laid out and planted , yet we find the taste at that time extended little farther than to small pieces of box-wood , finish 'd parterres and clipp 'd greens , all of which are now generally banished out of the gardens of the most polite persons of this age , who justly prefer the more extended rural designs of gardens which approach the nearest to nature . |
| 29 | But just as they have done throughout the past three years , we find the Opposition spokesmen contradicting each other . |
| 30 | By this approach too we find the starting-point of at any rate one kind of valuation in choice of the spontaneous reaction in obedience to ‘ Be aware ’ . |