Example sentences of "to find [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Empson , a lifelong and dedicated atheist , returned from the Far East in 1952 expecting to find little more demolition-work on religion needing to be done , at least among the lettered , and was horrified to discover that the devout spirit of T. S. Eliot , in his absence , had spawned a host of converts in the critical world . |
| 2 | We anticipate a shortfall of fifteen thousand pounds compared to our original budget and what we 've done in that is we 've taken an element of seven thousand in a sense below the line so that it does n't affect this committee , but this committee has had to find eight thousand pounds with that shortfall and now the bulk of that has been met by the savings we found elsewhere in the budget and the final item there is er setting up a consultants budget of ten thousand pounds , there 's not a consultants budget of any significance at , at the moment of the committee erm the County Planning Officer anticipates there 's a need for consultants in the minerals local plan work which we 're coming into this year and also to assist in environmental assessments er and special on that . |
| 3 | A judge gave Peter and Maureen Harris two weeks to find eight thousand pounds . |
| 4 | The Harris family had been given just two weeks to find eight thousand pounds in mortgage arrears . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , given managerial competence in performing and acting upon that analysis , one would expect to find largest positive NPV ( and not highest current ROI ) projects in the regions of the BCG or McKinsey matrix that relate to high growth and high market share . |
| 6 | To find each new point on the graph move up the " day " line until you are level with the correct number of kg for that day . |
| 7 | They go from one set of arms to another , hoping to find that lasting union with the beloved . |
| 8 | Labour 's employment spokesman , Henry McLeish , was startled to find that male unemployment in London marginals like Streatham , Hornsey , Lewisham West and Dulwich was worse than in his own Fife seat and in some of the grimmer parts of Glasgow . |
| 9 | In other words they are being totally unfair in that process and as a result of this more people are likely to suffer as a result of fire Council and savings which are clearly er is proposed er that is Conservative review that we should not be using new money or money within the environment budget which is better stretched for all the other services , to find that other fire fighters as much as we agree they are needed when clearly there is another pot of money which was available for this service and which the other two groups have decided they will take |
| 10 | Right , so how are you gon na find the average speed , what do you do to find that average speed ? |
| 11 | Authorities have begun to find that multi-agency cooperation in other fields — notably racial violence — need not be a mask for police interference . |
| 12 | This is why professional golfers spend hour after hour on the practice greens in an effort to find that Holy Grail of golf — a consistent and ever-repeating putting stroke . |
| 13 | He seemed to find that adequate gratitude . |
| 14 | ‘ In April , hundreds of runners can be found digging around at the back of the wardrobe , trying to find that old pair of track spikes . |
| 15 | SOMETIMES it can be the off-the-cuff ideas that spark innovative business ventures , rather than a painstaking attempt to find that elusive gap in the market . |
| 16 | Then you go back and you think : ‘ Well , although I 've done my best , maybe I have to find that little bit extra as a black person . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ At college , we have to find tall skinny people to try our designs on . |
| 18 | Cecilia had closed the window and gone on upstairs to find dear little Tina up and dressed and trying to brush out the tangles in her golden hair . |
| 19 | Its task is to find acceptable French terms for the universally used English ones . |
| 20 | I have still not managed to find another young horse to come on with young Basil . |
| 21 | Johnson 's fourth three-pointer and two shots from Gardner put Giants 80-75 ahead , but then Baskerville Holmes found Gerald Lee unmarked under Giants ' basket and the home team needed to find another four points . |
| 22 | Later on the Paignton to Kingswear branch was closed by BR and was bought up by Dart Valley who obviously did not wish to find another competing railway only 10 miles away . |
| 23 | With the loss of Southwark the project organisers had to find another similar London borough . |
| 24 | In fact , benefits are so low as to make it difficult for a woman and her children to live on them , which puts pressure on her to find another male supporter . |
| 25 | Lecter , a practising psychiatrist himself then in prison for horrible crimes , had been enlisted to help a floundering FBI agent to find another serial killer . |
| 26 | imagine our feelings on raising our beads to draw a long breath when the last sheep was in , to find another large flock making Its way towards us . |
| 27 | Having decided on this book , I then had to find another interesting book which had some connection to Carrie . |
| 28 | Robert will have to find another veterinary nurse . ’ |
| 29 | It was my joy to find old Chinese stories and transcribe them into dramatic radio productions such as ‘ The Good Luck Horse ’ , ‘ The Luck of Shao Nien ’ , ‘ The Poet and the Peony ’ and many others . |
| 30 | In the meantime , we have to step up our efforts to find this damn ship . |