Example sentences of "to find the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult for a European to find the rational basis for this optimism . |
| 2 | Don Peters had been pleasantly surprised to find the Prime Minister 's forthright manner lived up to her advance publicity . |
| 3 | It might be simpler to find the total energy in space than the flux crossing a given surface . |
| 4 | Even so , it 's surprising to find the following comment in the work of a distinguished historical linguist : ‘ Nonstandard forms may be found among antisocial groups , such as criminals , or a rebellious younger generation , or among rustics ’ ( Lehmann , 1962 : 142 ) . |
| 5 | The 24-year-old local hero failed to find the superb form which saw him win the French Indoor Championships , as he lost his first match to Pete Sampras , 7–6 ( 7–5 ) , 7–6 ( 7–3 ) . |
| 6 | Yet the first attempt in 1944 to find the Roman wall of Canterbury , which was also supposed to follow the line of the medieval wall , proved a failure , so not too much should be read into the Carlisle evidence . |
| 7 | All the same it is extraordinary to find the Roman Church ( 1 ) acquiescing in Constantine 's total indifference to Jesus ; ( 2 ) deferring to Constantine 's presentation of himself as the Messiah ; and ( 3 ) acknowledging the definition of Messiahship — that is , a military and political figure — embodied by Constantine . |
| 8 | ‘ For many people who are already struggling it will be impossible to find the extra money . ’ |
| 9 | Durham county council 's deputy leader , Coun. Bob Pendlebury , said : ‘ We are making immediate representations to the Government , but if we do not get a favourable response , we will have to cut back our education budget by up to £3m. to find the extra money . |
| 10 | Once an entry has been identified , the user will expect to find the complete term in order to distinguish it from others containing the same words . |
| 11 | To find the complete answer , Taylor had to know how much power each member of the menagerie generates as well as how much fuel it uses . |
| 12 | Having found the location in the dictionary the computer file was then searched to find the corresponding location . |
| 13 | By inspection ( or from the implied quadratic ) unc We now evaluate the eigenvectors : unc so that we may take unc I now remains to find the corresponding row vectors and to deflate A for further study ; we leave this to the reader . |
| 14 | The second amplifier should perform in the same way , but the core will have to be rotated through about 90° to find the corresponding zero field position . |
| 15 | In a wheezing , faint voice , Wynne-Jones said , ‘ They would be reunited … body and soul … at the place of the deed to be done … the great battle … all quest legend is like this … first thing is to find the inner self … ’ |
| 16 | All the signs pointed to an Ian Ferguson thunderbolt but as the defensive wall braced itself , Hateley stepped forward to find the far corner of the net . |
| 17 | Although he was never able , despite his ‘ utmost endeavours ’ , to find the actual nest and eggs of the satin bower-birds , the new light he was able to throw on their bower-building habits caused a considerable stir back in England . |
| 18 | What must be done is to find the new position in spatial coordinates of the particle initially at xj after a time interval — t . |
| 19 | I think erm there is some dispute as to erm what size the new settlement must be to become what 's termed an integrated and balanced community , and given the importance of this issue , and it has been with us for the last three years , ever since the new settlement was first proposed , erm I find it very surprising that North Yorkshire County Council have not undertaken any work of their own on this subject area , and have relied instead on a a residual approach to find the new settlement size , and I must say I find that very unsatisfactory , what North Yorkshire County Council are inviting you , erm , to accept is whatever size the residual for Greater York is , you know , has been in the past I should say , proposals from the public , from the private sector have come forward , an and the County Council have used those proposals as confirmation that the new settlement of that particular size was viable , it 's a sort of self fulfilling prophecy , now I think that 's unacceptable , what they have n't done is the second part of the technical exercise , which is to look at the thresholds of the various services and facilities required in the new settlement . |
| 20 | She left the cubicle to find a blood test kit , and came back to find the new houseman , Joe Reynolds , ordering head X-rays and a neurologist 's opinion . |
| 21 | NORTH WALES : CPRW is alarmed at the plan to find three-quarters of the needs of North Wales from waste materials , while still increasing primary production by 35% to find the other quarter . |
| 22 | Holcraft , having discovered his mistake while chatting to Sontag during the ride back to the hotel , had hurried off to find the other funeral directors . |
| 23 | They make the organizational labyrinth less treacherous , make it easier to find the other team members , help groom the baton before passing it along , assist management by providing them with mature ideas for review and generally increase the odds of getting a hearing for ideas within the organization . |
| 24 | The problem is to find the other party to the deal , which requires a " double coincidence of wants " . |
| 25 | Hopeful forays onto the slopes above the town produced poor snow , wet people and a complete failure to find the mysterious Notch . |
| 26 | Rod , after managing to find the front door with his unpatched eye is greeted by his colleague who is bent double clutching a bottle of wine . |
| 27 | Visiting a large London practice shortly after the end of the 1980–88 Gulf War , I was surprised to find the Middle East rather than Europe the focus of attention . |
| 28 | The clergy were going to make it impossible to find the young priest 's murderer . |
| 29 | Some of the four million annual visitors seem to find the mere ascent insufficiently fulfilling . |
| 30 | BORIS BECKER spoke here yesterday of how he tried to find the perfect antidote to New York by taking a week 's holiday in East Germany after winning the United States Open last month . |