Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] find [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the older cases I find no such distinction . |
| 2 | The switches I find the most awkward to deal with are the mains rotary on/off switches that are supplied by several of the main electronic component retailers . |
| 3 | On my short acquaintance with Victorian Cichlids I found the males to be single-mindedly aggressive when breeding , but their harassment of tank-mates soon diminishes after spawning . |
| 4 | Readers who find the discussion too brief may wish to consult one of the many basic economics textbooks which cover this area . |
| 5 | There were no violent incidents of that magnitude at Twickenham for the Calcutta Cup match , but I know of many Scots who found the atmosphere unpleasant and have decided not to attend future rugby internationals in London . |
| 6 | Miss Field and Jane Martin … the adventure puzzle proved the trickiest winners of the books here are Mrs. Windsor and Graham Williams … most popular round was the racing … you all knew the answers only two winners I 'm afraid … well done Mrs. Cullis and N.Bonner … and three cheers for the kids who found the secret santas toys and games have been won by Tim Overton … |
| 7 | Later illustrations brought in more : they included the whole life-cycle of an insect , as the plates of butterflies and moths of Humphrys and Westwood ( 1841 , 1843–5 ) do ; in their handsome but crowded pictures we find a number of close species , on characteristic food plants , thus getting both system and ecology . |
| 8 | Since people 's self-assessments tend to reflect the way they wish they spoke , Trudgill took it that women wished to identify themselves with a higher social class , and thus that their status aspirations were higher than men 's ( with male informants he found the opposite tendency , which will be discussed later on ) . |
| 9 | Within months he found a patron in Governor Lachlan Macquarie [ q.v. ] of New South Wales , who had ambitious plans for public works in the colony , and in 1816 he was appointed government architect , receiving his emancipation in the following year . |
| 10 | Feeling in one of the pockets I found a black eye patch for added colour and realised that my crew were endorsing the senior officer 's joke about piracy in the Channel . |
| 11 | The parents who found the pistol and bullets in an unlocked cabinet say their children could have used them as toys … with tragic consequences . |
| 12 | In one of his pockets she found a newspaper . |
| 13 | Being on soft peat land , digging was easy and at a depth of three feet we found a two inch cylindrical piece of metal . |
| 14 | On one of our visits we found a representative of the Occidental Oil Company stranded there , looking most miserable and bedraggled in the morass of mud and pouring rain . |
| 15 | Beneath a heap of old rags and newspapers and raincoats he found an empty petrol can . |
| 16 | Newspaper accounts of open-cast coal workings led him to Cowdenbeath in Fife and after several visits he found the remains he was locking for . |
| 17 | Yep , the lack of wind encouraged the emergence of clouds of bloodsucking midges who found the sight of pale flesh irresistible ; this hastened our departure even further without , unfortunately , restocking our water supplies . |
| 18 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 19 | This is why in all great cultures you find a congress of the old . |
| 20 | After several false tries I found the front hall again . |
| 21 | For observers who find the pace of the SCAN analysis too demanding , or who wish to concentrate on other things , the coarse observation kit uses checklists which the observer fills in at the end of each short teaching episode . |
| 22 | According to the organisers , it hopes to ‘ provide a platform for the many hardworking and determined Dublin bands who find the process of demo recording both costly and ineffective as regards promotions and A&R contact ’ . |
| 23 | The Cessna U206G Stationair floatplane G-SEAI is an interesting addition in an area of aviation activity sorely lacking in these islands , while in the lighter-than-air world amongst thirty-odd balloons we find a couple with apparent local authority connections ; looking at G-BUES , we wonder whether the citizens of Bath are aware of where their community charge is being spent … ! |
| 24 | Melchiori in one place actually describes ‘ the I ’ as being ‘ the poet who voices his own feelings ’ , and says that the absence of the I form in some sonnets ‘ is an impediment to the dialogue , to the theatrical quality ’ , which he describes in disappointingly literal terms : ‘ Normally in Shakespeare 's Sonnets we find a truly dramatic dialogue between two characters : the persona of the poet himself ( the speaking I , not the man William Shakespeare ) ’ — a welcome disclaimer ! — ‘ and a ‘ you ’ , the actor playing the role of a lovely boy , a worthy or unworthy mistress , possibly a rival poet' . |
| 25 | As breeder and exhibitor of budgerigars for the past 12 years he finds the joke wearing thin , but it has n't dampened his enthusiasm for his hobby . |
| 26 | In both pairs we find a sarcastic ‘ overlooking of the beloved 's faults ’ which draws our attention unerringly towards them . |
| 27 | In the early middle ages we find a saint , St Eligius ( 588–663 ) , acting as goldsmith to Frankish kings . |
| 28 | On the centre pages I found a huge black and white photograph of a Hercules aircraft disgorging paratroopers over a large expanse of grassland somewhere in Africa . |
| 29 | The big guns and the big guns I found a use for the fucking thing . |
| 30 | He announced the results of a survey of 400 vets working in 600 slaughterhouses which found the average hourly rate was £25.70 . |