Example sentences of "to find [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | to find about the local organisations that may offer help |
| 2 | But they 're fi , they 're going to find about it cos it 's everywhere . |
| 3 | I was fortunate to find between the leaves of a large book an exquisitely penned transcription of the Commandments and the Lord 's Prayer , all embraced in a delicate architectural framework , dating from the late eighteenth century . |
| 4 | The guidance says that Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , ‘ is minded ’ to go for Japanese-style pendulum arbitration — where the arbiter would be free only to find for one party or the other , and would not be able to compromise . |
| 5 | Queen Mary 's Hospital at Sidcup has cancelled all waiting-list surgery for ‘ at least ’ five weeks after more patients than planned were treated in the first five months , producing a £205,000 overspend on top of £200,000 it has to find for under-funded pay awards and other pressures . |
| 6 | It naturally combines with the view that individuals should develop freely to find for themselves the form of the good which they wish to pursue in their life . |
| 7 | Every couple has to find for themselves where this balance lies and , to be frank , this can be hard for some because one partner 's idea of novelty is the other 's perception of tedium . |
| 8 | A single leaf of the Gutenberg ( or Mazarin ) Latin Bible of c.1456 is likely to cost from £2,000-£3,000 ; even an imperfect copy of Coverdale ( which is the only condition in which it occurs ) will probably fetch from £5,000-£10,000 according to the nature of its deficiencies ; and a reasonable copy of the first issue of the first edition of the Authorised Version would be hard to find for less than £2,000-£3,000 . |
| 9 | It may just be the book you have been trying to find for years ! |
| 10 | The need is to change them ; to find for the means of production and provision another structure such as will of its nature avoid the dilemma with which the present dispensation ultimately confronts the country : either unacceptably high and chronic unemployment or unacceptable and uncontrollable inflation , each so operating as eventually to destabilise society to the point where the purposes of liberal democracy can no longer be entertained , let alone fulfilled . |
| 11 | I understood what I had seen in the dream when I learned the words " gaberdine " and " mahogany " ; and I was born in the year of the New Look , understood by 1951 and the birth of my sister , that dresses needing twenty yards for a skirt were items as expensive as children — more expensive really , because after 1948 babies came relatively cheap , on tides of free milk and orange juice , but good cloth in any quantity was hard to find for a very long time . |
| 12 | And in saying this sort of thing to its own members , the church also invites the rest of the community to find for itself , people within the community to find for themselves , the positive benefits of living in obedience to the word of God . |
| 13 | And in saying this sort of thing to its own members , the church also invites the rest of the community to find for itself , people within the community to find for themselves , the positive benefits of living in obedience to the word of God . |
| 14 | Safely there , she lit the gas , with one of the solid and reliable wooden matches Signor Fixit had been able to find for her , and put on the kettle . |
| 15 | Right away I said , I have three people to find for working class areas who collect stamps , who are interested in stamps . |
| 16 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |
| 17 | In this case the plaintiffs , a firm of estate agents , were employed by the defendants to find for them and to negotiate a lease of office and shop accommodation . |
| 18 | By the heathen poor , who had to find for James , |
| 19 | I think that , you know George would n't mind er , and Maria would n't mind , maybe it 's Martin trying to find for for our Martin . |
| 20 | The best consultants are as hard to find as the best managers |
| 21 | At the same time food was becoming harder to find as the mammals and birds he might have caught were kept off the moors or in hibernation by the still unthawed snow which lay bleakly below him . |
| 22 | As to what would have happened without the event of the accident in her A level year by way of results , I regret I have to find as a fact that she would not in the year of her accident , have achieved the grades necessary for her to take up a place at Norwich City College . |
| 23 | A place you try to find after a long absence … |
| 24 | It certainly has something of value to offer and there is only one way to find out whom it will suit ; try it ! |
| 25 | ‘ You need contacts , and you need to find out the way things are done ’ |
| 26 | You need contacts , and you need to find out the way things are done — local customs and regulations . ’ |
| 27 | Announcing the Welsh line-up last night , the general team manager , Myrddin John , said there was still £50,000 to find of the £172,000 needed . |
| 28 | Reports on these visits have been made and from these a number of lessons have been identified which firms that are using risk management systems are likely to find of interest . |
| 29 | Solutions to the Ferranti crisis are not going to be easy to find despite the way in which the company has been inundated with offers of help . |
| 30 | In two cases the " unlawful act " is hard if not impossible to find despite the requirement of an unlawful act . |