Example sentences of "find [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You find enthralling tales of small businesses without a jot of formal marketing training who have , unknowingly , applied effective marketing techniques for years — but have done so under the banner of plain , common sense . |
| 2 | Electric shavers are fast , convenient and safe , although some users find dry shaving takes some getting used to . |
| 3 | I find divine creation , or several such creations , a completely unnecessary hypothesis . |
| 4 | In a small minority of cases it may be that an employer and 1 future employee find each other through Work Experience . |
| 5 | By alternating these messages , the males and females soon find each other . |
| 6 | Glancing round at the noisy throng , Ellie observed helpfully , ‘ I expect they find each other 's groups more interesting . ’ |
| 7 | In a Minneapolis hotel room we find each other again . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm quite agreeable to that , as long as the wording is such that if we find each other horrendously incompatible after each year there 's a let-out clause . ’ |
| 9 | You think me strange but it is not I who is strange — it is the truth that you find strange . |
| 10 | What I find strange is that England have got nothing to do with our tour of Ireland and Wales , yet they get the big game and all the money . ’ |
| 11 | In the Middle East and Latin American countries , business discussions are carried out in very close proximity , involving physical contact , which many Western salespeople find strange . |
| 12 | In the oldest civilizations we find definite correlations between social and natural events . |
| 13 | If you find stately homes and country houses fascinating , you 'll be spoilt for choice around Brighton & Hove . |
| 14 | An old idea , that beyond a certain point you just find hideous monsters , ’ Kopyion said . |
| 15 | They also found that most women find greatest satisfaction from employing vibrators to the outer extremities of the vulva , rather than in deeper penetration . |
| 16 | It can help to identify problems with clarity , and find specific remedies to meet them . |
| 17 | Are the effects I find specific to the chick — or even merely specific to the young chick remembering about a bitter-tasting bead — or can I legitimately claim that they illustrate some general principles about the mechanisms of memory formation ? |
| 18 | ‘ Its purpose is to help middle and secondary schools plan their overall curriculum to include an adequate coverage of pupils ’ study needs : the ability to formulate and focus a question , find possible sources , judge their appropriateness , extract the relevant information , reorganize it and prepare it for future use , or reorganize it and prepare it for future presentation to others . |
| 19 | I find strong ale very heavy |
| 20 | ‘ Damned In The U.S.A. ’ and ‘ Stop The Church ’ , both compelling examinations of the conflicts between religious fundamentalists and homosexuals , as well as feminists and artists , find resonant parallels here . |
| 21 | teachers find ample time to communicate with parents , giving detailed and constructive feedback on pupils ' progress ; |
| 22 | Although his statements about Cnut 's piety find ample confirmation elsewhere ( see Chapter 4 ) , it is difficult to avoid the impression that this account of Cnut is simply a stock description of a good Christian king , intended to reflect as much credit upon Emma as possible . |
| 23 | It means that when we find stolen goods , we can automatically reunite them with their owners . |
| 24 | Man guilty after police find stolen bicycles |
| 25 | Never find damn spoons ! |
| 26 | Today within the margins of acceptability we find professional boxing . |
| 27 | A vile joke — he could as well sprout wings and fly straight up to the sun as find that sum ! |
| 28 | I wear contact lenses and find that eye make-up , particularly mascara , irritates my eyes . |
| 29 | Forgive me if I find that odd ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Go and find that letter , first , ’ Vic said to Shirley . |