Example sentences of "[noun] to find [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such attempts to find solutions in the discourse of everyday were more typical of lawyer C. |
| 2 | Paratroopers ( from the left ) Alex Poole , Eric Sekwalor , John Sowerby and Sean Ollsson came third in the four-man push competition organised by the British Bobsleigh Association to find crews for the new season . |
| 3 | Russell said that the police once used either steam-distillation or vacuum extraction to find traces of the common accelerants such as petrol , paraffin , paint thinners and white spirit , that spread fires . |
| 4 | The authorities may contend that they demonstrate their determination to find extremists in the ranks . |
| 5 | Not surprising , you might think , in animals designed by Darwinian evolution to find associations in the real world . |
| 6 | The development of Defence policy since the Second World War has been dominated as much by efforts to find ways off the ‘ Military Road to Absurdity ’ as by the struggle for resources in the Whitehall market-place . |
| 7 | Walk through into the courtyard to find remains of the late 16C designs of the Labours of Hercules . |
| 8 | Christians seem to believe themselves to be under a pressure to find texts in the bible which directly support their case . |
| 9 | It is rare for an overseas couple to find jobs in the same area — most travel to obtain a job wherever offered . |
| 10 | The programme experimented with a variety of formats and timings to find ways around the constraints on staff time . |
| 11 | Almost the most enjoyable thing of all is Lewis 's ability to find traces of the ‘ old world ’ — beliefs which go back to Isadore of Seville or Macrobius or even as far as Plato — surviving in the pages of Fielding , Johnson or Wordsworth . |
| 12 | Money raised by the tolls will be directed towards improvements in public transport , together with investment in the rail and canal network , with a view to encouraging both passengers and freight to find alternatives to the road . |
| 13 | Most of the party leaders were in any case inherited from Balfour and it would take time to find men of the new stamp , even if this were possible . |
| 14 | And generally speaking , they had left the special schools of , is it St Christophers in er Lincoln , and er other special schools , and they were not , they had n't had sufficient er work experience or knowledge of the possible market to find jobs at the moment . |