Example sentences of "[verb] found a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new study by cancer researchers in Oxford has found a possible link between childhood leukaemia and fathers who work at nuclear sites . |
| 2 | So far , no one has found a possible candidate for the supernova that might have represented the Star of Bethlehem . |
| 3 | political democracy , urbanization , and education have brought the different sections of the population into more frequent contact with each other and have created even greater mutual awareness , the central value system has found a wider acceptance than in other periods of the history of society . ’ |
| 4 | Already , before he has found a theological universe in which to create them , they have the feeling of lost souls , fodder for hell . |
| 5 | Thus in many cases where a buyer seeks to reject goods supplied under a sale contract , it does so because the transaction has proved uneconomical , for instance because the market has fallen , or because it has found a cheaper source of supply ; it may then sieze on any trivial breach , or any ambiguity in the contract , in order to justify rejection of the goods . |
| 6 | It stands gaunt and grey , but today has found a peaceful role in the new Arbon , housing a museum which illustrates life in the area right back to the time of the Roman and beyond . |
| 7 | Power-plant maker Bergmann-Borsig ( above ) has found a western buyer . |
| 8 | At least one , the hamster , has found a simple solution . |
| 9 | There are earlier Berman recordings of nearly all the pieces in this latest recital ; in no instance is the interpretation all that different ( though he has found a better edition of Funérailles ) and in most it is rather less satisfying . |
| 10 | She comes back and tells the others her dad has found a nice man who has agreed to fly him and Paul and John to Florida in his plane . |
| 11 | Lotus , being in the Anglia region , has found a new sponsor and has been able , at last , to bring out its long-awaited cheap saloon — the Flan . |
| 12 | REDLAND , the brick and tile company making a hostile bid for Steetley , has found a new platform for its offensive a development in Devon which uses bricks from both companies . |
| 13 | They know that , but perhaps one well-known American maker of tape — magnetic and adhesive — has found a new ploy . |
| 14 | It has found a new publisher in the American corporation Elegant Logic which is at present attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market . |
| 15 | At first glance , it seems hardly necessary to make another film about Van Gogh ; but Maurice Pialat , who began his career in the late 1960s , has found a new approach by showing the artist not as a great figure of his times but as a tormented , talented painter living in a village among ordinary folk . |
| 16 | A car enthusiast has found a new way of making money out of Minis … he 's turning them into furniture . |
| 17 | A car enthusiast has found a new way of making money out of Minis … he 's turning them into furniture.He 's making sofas which he calls driving seats … and they 're selling all over the world.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 18 | The former Benedictine monastery of St George has found a new life as a museum and is well worth visiting . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , ’ Mrs Peterson said , coming into the kitchen one morning a few days after the monthly nurse had left , ‘ you 'll be pleased to hear that the mistress has found a new servant at last . |
| 20 | Although he has found a new cutting edge to his game , after managing just five goals in his previous 104 league games , it is as a creator that Alex Ferguson most cherishes him . |
| 21 | Now Ingrams has found a new hobby in his retirement , the Oldie , a publication with extra-large print to cater for the antiquated myope . |
| 22 | Nothing forbids me to dramatize the crisis by saying that the individual has found a new sense of his dignity in the knowledge that he is wholly free to choose , with the sole responsibility for his choice . |
| 23 | THE ex-Cambrian/Great Western tickets office from Barmouth has found a new home on the Embsay Steam Railway at Skipton . |
| 24 | One of the most famous paintings of the Italian Renaissance has found a new home in a college chapel . |
| 25 | The East-West Women 's Project , which provides training and support for women seeking work or enterprise opportunities , has found a new home in Middlesbrough Council 's old Holgate depot . |
| 26 | Oracle Systems Corp has found a new partner in Japan in the shape of the diversifying point-of-sale terminal specialist Omron Corp , Reuter reports from Tokyo . |
| 27 | I was glad to hear from Richard , with whom we spent a very satisfying week in August , that David has found a new girl-friend — Sally too , I believe — and that they both seem to have survived the breakup . |
| 28 | Not bad going for most in modern industrial times , but even more so for people like 28-year-old Ewan , from Hamilton , who has found a new job as a salesman . |
| 29 | At Fayetteville , USA , ICI Films has found a new use for the 1,000 tonnes per year of ethylene glycol residue from its process vessels . |
| 30 | The Chelsea goalkeeper has found a new lease of life at Grimsby since joining them on loan . |