Example sentences of "[conj] find the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He handled immediate matters he could see and touch like lighting the fire , hunting game , or finding the easiest way through a thicket or over swampy ground . |
| 2 | A common application of modern information technology is to provide an ‘ expert system ’ for people who are faced by difficult choices ; such as diagnosing a disease , or finding the cheapest mode of transport to a given destination . |
| 3 | You will also find that to generate the right question is usually more difficult than to find the right answer . |
| 4 | In the words of Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke , ‘ There is no body of opinion that finds the existing law wholly satisfactory . ’ |
| 5 | My favourites are the nosy parker whose computer opens curtains whenever anyone passes her window , and computerised bath that finds the lost soap . |
| 6 | So Chairman it would appear that finding the correct solution for a Brandon bypass is linked to the problems surrounding the Department of Transport proposals in Suffolk to trunk the A one three four road between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford and the A ten eighty eight lorry bans and in my view therefore the debate needs to be extended to a |
| 7 | We gazed , open-mouthed at the stately triple towers and the flying buttresses , then went inside and found the famous Lincoln Imp in the Angel Choir , and J. bought me a small silver imp for my charm bracelet . |
| 8 | Mrs Stych sailed majestically to the bookcase indicated , and found the offending volume almost immediately . |
| 9 | One concerned neighbour — who is now looking after the boy — eventually pushed her way into the flat and found the stricken woman lying on the floor of the front room with a sheet over her . |
| 10 | Just about this time he put his hand into his jacket pocket and found the two bills from Mouncy Street . |
| 11 | Jagged blue lightning stabbed through one of the ragged gaps and found the only thing in the office block that was moving . |
| 12 | Theatres , cinemas and restaurants in the area were also evacuated as police launched a frantic search and found the B-registration van . |
| 13 | In 1968 Fields and Stanbury updated Break 's UK study and found the net disincentive effect to have grown to 8% of the population . |
| 14 | They flew home and found the blazing huts just about to fall down . |
| 15 | After wandering about for a while she finally got her bearings and found the splendid staircase that led to the grand hall and the main entrance . |
| 16 | River police and firemen were called to the scene after being alerted by a passing cyclist and found the unnamed man on the rocks . |
| 17 | Joe had employed Benny when he was buying and selling in the East End of London and found the elderly man to be a conscientious worker who could be relied on to keep his mouth shut . |
| 18 | He took Susan Hart 's directions and found the no-through road and the turning circle and the track . |
| 19 | Practices sought independence in applying for fundholding status and found the preparatory year challenging and time consuming . |
| 20 | We went on to the marshes with the soldiers and found the escaped convicts fighting each other . |
| 21 | The survey monitored 1,100 Welsh homes and found the average level to be 20 becquerels per cubic metre , the same as the UK as a whole . |
| 22 | We drove from Castor Hanglands to Maxey and found the haunted path where Clare had walked ‘ very fearful ’ each week as a boy to collect flour from the mill . |
| 23 | Except that in that case Timmy would n't be Timmy , and the thought that there might be no Timmy , that there might be some other person altogether occupying his space in the world , fills me with terror , as if I had looked out of the bedroom window and found the solid earth beneath the house had disappeared . |
| 24 | We started house-hunting and found the perfect place on a new rural estate within ten minutes ' drive of the café . |
| 25 | Deceased 's father , with Thomas Hawkswell [ sic ] set out as a search party , and eventually traced the ‘ footings ’ of the missing man … to the old Groove house , and found the lifeless body of young Brown lying just outside the dilapidated building , with his faithful dog watching over the remains of its departed master … the deceased had been married about nine months but he , however , resided with his father at Blackton , while his wife lived with her mother at Bowes , pending their securing a farm and home to themselves , a consummation well within sight at the time of this untoward happening — this mysterious interposition , which surely intimates eternity to man … ‘ |
| 26 | Minutes later the owner returned and found the rear window of the car smashed and the case stolen . |
| 27 | Naturally , without Fouroux the motivator — both Trillo and Dubroca are low key , understated individuals — some of the players felt uneasy and found the extra bit of motivation in the ritual bashing of the English . |
| 28 | He flipped back the pages of his note-book , and found the scrappy diary of those few days . |
| 29 | He put on his raincoat and hat , opened the case and found the steel-rimmed spectacles which he carried in there for safety . |
| 30 | As he expected , he drew a blank , and found the main objection was the Founders ' powers . |