Example sentences of "[be] find [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Of the 20 000 or so living species of fish , only about 120 are found south of the Antarctic Convergence , and most of those are endemic ( Everson , 1984 ) .
2 The best-situated vines are found east of the village on a slope which is a continuation of the vineyards of Rilly-la-Montagne , but are not of exceptional quality .
3 I do not know how easy it will be to find Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow outside Japan .
4 Outside the Church are to be found signs of the Kingdom in the form of his image , recognisable , though sadly disfigured , in the lives of all men .
5 Most of the mining remains to be found date from the nineteenth century , during the last period of activity before cheaper foreign copper brought about the decline and fall of the local industry .
6 They are likely to be found breast-feeding in the high street while swopping telephone numbers of their family acupuncturists .
7 I I 'm very grateful to the Secretary of State , erm is he aware that increasingly over this winter there have been examples of homes for the elderly and particularly nursing homes in the private sector without casting a valued judgement on the role of the private sector , er homes that are finding difficulty in the filling the beds because of policy that is being pursued in care in the community .
8 These grievances were to find expression in the strike wave that occurred once economic conditions improved .
9 Whatever the reason , three of the strongest members of the U.S. side were to find water off the tee at the last .
10 The ponds hold the usual species associated with this type of habitat , with Great Crested Grebes and Tufted Ducks nesting on the larger ponds and lakes , and the small breeding population of Teal in the county largely restricted to this habitat or the smaller streams and marshes , rarely being found breeding on the river levels .
11 The bodies of Richard Paul , aged 20 , and his uncle Raymond Dragseth , aged 47 , a professor of computer science at Panama Canal College , were found shot through the back of the head in a building near the Vatican Embassy in Panama yesterday .
12 In this the aim is to find answers to the following questions :
13 To understand is to reproduce the order in the minds of actors ; to explain is to find causes in the scientific manner .
14 The rise of State intervention in the social sphere prior to 1914 has been acknowledged as marking the beginnings of the process of greater involvement which was to find expression in the Second World War .
15 He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help .
16 For Ryecroft , like so many others who had worried about culture and the masses , had learnt ‘ the true instinct of townsfolk ’ which was to find pleasure in the ‘ triumph of artificial circumstance over natural conditions ’ .
17 Numerous finds of statuettes include examples of Hercules , Ceres and Minerva , while a fragmentary inscription apparently dedicated to Mars was found west of the defences .
18 The body of Mr Bates , 44 , was found shot through the head at a derelict factory site in Miami at the weekend .
19 Sweet was found shot through the head at the roadside beside his grey Ford Escort , which appeared to have run out of petrol .
20 She was finding delight in the pain he was inflicting .
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