Example sentences of "to find [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is not easy to find parallels in other areas of public policy , even though the underlying question of the relationship between the family and the state is similar in several spheres .
2 For any distribution , we can write generally For our particular distribution of δ , assumed uniform on [ 0 , 1 ] , equation ( 10 ) can be rewritten and rearranged as : Insertion of ( 11 ) into ( 9 ) yields Equation ( 12 ) shows the marginal member 's evaluation of compliance with the norm of union membership associated with a union of size M. To find pairs of ( w , M ) at which the marginal member is indifferent between joining and abstaining , totally differentiate ( 12 ) to obtain the membership demand curve , denoted by MD : where the denominator is negative by strict concavity of .
3 Search routines to find maps with particular names , to sort maps by type ( e.g. point or polygon based ) , to access the map tiling system and to select the part of the sheet to view have also been created .
4 The problem was to find exports with which to pay for it ; English woollens and iron products were not luxurious enough for the ruling class in India and were far too expensive for the vast majority of the population .
5 For pupils of below average ability it is not so unusual to find discussions of the whole curriculum taking place , perhaps because of their perceived ‘ low ’ status or because there are no public examination constraints .
6 Its new easy-to-follow , colour coded packaging enables you to find products for your specific skin type — choose from Normal/Combination .
7 He 's trying to find reasons for this , this woman to be in the house .
8 The Monday after the men were laid off I came home from school to find crowds of people gathered outside Miss Louise 's door chattering excitedly .
9 In recent years , not all those who wish have been able to find traineeships with legal firms , although the large majority continue to do so .
10 Katie , the researcher who' later have to find contestants for all the competitions , asks Pete about the new game , Kiss , Cuddle And Feel .
11 The point of the structure is to find patterns of relationship among variables ; patterns which can , hopefully , become established empirical generalisations and , ultimately , strongly established theoretical laws .
12 The wealth of scholarship in which the book luxuriates sometimes deflects from the far simpler scientific story ; that seismicity in the different regions of Iran varies through time , and that it is possible , from a complete analysis of the history , to find patterns in this shifting activity .
13 For experimental data obtained by measuring the concentration of A at various times , the following steps can be carried out to find values for k and n in the reaction
14 To our disbelief it was really very much more abundant than we could ever have thought possible , so we 've actually been able to find molecules with eleven carbon atoms in a chain , floating around in space , and for which we really at the present time have no explanation .
15 It was the Bioscope 's view that for the person ‘ in search of different phases of human nature there is no better place to find objects of study than to visit a bioscope show ’ .
16 For what it is worth , I think he may be right because it is possible to find objects in space from remembered information .
17 Given this apparently patchy local following , it is not surprising to find signs of a steady drift of members of the duke 's northern connection into the region .
18 It was when , on their leader 's orders , they went to search the huts and hovels and woods beside and ahead of them to find signs of retreat or of ambush that the news they brought back seemed to unsettle their leader and the noblemen from Northumbria and from Fife whom he conferred with .
19 Given this apparently patchy local following , it is not surprising to find signs of a steady drift of members of the duke 's northern connection into the region .
20 However , my own interest , perhaps , is more in what a library , a typical library not just a university library , can do with its own computer , and most of our most of our readers , most of the people who use libraries expect to find books in those libraries and expect to find them when they want them , and our interests have been angled very much towards improving that sort of service .
21 However , my own interest , perhaps , is more in what a library , a typical library — not just a university library can do with its own computer , and most of our readers , most of the people who use libraries , expect to find books in those libraries and expect to find them when they want them , and our interests have been angled very much towards improving that sort of service .
22 In a landscape renowned for its water sinks and disappearing streams , it 's unusual to find lakes of the size of Semer Water and Malham Tarn .
23 When he struggled to find winners at the start of the season , the cries of gleeful recrimination reached a crescendo .
24 It had to be worked out to the finest detail and Endill went to the library to find pictures of a catapult to help them on their way .
25 Go to your local library and try to find pictures of all the birds , animals and flowers we 've mentioned .
26 She had shown Dot before how to find pictures in the clouds .
27 Dorothy had an inspiration as to who they could go as , and for the rest of the evening they amused themselves digging through an old encyclopedia to find pictures from which to copy costumes .
28 In fact the Allies were ill-fitted to assume this responsibility and unlikely to find solutions to problems that were largely of their own making .
29 There is a need too to find solutions to the problems of older residential areas , for these are generally less safe than new ones as a consequence of their land uses , building densities , street patterns and traffic composition .
30 Conceptualising , therefore , is best understood as the mental effort that people make in understanding their circumstances and attempting to find solutions to the practical problems and frustrations they find on a day-to-day basis .
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