Example sentences of "had to find [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas the Government press could rely on a government subvention to support it for political or educational ends , private newspapers had to find private capital . |
| 2 | The one that has n't been in fact to employ somebody particularly perhaps to go out the market theatre but this particular mark in time it 's been very difficult for a theatre to actually find twenty thousand this financial year in fact we had to find seventy thousand pound cuts , that was a very difficult exercise so the answer to your question is we accept that recommendation and as soon as the finance is available we intend to employ somebody to take on that task . |
| 3 | One of the buildings totally flattened was the new home of the deaf in the town , so for the second time within the space of one year , the deaf in Exeter had to find new club premises . |
| 4 | Finally many people of this caste had to find other non-traditional occupations . |
| 5 | They went to Zliten and spent the night in a guestroom ; in the morning the Zliten boy asked to borrow the vehicle for a few moments , drove it away , smashed it and abandoned both the vehicle and his Zuwayi friend who had to find other means to get back to Benghazi . |
| 6 | We had to find other diversions . |
| 7 | They would be free from slavery , from work they were unsuited to do , but they lost a way of life , they had to look after their children for longer , they had to find other work to keep the family fed , clothed , rent paid etc . |
| 8 | He had to find all the time he could to write the play , even if it meant neglecting other matters , not least because it would be his first composition since the award of the Nobel Prize . |
| 9 | But actually it does n't tell you anything about the quality of the care which they 're purchasing and the evidence that we are getting increasingly from the community health council is the experience of people of the health service is that actually the quality of the care is getting worse and this is not due to the staff in the health ee the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the e the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the for an operation er , four years , it should to be said er , she 's been waiting despite the government 's claim that all operations are done within two years er for very severe varicose veins and surprisingly enough she got them because of course most varicose have been removed her , the north-east Thames region erm , and er she turned up on the Wednesday and the operation had been postponed twice previously er , she was er gone through all the er , various tests which took her four hours cos she had to find all the places herself , there was nobody to show her to X-ray and various other places erm she was prepared for the op and then was sent home because there was n't a bed available ! |
| 10 | They often needed money above and beyond their budget ( though sometimes not much ) — because usually their budget was for the routine things they were doing , and if they wanted to do something novel , they had to find extra funds . |
| 11 | ‘ We had to find six words out of a newspaper . |
| 12 | Calling out our imaginary names we had to find each other . |
| 13 | At its height the ‘ feudal ’ system meant that Sussex could muster over 300 fully equipped mounted men , 84½ of whom were the responsibility of the Earls of Arundel and another 60 of the de Warennes ; the bishop of Chichester had to find four . |
| 14 | However , it was obvious that if they wished to attack moored shipping , they had to find suitable boats from which to do so . |
| 15 | I now had to find 20 chickens before dark . |
| 16 | Another boy , whilst working out a problem , had to find 28 x 8 . |
| 17 | We had to find seven living animals on Brown Owl 's farm . |
| 18 | She had to find some other way to save Angel 's precious little life , and find it quickly . |
| 19 | It did not solve his problem but the poor fellow had to make out his report and he had to find some element of evidence and so far he had n't got much to write down . |
| 20 | First , while the water was boiling , I had to find some piece of stout wood to hold the boy 's dropped foot in the proper position — ‘ the position of function ’ as Reid had called it . |
| 21 | In order to explain these similarities , Lipset and Bendix had to find some factor or factors that were common to all the societies . |
| 22 | Secondly , they had to find some means of reducing the volume of Gascon appeals to Paris to as low a level as possible . |
| 23 | But no one really knew how far one country was from another So , when they began to explore further and sail across the ocean , they had to find some other means of navigating or finding their way . |
| 24 | But ultimately the ordinary allied soldier had to find some reward for his exertions . |
| 25 | The sisters married and , when Asheham was eventually relinquished , Virginia and Leonard Woolf had to find another country base . |
| 26 | With the loss of Southwark the project organisers had to find another similar London borough . |
| 27 | Having dealt successfully with the dreaded cupboard under the stairs , we had to find another situation for Sylvia to cope with . |
| 28 | Usually , you lost your money , and had to find another £1,000 for the genuine John Smith . |
| 29 | And then she saw him talking to Edward and Jean Powers and then someone had mislaid their glass and she had to find another and then there was the problem of the Taylors and old Mrs Phipson . |
| 30 | 53 said the assistant manager , who had earlier been asked to put our 50 chairs , and who then had to find another three in a panic when some extra people arrived . |