Example sentences of "found itself [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In no time at all , The Haçienda found itself with a reputation of being the coldest , most unresponsive , most apathetic gigging hall in the country . |
| 2 | Eye surgeons immediately accepted the new compound , and Alcon found itself with a worldwide monopoly . |
| 3 | The first attempt to penetrate the Latin American market was made in the early 1930s , when Moscow found itself with a surplus of oil in a world marketing network tightly controlled by the major multi-nationals . |
| 4 | Again , in the late 1950s , the Soviet Union found itself with a surplus of oil , and this time succeeded in negotiating agreements with Uruguay and Argentina in 1958 , and with Brazil in 1959 . |
| 5 | Instead of a telling-off , with time to put things right , TDC found itself under a much more strict court order with which it could not negotiate and which gave it little flexibility . |
| 6 | To sum up , in 1922 the Soviet government found itself in a situation similar to that of the late Tsarist regime , which in its final years had grasped the connection between literacy and modernization and between formal schoolwork and social control . |
| 7 | Instead , BZW found itself in a race against County NatWest , rival offspring of another British clearing bank . |
| 8 | The government found itself in a difficult diplomatic position , given the fierce denial of the allegations by the Belgian authorities . |
| 9 | The defense Department , a major user of At and T services , found itself in a new position yet still charged with statutory requirements regarding national security , emergency preparedness and defence of national interests . |
| 10 | We 'd started with a lobster bisque that was almost certainly Sainsbury 's , but since Sainsbury 's almost certainly make the finest lobster bisque that ever found itself in a can , there can be no complaint . |