Example sentences of "is [adj] find [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given any example of a classic scientific theory , whether at the time of its first proposal or at a later date , it is possible to find observational claims that were generally accepted at the time and were considered to be inconsistent with the theory . |
| 2 | Whereas , as we shall note , written language is , in general , used for primarily transactional purposes , it is possible to find written genres whose purpose is not primarily to inform but to maintain social relationships-'thank you' letters , love letters , games of consequences , etc . |
| 3 | It is easy to find historical problems in the Bible . |
| 4 | Yet despite its geographical spread , it is hard to find common features among the different risings which would justify the idea that the revolt was in any real sense a common movement . |
| 5 | This chapter has suggested that it is common to find exaggerated accounts of Japan 's position as the model of an unusually successful and harmonious capitalist society , in particular that compliance may be involuntary and that social inequalities are not as insignificant as they may appear . |
| 6 | In the latter it is common to find small classes sharing a classroom , sometimes with a single teacher , sometimes with more than one but nearly always seated as a separate group with their own ‘ territory ’ and blackboard , for there exists a strange orthodoxy that a teacher with modest education and training ‘ can not be taught to handle more than one class at the same time ’ . |
| 7 | Certainly , during this period it is common to find English teachers expressing a sense of the futility , or at least extreme difficulty , of attempting to influence in the direction of submission to great works of literature , students socialized into a culture of " affluence " . |
| 8 | Hilary Murphy explains that it is difficult to find new questions to reach the same answers . |
| 9 | Hilary Murphy explains that it is difficult to find new questions to reach the same answers . |
| 10 | In form alone there are similarities between certain glass bowls and plain ceramic bowls , but it is difficult to find ceramic equivalents of distinctive glass forms , suggesting that any social and economic symbolism conveyed by the shape and function of such vessels was conveyed equally by the material used , and that there were rigid boundaries between them ; there was not , for instance , a poor man 's version of the glass cone beaker . |
| 11 | This method is useful when it is difficult to find positive actions by your child to praise . |