Example sentences of "[adj] to find [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it was particularly interesting to find changes in the IMHV after passive avoidance training because Gabriel Horn had already been able to identify this as a key brain region for imprinting . |
| 2 | I do not overlook De Gourmont 's plea for a meeting of the nations but I do believe that when they meet Paris will be more than slightly abashed to find parodies of the middle ages , Dante and Langue D'Oc foisted upon it as the best in United States poetry . |
| 3 | They rejoiced in the fervour of the Patarini , as the insurgents were called ; and they delighted to find allies in the war against simony and clerical marriage ( see p. 437 ) ; but they could not condone a consistent stand against the authority of the archbishop . |
| 4 | You are quite likely to find specimens of the majority of forms of I , aquifolium and I. x altaclarensis in the garden centres and tree-and-shrub nurseries within striking distance of where you live . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | It should be feasible to find advisers from the air force without exceeding the total of 500 , allocated to KMAG . |
| 8 | What will become apparent is that practitioners are unlikely to find answers to the tensions and problems of child abuse and child protection work in any clear-cut way in the research . |
| 9 | Again , unions in conjunction with employers are likely to be able to find answers to the access-to-cash problem . |
| 10 | 1.15 We were pleased to find references to the importance of English and to the need for co-operation across disciplines in the Reports of the National Curriculum Working Groups on Science and on Mathematics and in the interim report of the National Curriculum Design and Technology Working Group . |
| 11 | They argue , sensibly , that for this reason it would be ridiculous to find alternatives for the syllable ‘ man ’ in these words . |
| 12 | The Far East is also an important area but it has been difficult to find firms of the requisite standard who are independent . |
| 13 | It is not difficult to find examples of the kinds of problems arising in practice : |
| 14 | The crossbow is not a popular weapon amongst men from the Empire , but there are always foreigners eager to be recruited into the Empire armies so it is quite common to find crossbowmen amongst the state regiments . |
| 15 | He returned a few days later to meet the proprietors and Bernard , recognizing there was a limit to their own international expansion at this stage , and ever keen to find outlets for the masses of cloth being printed , immediately proposed to Trevaskis that they worked together , not in competition . |