Example sentences of "[to-vb] discovered a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They claim to have discovered a close relationship between the rate of growth in Gross National Product and the type of college education favoured by Britain 's economic competitors , arguing that the nations that prosper most are those that prepare their students best for the " enterprise culture " of the late twentieth century . |
| 2 | By 1879 , one exasperated commentator remarked : ‘ M A. Guyard claims to have discovered a new metal of the platinum group which he names uralium , from the Ural mountains , whence the ore is procured . |
| 3 | But women would never be equal , he reflected , pleased to have discovered a new profundity , until the day came when men stopped thinking it natural that their wives should always have the smaller car . |
| 4 | SPENNYMOOR-BASED Yvonne Bell seems to have discovered a top hurdler in Devlins Paddy . |
| 5 | Karimov claims to have discovered a direct correlation between nuclear tests conducted at the Soviet testing site of Semipalatinsk over the years and earthquakes throughout the former Soviet Union . |