Example sentences of "not find a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We believe you will find it quite difficult not to find a large number of meals which appeal to you , because no less than six cookery experts have combined their various tastes and talents to provide this selection of low-calorie , high-fibre meals . |
| 2 | The only study not to find a clear positive relationship between volume and volatility is the cross-section study of 25 futures by Telser and Higinbotham ( 1977 ) . |
| 3 | Furthermore , other laboratories , including our own , have not found a consistent block of LTP with NO synthase inhibitors . |
| 4 | Susie had not found a lasting relationship because ( among other reasons ) she was too scared . |
| 5 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |
| 6 | And , at 62 , Joe has still not found a new job . |
| 7 | After a month of travelling through the corridors he still had not found a suitable place . |
| 8 | If an employee has not found a permanent home in the new location at the time of the transfer , it is usual for the employer to pay the costs of a hotel stay and travel expenses home at week-ends . |
| 9 | He had not found a single Tory MP who disagreed with his efforts to ameliorate the introduction of the tax in England and Wales next April . |
| 10 | This use of dots with slurs is so consistent that I have not found a single instance where in this combination the dots were not clearly identifiable as such . |
| 11 | Thereafter I looked out of all the windows of the snug hostelry , and not finding a satisfactory view , for it now rained in earnest , and it was vain to hope to be able to sketch out of doors , I noticed a new house a short distance from the inn ( it was being prepared for a doctor ) ; was entrusted with the keys , and from one of the front windows looked out on the rainy scene depicted in the sketch of ‘ Garrynahine , Isle of Lewis . ’ |
| 12 | Even in the first century A.D. the author of the Periplus maris Erythraei can not find a better accomplishment for a king of Ethiopia — to counterbalance his notorious greed for money — than his knowledge of Greek . |
| 13 | But a historian of modern transport can go to an enormous mass of recorded and photographed information when he can not find a surviving model of an early bombing aeroplane ; the historian of , say , medieval navies has infinitely smaller resources . |
| 14 | Yet this man found himself unloved , in that he demanded so much from his friends that he could not find a close , enduring relationship to satisfy him . |
| 15 | That she could not find a simple solution to the problems of women in marriage can be seen from two poems entitled ‘ Mira to Octavia ’ which advise a young woman who has fallen in love with an unsuitable man . |
| 16 | If you can not find a good substitute , try using prepared ‘ sepia ’ watercolour , diluted with water , or use Mars brown dark pigment , which is easy to prepare with gum water for brush wash drawing . |
| 17 | Thus , the abolition of the new-town development corporations in England in the late 1980s has strong implications for the mobility of the poorest in the cities : they will not find a great deal — if any — of non-owner-occupied housing beyond the conurbations . |
| 18 | But we shall not find a consistent position in which the tasks of biblical exegesis and scientific inquiry were no longer mutually relevant . |
| 19 | If you can not find a Chinese brand , use a peanut oil from your local supermarket . |
| 20 | Occasionally , Mr Landor would accuse her of stealing from him when he had mislaid a silver spoon or could not find a precious paperknife , but she had always treated these accusations with the contempt they deserved . |
| 21 | As in our study , Kaketani et al and Edwards et al did not find a significant correlation whereas this was found by three other groups . |
| 22 | We did not find a significant association between laminin concentrations and portal hypertension in our patients with cirrhosis , and laminin concentration had insufficient sensitivity , specificity , efficiency , and predictability to be clinically relable in the detection of portal hypertension . |
| 23 | One would assume that they might but Kurt Benirschke and Margaret Sullivan , while at Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire , could not find a single egg in the 47 pairs of mule ovaries that they examined . |
| 24 | Wading through the stream of overwhelmingly affectionate obituaries , I could not find a single phrase to support the view that Mr P ever had the slightest interest in the games that people play . |
| 25 | Ken 's last wish was that his coffin should be carried by six Athletico players but I could not find a single one of the bastards who would do it for less than fifty quid . |
| 26 | Psyche , so lovely that she can not find a mortal husband , is condemned to be the bride of Death . |
| 27 | At this point , the iteration has given no indication that a double root is involved ; however , this becomes apparent when we seek the row vector corresponding to cs : for all first minors of 1I — A vanish and we can not find a unique row vector . |
| 28 | Because I can not find a fucking man . |
| 29 | ‘ The mechanical condition of the bus , the passengers and the drivers will all suffer , ’ he said ‘ It 's a shame we have n't found a suitable and sympathetic way of calming the traffic on the estate . |
| 30 | Adam had insisted they stay in the room and she had n't found a good enough reason to change his mind . |