Example sentences of "find the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult for a European to find the rational basis for this optimism . |
| 2 | The children then have to find the hiding places and write them down . |
| 3 | While on the subject of meat , we can tell you that the competition to find the best-made sausages in the UK gets under way this Sunday with the defending champion reported to be in sizzling form . |
| 4 | I 've struggled to the edge of the navigable world in my Argo to find the golden fruits of the setting sun , and now I 've found them and they 're guarded by maidens . |
| 5 | Use this method to find the prime factors of : |
| 6 | Don Peters had been pleasantly surprised to find the Prime Minister 's forthright manner lived up to her advance publicity . |
| 7 | It might be simpler to find the total energy in space than the flux crossing a given surface . |
| 8 | Even so , it 's surprising to find the following comment in the work of a distinguished historical linguist : ‘ Nonstandard forms may be found among antisocial groups , such as criminals , or a rebellious younger generation , or among rustics ’ ( Lehmann , 1962 : 142 ) . |
| 9 | The 24-year-old local hero failed to find the superb form which saw him win the French Indoor Championships , as he lost his first match to Pete Sampras , 7–6 ( 7–5 ) , 7–6 ( 7–3 ) . |
| 10 | Yet the first attempt in 1944 to find the Roman wall of Canterbury , which was also supposed to follow the line of the medieval wall , proved a failure , so not too much should be read into the Carlisle evidence . |
| 11 | All the same it is extraordinary to find the Roman Church ( 1 ) acquiescing in Constantine 's total indifference to Jesus ; ( 2 ) deferring to Constantine 's presentation of himself as the Messiah ; and ( 3 ) acknowledging the definition of Messiahship — that is , a military and political figure — embodied by Constantine . |
| 12 | ‘ For many people who are already struggling it will be impossible to find the extra money . ’ |
| 13 | Durham county council 's deputy leader , Coun. Bob Pendlebury , said : ‘ We are making immediate representations to the Government , but if we do not get a favourable response , we will have to cut back our education budget by up to £3m. to find the extra money . |
| 14 | Once an entry has been identified , the user will expect to find the complete term in order to distinguish it from others containing the same words . |
| 15 | To find the complete answer , Taylor had to know how much power each member of the menagerie generates as well as how much fuel it uses . |
| 16 | It is not unusual to find the mobile forms of worm , such as polychaetes , swarming in large aggregations to breed , which is a good means of ensuring a high proportion of fertilized eggs . |
| 17 | Now any postmultiplying column say{ a , b , c , 1 } , must satisfy unc In performing our iterations , therefore , we may ignore completely the first row of A ; we use the last three rows to find the corresponding elements in a column , and then apply(3) to find the top element . |
| 18 | Having found the location in the dictionary the computer file was then searched to find the corresponding location . |
| 19 | By inspection ( or from the implied quadratic ) unc We now evaluate the eigenvectors : unc so that we may take unc I now remains to find the corresponding row vectors and to deflate A for further study ; we leave this to the reader . |
| 20 | The second amplifier should perform in the same way , but the core will have to be rotated through about 90° to find the corresponding zero field position . |
| 21 | In a wheezing , faint voice , Wynne-Jones said , ‘ They would be reunited … body and soul … at the place of the deed to be done … the great battle … all quest legend is like this … first thing is to find the inner self … ’ |
| 22 | It is to the reptiles themselves one must turn to find the greatest display of armoured scales that are all-enveloping , protecting their wearers over the whole surface of the body . |
| 23 | North Adams mayor John Barrett , who chairs MASSMoCA 's Cultural Development Commission , interprets this as license to take as much time as he needs to find the additional funds . |
| 24 | All the signs pointed to an Ian Ferguson thunderbolt but as the defensive wall braced itself , Hateley stepped forward to find the far corner of the net . |
| 25 | Although he was never able , despite his ‘ utmost endeavours ’ , to find the actual nest and eggs of the satin bower-birds , the new light he was able to throw on their bower-building habits caused a considerable stir back in England . |
| 26 | Not just to show that the girls and boys he photographs are sexually attractive , but somehow to find the greater truth about the nature and variety of sexual attraction as a positive force in us all . |
| 27 | It is expected that the 1992 Asian tournament ( the next one in 1994 will be too late ) will also be used to find the two qualifiers from Asia who will play in the Asia Pacific Zone 1995 World Cup preliminaries . |
| 28 | The six men and six women of the jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court , east London , took 12 hours 44 minutes spread over three days to find the two men guilty . |
| 29 | The plucky pensioner returned to her flat from shopping to find the two teenagers rifling through her bedroom . |
| 30 | Happily all four engines had been spared the attention of the Ju88 but I was soon to learn from the flight engineer that the aileron control cable had been severed and he went into the wing root to find the two ends and make some sort of connection . |