Example sentences of "i find the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why I find the recent cult book Pigs in the Parlor ( Hammond and Hammond 1983 ) totally unacceptable as a Christian document on demons — it is totally unbelievable . |
| 2 | Since it is inevitable , I wish I could come to terms with it , but I find the only way I can cope at present is to avoid thinking about it . |
| 3 | Personally I find the authentic sound of a French orchestra irresistible , although I would advise listening to Disc 2 , track 1 ( the Pavane pour une infante défunte ) . |
| 4 | With bamboo canes I find the young plants need to be trained to climb , and I had to spend a precious 20 minutes carefully tying in the leader of each plant with raffia . |
| 5 | ‘ From the unique range of Rexel Derwent pencils , I find the Watersoluble Pencils — both colour and graphite , indispensable . |
| 6 | In the , that till I find the bloody chair ! |
| 7 | In Shakespeare 's play ‘ Julius Caesar ’ , I find the above statement to be very appropriate in accordance with Mark Antony . |
| 8 | I find the Automatic Linker and Rib Transfer Carriage really speed up my knitting and save a lot of shoulder and neckache . |
| 9 | I find the twisted nobility of your scheme rather amusing , all the same . ’ |
| 10 | No I find the other way |
| 11 | However with the Daily Telegraph in front of me reporting only three trains each way over the Central Wales line from May this year I find the current railway scene enough to depress anyone ! |
| 12 | Of these , Wild and Horenstein ( ) are undeniably impressive , but I find the present performances have an even greater sweep to them . |
| 13 | I find the textual basis for this interpretation very flimsy , in fact there is clear erm erm erm textual evidence for precisely the opposite and let me cite erm one instance Locke is here talking about tacit consent and the purchase of property and erm he says whenever the owner who has given nothing but such a tacit consent to the government will by donation , sale or otherwise quit the said possession , he is at liberty to go and incorporate himself into any other commonwealth or to agree with others to begin a new one in any part of the world they can find free and unpossessed whereas he that has once by actual agreement in any expressed declaration given his consent to be of any commonwealth is perpetually and indispensably obliged to be and remain unalterably a subject to it and can never be again in the liberty of the state of nature . |
| 14 | I find the dried cocoa bean husks useful as a mulch since they tend to bind together when wet , producing a surface mat that inhibits weed growth and evaporation while still allowing water and air to reach the soil . |
| 15 | But I find the whole performance so persuasive that this really does not bother me much , and I imagine other listeners will feel the same way . |
| 16 | ‘ I find the whole business mysterious . |
| 17 | I find the whole suggestion repugnant . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I prefer this means of transport because I find it consonant with a certain feeling I have about myself — because it expresses a certain style of being that I find congenial — because I find the kinaesthetic sensations it affords , even the physical efforts and nervous tension , somehow involving . ’ |
| 19 | I find the hon. Gentleman 's arguments astonishing . |
| 20 | Being a firm believer in purchasing-power parity as a forecasting tool , I find the Big Mac index significantly more accurate than the myriad of economists ' forecasts that spew forth from the profusion of banking and security-firm literature . |
| 21 | I find the French development encouraging , for I have myself for years been experimenting with whisky in the cooking pots . |