Example sentences of "find [pn reflx] in [art] situation " in BNC.

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1 We again found ourselves in a situation where we had to descend because of icing .
2 Charles now found himself in a situation that would often recur : he had important unfinished business in Aquitaine , but his presence was required in Francia .
3 To sum up , in 1922 the Soviet government found itself in a situation similar to that of the late Tsarist regime , which in its final years had grasped the connection between literacy and modernization and between formal schoolwork and social control .
4 This is why , at the moment , I 'm being a bit cautious about remaining in my cavity I do n't want to find myself in the situation that I 'm held to sell .
5 We all find ourselves in a situation at some time where we have to carry a very heavy suitcase , or where a parcel has been delivered and has to be lifted into the house .
6 If an inexperienced pilot finds himself in a situation where a field landing seems necessary , he should make the decision to choose a field and plan the landing properly , while there is height and time to spare .
7 In this chapter I have made no attempt to discuss why it should be that the DES has found itself in the situation of promulgating these various initiatives , or indeed how it sees the relationship between them .
8 You can be in good shape , mentally , physically and spiritually , yet suddenly find yourself in a situation where destructive power from within seeks to engulf you .
9 Next , before you find yourself in a situation you ca n't control you need to know about contraception and safe sex .
10 My concern is that you may , in b fact find yourself in a situation where you 're cementing yourself in to residential and institutional care at the expense of domiciliary care , and we 'll explain that later to you , er , as we go in .
11 Ministers can experience difficulty when they find themselves in a situation where refusing the baptism is their only option and parents can take grave offence .
12 With political change , the established constitutional authorities find themselves in a situation where they are forced to come to terms with new and emerging patterns of political power and practice that are outside ( but pressing in on ) the established constitution that is supposedly made sense of through their theories .
13 The past year has been a vexing time for most research councils finding themselves in the situation of having to reduce their volume of activity within a failing budget .
14 Havel 's most controversial proposals concerned legislative procedures for the Federal Assembly , since , he said , " the present Federal Assembly can easily find itself in a situation when it will be totally incapable of passing any fundamental laws vital for the functioning of the state " .
15 So a local authority might then find itself in a situation that it 'd got a two tier site .
16 GPs will often find themselves in a situation where they are working one day , they are on duty all night , and then have to work the next day as well .
17 And on the other side , subordinate groups have no other recourse than armed revolt if they are deprived of other means of exercising political rights ; or they may find themselves in a situation where their formal rights can only be made effective in practice by the use or threat of violence .
18 You may find yourself in a situation where there is no language school , no textbook , and even no written form of the language .
19 But , if you do find yourself in the situation of describing an area of life you are unfamiliar with , remember the man with the magnum of champagne and avoid , as far as you possibly can , using any fact , however trivial , however seductive , that you have no warrant for in someone else 's words or pictures .
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