Example sentences of "not [adj] to find [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he added that it was not normal to find such evidence . |
| 2 | There are a large number of organisations where the converse is true : it is not possible to find much talent and they do not occupy the time and effort of executive searchers . |
| 3 | The Services needed time to grow closer together : it was just not possible to find enough officers with the experience in tri-Service co-ordination to go further in 1963 . |
| 4 | However , many market research studies are carried out on large samples which would be beyond the reach of academic researchers and it is not unusual to find commercial surveys which contain quite valuable social information . |
| 5 | It is not customary to find any detail relating to these indexical features of the speaker in transcriptions by discourse analysts . |
| 6 | It is not hard to find suitable populations of bodies that could give rise to the observed range of crater sizes today — more on this in section 6.4 and in Chapter 8 . |
| 7 | It 's not hard to find bad ones with cubby-hole rooms , nylon sheets and towels like emery boards , but at the other extreme there are elegant houses with antique furniture . |
| 8 | Equally , it is not uncommon to find such introductions or extensions of temporary working labelled by those who are critical of them as the introduction or extension of " casualisation " ( see , for instance , the report of a motion passed at the 1986 conference of the engineering workers union ( AUEW ) which " attacked the greater use of casual workers by employers " in Financial Times , 23/4/86 ) . |
| 9 | Registers tend to be filled in , often to a pattern , sometimes in advance , whereas actual attendance , particularly in rural areas may be far more sporadic than indicated , while in certain communities ( as with nomads such as the Kenya Turkana or Moslem communities suspicious of the corrupting influence of western schools on their children ) it is not uncommon to find considerable numbers of pupils who are on the roll , but attend sporadically and unwillingly . |
| 10 | Despite food hygiene regulations and the Food Safety Act , it is surprising that one of the principal aids to compliance is often neglected ; where one would expect to see commercial refrigeration it is still not uncommon to find domestic style refrigerators and freezers . |
| 11 | It is not uncommon to find old goldfish that are pale lemon or even white in colour . |
| 12 | In the Western and Northern Isles and on the north-west mainland of Scotland , it is not uncommon to find montane plants growing at or near sea level , though this phenomenon is probably better demonstrated in NW Sutherland and Shetland than in the Western Isles . |
| 13 | If young men are not able to find regular jobs does this mean that they will lose the sense of masculine superiority described by Willis and others ? |
| 14 | But it is not difficult to find conflicting judgements , as in the headline : ‘ TERROR GANGS TO BE WIPED OUT . |
| 15 | It is not that it has a design stamped on it , since once again it is not difficult to find other examples of metalwork decorated in a similar way . |
| 16 | Visual art education has had a long tradition of emphasizing the practical , so it was not surprising to find similar sentiments being expressed by the visual art teachers interviewed . |
| 17 | In the light of these structural changes , it is not surprising to find regional variations in unemployment . |
| 18 | Consequently , all translations of carpet names and terms are strictly phonetic , and it is therefore not surprising to find wide variations in the spellings of individual towns , weaving groups and designs . |
| 19 | Thus , it was not surprising to find one headteacher expressing some annoyance that the schools were selected by procedures which were not open to public scrutiny and claiming that a competition was only fair if all potential entrants knew in advance that the " race " was to take place and the rules under which it would be run . |
| 20 | Given the steeper wage profiles in large firms it is not surprising to find intense competition for employment in these firms and employers are able to select those with the highest qualifications . |
| 21 | Given the pressures on both sides it is not surprising to find considerable continuity between Gloucester 's affinity and that of the Nevilles . |
| 22 | Given the pressures on both sides it is not surprising to find considerable continuity between Gloucester 's affinity and that of the Nevilles . |