Example sentences of "find [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Liberal-SDP Alliance were ever in a position to implement electoral reform , a reformed and strengthened second chamber , and legal limits on the sovereignty of Parliament , then we could find ourselves with a constitution which entrenched the middle ground and which offered a democracy of dazzling choice but no decision , and a less-accountable government than that which we currently enjoy within the established constitution . |
| 2 | But if we then turn to the ego — and , still more , the superego — and try to understand the sequence of development there we may find ourselves in the predicament of a person who tried to investigate the musical education of a child who had started learning the piano with grade 2 , then gone on to grade 3 , and finally ended with grade 1 ! |
| 3 | This lorry would quickly find himself with a police escort . |
| 4 | Together with the abolition of the Wage Councils and the minimum wage , the working man will find himself at the mercy of the unscrupulous bosses . |
| 5 | RICHIE Richardson will find himself at the centre of another bitter Yorkshire bust-up tonight . |
| 6 | He will find himself at the heart of a Ruritanian ceremonial which makes the House of Lords seem informal . |
| 7 | He 'll find himself on a brain-shrinker 's couch or in the bin if he does n't get a hold of himself . " |
| 8 | That is not to say that he would necessarily replace Weir , because in the long term Weir could still find himself on the side of the scrum — his lineout talents are difficult to ignore , and he has revelled in the additional freedom that the No 6 jumper is allowed . |
| 9 | Although what George says is easy to rectify with Lennie , it might not be the case with other people , and if so , George could find himself in a lot of trouble . |
| 10 | But Portillo is fast becoming flavour of the month and will increasingly find himself in the public eye . |
| 11 | In doing so he might find himself in the company of evolutionary epistemologists such as Riedl ( 1979 ) , whose over-arching theory of life as an ‘ erkenntnisgewinnender prozess ’ seems to require a unitary notion of knowledge or information , information that can be stored in a genome at one end of the evolutionary spectrum , as well as be expressed , at the other end , by scientific theories that make the world a less strange place to live in . |
| 12 | There was no-one in reception , but if a stranger entered , he would soon find himself in the company of a gentleman in a blue suit with a friendly smile on his face and a bulge under his coat . |
| 13 | Your client who is having to pay for the action would otherwise find himself in the position of being the loser financially despite an order on liability . |
| 14 | The embattled Premier will now find himself in the dock at Brighton . |
| 15 | If he was n't careful he would find himself in the dungeon — or dead . |
| 16 | ‘ Whereas with workflow management the document could find itself round the company to the right person — everyone has a PC on his or her desk — and you not only outsource a lot of the data entry work but get rid of the paper . ’ |
| 17 | Tandem may not be the first commercial box-shifter out with a Chorus-based system , though it may yet find itself in a race to be first to deliver in volume . |
| 18 | The principle which underlay the concept of Jubilee , ( that all land alienated during the preceding fifty years was to be returned to its original owner or his descendants ) was that each family should not find itself in a position in which it was permanently barred from owning land , the vital productive asset in that economy . |
| 19 | It is clear then , that a multi-service firm can easily find itself in a position where the duties it owes come into conflict . |
| 20 | For example , a conglomerate in receipt of inside information from an issuer of publicly traded securities may find itself in a position where actual compliance with its disclosure obligations to its retail customers ( ie. , those who wish to buy shares ) in accordance with the equitable principle of undivided loyalty causes it to be liable in an action for breach of confidence to its corporate clients , and guilty of tipping in violation of anti-insider dealing laws . |
| 21 | The creditor will often find itself in a position of having to explain the security transaction to the proposed surety if an unimpeachable security is to be obtained . |
| 22 | Should the voters ' verdict prove inconclusive , Whitehall will find itself in a state of unwelcome limbo while politicians sort themselves out . |
| 23 | At the same time , it was accepted that all the talks , petitions , donations and arguments had been brought about by the imminence of the Commonwealth Conference , where the Secretary-General , Sonny Ramphal , has warned that Britain may find itself in a minority of one over South Africa . |
| 24 | Yet even the British acknowledge that there are individuals and countries ‘ wedded to sanctions ’ , and according to Commonwealth officials , Britain may well again find itself in a minority of one when the subject is debated . |
| 25 | 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 " . |
| 26 | So a local authority might then find itself in a situation that it 'd got a two tier site . |
| 27 | She tried to find a moment to squeeze in a bit of rest at the sauna , something she could not do during the week ; in the late afternoon , she would always find herself with a vacuum cleaner and duster , because the cleaning woman who came on Fridays was becoming more and more careless . |
| 28 | The surviving spouse of the most disagreeable , friendless partner may find herself at the centre of a crowd at his funeral , but once dispersed the crowd does not re-form . |
| 29 | Why then , in view of this spectacular success , did France find herself within a week declaring war on Prussia ? |
| 30 | In certain extreme circumstances , Her Majesty may find herself in a position in which she is called on to use her discretion in making a political decision . |