Example sentences of "to find [noun pl] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a landscape renowned for its water sinks and disappearing streams , it 's unusual to find lakes of the size of Semer Water and Malham Tarn . |
| 2 | When he struggled to find winners at the start of the season , the cries of gleeful recrimination reached a crescendo . |
| 3 | Such attempts to find solutions in the discourse of everyday were more typical of lawyer C. |
| 4 | Christians seem to believe themselves to be under a pressure to find texts in the bible which directly support their case . |
| 5 | Keighley went into the Fixture Exchange Pool to find an opponent , only to find Hymerians in the pool too . |
| 6 | They rejoiced in the fervour of the Patarini , as the insurgents were called ; and they delighted to find allies in the war against simony and clerical marriage ( see p. 437 ) ; but they could not condone a consistent stand against the authority of the archbishop . |
| 7 | They argue , sensibly , that for this reason it would be ridiculous to find alternatives for the syllable ‘ man ’ in these words . |
| 8 | Money raised by the tolls will be directed towards improvements in public transport , together with investment in the rail and canal network , with a view to encouraging both passengers and freight to find alternatives to the road . |
| 9 | In the event , they entrusted Alexander Mackendrick with a colourful story , Sammy Going South ( 1963 , A Boy Ten Feet Tall in US ) , about the journey of a small boy , orphaned by an air-raid on his Port Said home , who crosses Africa on his own to find relatives in the south . |
| 10 | First , it was particularly interesting to find changes in the IMHV after passive avoidance training because Gabriel Horn had already been able to identify this as a key brain region for imprinting . |
| 11 | The Henstocks were lucky enough to find lodgings in the village while they awaited a new home . |
| 12 | The crossbow is not a popular weapon amongst men from the Empire , but there are always foreigners eager to be recruited into the Empire armies so it is quite common to find crossbowmen amongst the state regiments . |
| 13 | Economists working in this field are attempting to find answers to the question of why the various estimates of NAIRU exhibit a persistent tendency to rise over time . |
| 14 | It should be feasible to find advisers from the air force without exceeding the total of 500 , allocated to KMAG . |
| 15 | They hope to find clues to the structure of the highly complicated social organisation which hints at a hierarchy with ‘ leaders ’ and ‘ subordinates ’ . |
| 16 | While avoiding evil bodies that jump through windows and ambush you when you least expect it , you must try your hardest to find clues to the mystery that unfolds before you . |
| 17 | Her argument was that the subjects of the old master paintings could be disregarded by a painter who wished to find lessons for the present in the artistic practice of the past . |
| 18 | It will teach , how to spell by matching words with pictures , how to type ( with graphics to show where to find letters on the keyboard ) . |
| 19 | You are quite likely to find specimens of the majority of forms of I , aquifolium and I. x altaclarensis in the garden centres and tree-and-shrub nurseries within striking distance of where you live . |
| 20 | And generally speaking , they had left the special schools of , is it St Christophers in er Lincoln , and er other special schools , and they were not , they had n't had sufficient er work experience or knowledge of the possible market to find jobs at the moment . |
| 21 | One would be hard put also to find grounds for the attribution of the beliefs thus expressible to creatures that might be thought to have but not express them : |
| 22 | 1.15 We were pleased to find references to the importance of English and to the need for co-operation across disciplines in the Reports of the National Curriculum Working Groups on Science and on Mathematics and in the interim report of the National Curriculum Design and Technology Working Group . |