Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , organisations may be viewed as existing in a competitive environment , as do plants and animals , and they have to adapt to environmental conditions or perhaps find their existence threatened . |
| 2 | Or perhaps find a less relaxing route to work instead . |
| 3 | Thanks to this device many thousands of birds have been caught , weighed , measured and then had a lightweight metal ring clamped round one leg before being released in the hope that , when it is next caught ( or perhaps found dead ) , the number stamped on the ring will be seen and reported . |
| 4 | Wild plants growing well where never before seen , and growing very well where only found in small clumps . |
| 5 | FLOAT or FLOTATION : Freeing your currency to float up or down to find its own level . |
| 6 | The Land Rover was waiting , but it took a minute or so to find a driver . |
| 7 | ‘ It is great to be involved with them because they are sane , normal human beings in the world of rock 'n' roll , where just finding a sane and normal human being is very hard . |
| 8 | Also , difference due to sex where not found to be significant in this study . |
| 9 | We require to solve RA = I for R. Write the known matrix A as A = B — C , where B is a matrix having a known ( or easily found ) reciprocal . |
| 10 | We have forgotten how to read the winds or easily find directions from the stars ; we do not know any more how to read the landscape , and you , Creggan , can not recognize friend from enemy among our own kind . |
| 11 | Now I asked them to work in pairs or individually to find the arrangements of ten fences . |
| 12 | Excluding those sponsored by an employer , SERC students were finding or not finding jobs much in line with other sources of funding . |
| 13 | Get the most out of your Lakes and Mountains holiday — give yourself the independence to visit other resorts , see famous landmarks or just find the best views . |
| 14 | So if you 're interested in putting your factory on our map — or just finding out more about us — please send this coupon to our London office . |
| 15 | While many a villager born in so small an island as Britain might pass all his days without seeing the sea , some of his comrades from every European land risked its dangers , courted its excitement — or just found it serviceable for their varied aims . |
| 16 | But the fact that a child can slide down a mountain more quickly than you can does not mean he can catch lifts , follow pistes , order lunch , or even find the Herren plonked with Austrian efficiency at the summit of each skiable peak . |
| 17 | The awkwardness will probably prompt you to talk just for the sake of filling in the space , and you may say more than you wanted to or even find yourself talking rubbish . |
| 18 | Rather than try to change the reluctant-to-move employees ' attitudes or even find out why they reject the transfer , companies may accept the easy option and transfer other willing individuals . |
| 19 | You can ask at your branch for the balance on your account , or even find it out using one of your bank 's automated machines . |
| 20 | You might , for instance have to alter the way the murder you had in mind is committed or you might have to go so far as to alter the motive of the murderer or even find a completely different person to commit the central action . |
| 21 | It is well known that many members of Parliament are among those who are deeply dissatisfied with Parliament 's ability to control the executive , or even to find out what it is doing . |
| 22 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
| 23 | Those who , wittingly or not , use the concept of ‘ human rights ’ to attack societies from within or without find in the end that the result is neither health nor well-being . |
| 24 | Their work is obviously the result of struggle , of trying to create something coherent without knowing exactly what that something is , or how to find it . |
| 25 | Applying this little gimmick to each of your potential suspects , as I have once or twice found helpful , will prepare you to deal with P.D . |
| 26 | You may move up , down or horizontally to find the next letter but not diagonally . |
| 27 | He argues that all other forms of therapy are simply tranquillizers , helping people to adapt rather than change , or else to find an addiction like meditation or relaxation that offers temporary relief to which we will always need to return . |
| 28 | He dithered , wondering whether to go to the restaurant for a cup of coffee while hoping Hunter-Blair would return or else to find a telephone and call his office . |
| 29 | Or else found it out . |
| 30 | Iron sulphides occur naturally in the form of mineral iron pyrites , derived from rock slate or else found in peat and marine deposits . |