Example sentences of "if we find " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we find cognisance flourishing where there is a set of actions as restricted as those of Christy Nolan 's , then how can reality be something that we posit as the limits of action : in this case a poor actor should have a correspondingly poor grasp of the real . |
| 2 | Do you know , it makes it a lot easier for us to work with you if we find these things out about you . |
| 3 | If we find that when we have stopped it , either things are just as bad ( which is improbable ) or that they are still fairly bad , then indeed it will be easier , scientifically easier , to detect any other causes which may be at work . ’ |
| 4 | If we find that human faculties and understandings are such that knowledge is necessarily limited , we might more easily and ‘ with less scruple acquiesce in the avowed ignorance ’ of what lies beyond the horizon , and ‘ employ [ our ] … thoughts and discourse , with more advantage and satisfaction ’ about what lies within our reach . |
| 5 | If we find a sudden or gradual drop in weight or fineness , this would appear to indicate a short-term or chronic shortage of bullion and consequently a financial crisis . |
| 6 | ‘ If we find ourselves , as we did , unable to campaign , to argue , to debate on the great issues of economic policy , we are left with a very narrow terrain on which to fight economic issues . |
| 7 | If we find ourselves , as we did , unable to campaign , to argue , to debate on the great issues of economic policy , we were left with a very narrow terrain on which to fight economic issues . |
| 8 | ‘ If we find it leaving the island will be easy . ’ |
| 9 | The growth of ethology can continue only if we find a way of talking about human experience that opens the whole range of the activities of men and women to inspection . |
| 10 | If we find it difficult to trust others with our inner selves , then we will find it difficult to trust God . |
| 11 | The answer is that if we find the present state of affairs unsatisfactory , we have an obligation to try to come up with something better . |
| 12 | If we find the rules of a particular activity uncongenial or impossible to keep , we can , at least in principle , contract out and play a different game . |
| 13 | If we find that , on the basis of informal interview , the writer is telling us that all working-class men love their employers dearly , or that working-class girls at grammar schools have no divided loyalties , do we accept these claims or dismiss them ? |
| 14 | If we find that magnets attached to cats will upset their ability to find their way home , then we are beginning , very dimly , to understand the amazing homing abilities that the animals have evolved over a long period of time . |
| 15 | If we find that cats are sensitive to very small vibrations or changes in the static electricity of their environment , then we might come to understand how they can predict earthquakes . |
| 16 | Even if we find it difficult to imagine the strength of feeling behind this ambivalence , most of us can recall or visualize the ambivalence in a parent 's action when given a ‘ friendly cuff ’ , or when threatened with a poised hand and a laughing voice . |
| 17 | The only one of us who might have their work cut out is Doctor Anderson — if we find a lot of casualties . ’ |
| 18 | If we find that there 's anything else we need to know , someone will contact you . ’ |
| 19 | Consequently , if we find all efficient tableaux and write down a list of corresponding BFSs ( omitting duplicates , if necessary ) we shall have found all efficient BFSs , whether or not degeneracy occurs . |
| 20 | ‘ If we find that it is true that he made these deals he could lose his permit , ’ he said . |
| 21 | If we find them , we can start putting on the pressure to locate the ship . |
| 22 | So if we find a sex difference in disfluency , we are still left with a problem of interpretation . |
| 23 | A British official said last night : ‘ If we find an Iraqi aircraft in the air there , we will shoot it down . ’ |
| 24 | If we find that there was no spare tank , we shall have to keep an even closer eye on him . |
| 25 | If we find him for you , I fancy we 'd value a few minutes of his time ourselves , if we find him … ’ |
| 26 | If we find him for you , I fancy we 'd value a few minutes of his time ourselves , if we find him … ’ |
| 27 | But what if we find out that 5 per cent of people of a similar age and background to the cult members commit suicide in the same year ? |
| 28 | ‘ Through one acquisition or a combination of acquisitions , I would like to be in excess of $100m in revenue in Italy when we go into next year , but that will only happen if we find the right match . |
| 29 | We turn over every stone , and if we find anything we do n't like , we kill it . ’ |
| 30 | Or if we find that a grand-daughter is assisting her own mother in caring for an elderly parent , whom is the granddaughter helping ? |