Example sentences of "find the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult for a European to find the rational basis for this optimism . |
| 2 | The children then have to find the hiding places and write them down . |
| 3 | While on the subject of meat , we can tell you that the competition to find the best-made sausages in the UK gets under way this Sunday with the defending champion reported to be in sizzling form . |
| 4 | I 've struggled to the edge of the navigable world in my Argo to find the golden fruits of the setting sun , and now I 've found them and they 're guarded by maidens . |
| 5 | Don Peters had been pleasantly surprised to find the Prime Minister 's forthright manner lived up to her advance publicity . |
| 6 | Use this method to find the prime factors of : |
| 7 | It might be simpler to find the total energy in space than the flux crossing a given surface . |
| 8 | It is most common to find the following three logical operations between the contents of the accumulator and the contents of a store location . |
| 9 | Even so , it 's surprising to find the following comment in the work of a distinguished historical linguist : ‘ Nonstandard forms may be found among antisocial groups , such as criminals , or a rebellious younger generation , or among rustics ’ ( Lehmann , 1962 : 142 ) . |
| 10 | The 24-year-old local hero failed to find the superb form which saw him win the French Indoor Championships , as he lost his first match to Pete Sampras , 7–6 ( 7–5 ) , 7–6 ( 7–3 ) . |
| 11 | All the same it is extraordinary to find the Roman Church ( 1 ) acquiescing in Constantine 's total indifference to Jesus ; ( 2 ) deferring to Constantine 's presentation of himself as the Messiah ; and ( 3 ) acknowledging the definition of Messiahship — that is , a military and political figure — embodied by Constantine . |
| 12 | Yet the first attempt in 1944 to find the Roman wall of Canterbury , which was also supposed to follow the line of the medieval wall , proved a failure , so not too much should be read into the Carlisle evidence . |
| 13 | ‘ For many people who are already struggling it will be impossible to find the extra money . ’ |
| 14 | Oxfordshire council now hopes to find the extra five million pounds from other budgets . |
| 15 | Durham county council 's deputy leader , Coun. Bob Pendlebury , said : ‘ We are making immediate representations to the Government , but if we do not get a favourable response , we will have to cut back our education budget by up to £3m. to find the extra money . |
| 16 | To find the complete answer , Taylor had to know how much power each member of the menagerie generates as well as how much fuel it uses . |
| 17 | Once an entry has been identified , the user will expect to find the complete term in order to distinguish it from others containing the same words . |
| 18 | It is not unusual to find the mobile forms of worm , such as polychaetes , swarming in large aggregations to breed , which is a good means of ensuring a high proportion of fertilized eggs . |
| 19 | The second amplifier should perform in the same way , but the core will have to be rotated through about 90° to find the corresponding zero field position . |
| 20 | Now any postmultiplying column say{ a , b , c , 1 } , must satisfy unc In performing our iterations , therefore , we may ignore completely the first row of A ; we use the last three rows to find the corresponding elements in a column , and then apply(3) to find the top element . |
| 21 | By inspection ( or from the implied quadratic ) unc We now evaluate the eigenvectors : unc so that we may take unc I now remains to find the corresponding row vectors and to deflate A for further study ; we leave this to the reader . |
| 22 | Having found the location in the dictionary the computer file was then searched to find the corresponding location . |
| 23 | Fisher had little answer to the good left jabs of the Olympic gold medallist as Fisher , a knockout specialist , tried hard to find the one big punch which never came . |
| 24 | In a wheezing , faint voice , Wynne-Jones said , ‘ They would be reunited … body and soul … at the place of the deed to be done … the great battle … all quest legend is like this … first thing is to find the inner self … ’ |
| 25 | It is to the reptiles themselves one must turn to find the greatest display of armoured scales that are all-enveloping , protecting their wearers over the whole surface of the body . |
| 26 | North Adams mayor John Barrett , who chairs MASSMoCA 's Cultural Development Commission , interprets this as license to take as much time as he needs to find the additional funds . |
| 27 | All the signs pointed to an Ian Ferguson thunderbolt but as the defensive wall braced itself , Hateley stepped forward to find the far corner of the net . |
| 28 | Although he was never able , despite his ‘ utmost endeavours ’ , to find the actual nest and eggs of the satin bower-birds , the new light he was able to throw on their bower-building habits caused a considerable stir back in England . |
| 29 | Not at all the kind of surroundings in which she would have expected to find the high-profile , socially-very-much-in-demand Nathan Bryce . |
| 30 | Not just to show that the girls and boys he photographs are sexually attractive , but somehow to find the greater truth about the nature and variety of sexual attraction as a positive force in us all . |