Example sentences of "[to-vb] find a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , London is undoubtedly the best place to go to find a job in the fashion industry . ’ |
| 2 | No , for both the classical detective story and other forms it is better to try to find a plot that arises from something else you want to write about , a particular sort of person you know , a setting you know or want to find out about , even an idea about life . |
| 3 | If sufficient evidence is not available , progress must be reviewed to try to find a way forward . |
| 4 | Union leaders are meeting management tomorrow to try to find a way of softening the blow . |
| 5 | Victims and health authorities agree that services are n't being properly coordinated , but one authority has promised to try to find a consultant to sort out the problem . |
| 6 | Xerox is today expected to announce that it has called in New York investment banker Goldman Sachs & Co to try to find a buyer for the company . |
| 7 | This afternoon , the liquidators were meeting to try to find a buyer for the holiday firm , which employs 6 staff at its offices in Summertown . |
| 8 | The pupils were asked to plot pairs of points and to try to find a rule for working out the coordinates of the midpoints of the lines joining these pairs of points . |
| 9 | Mr Oag will be using his prize of two return BA return tickets to any European destination and up to £1,000 of accommodation provided by Grant Thornton , with introductions to local contacts , to try to find a distributor for the German market . |
| 10 | While the mechanics were setting up the cars , she thought she 'd go outside into one of the empty stands to try to find a breath of wind , anything rather than standing in the back of the pits in the high humidity which made her skin glow . |
| 11 | A group of famous and highly-motivated mothers — that 's a few of them above — decided to band together as Parents For Safe Food to ( a ) draw attention to what long-term use of powerful chemicals can do and ( b ) work with government , farmers and all the others in the food chain to try to find a solution . |
| 12 | We held an eleventh-hour site meeting to try to find a solution . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ There is a genuine willingness to try to find a solution . |
| 14 | While one would have liked to have thought that the injustice of B's situation would of itself have been enough to persuade the Court of Appeal to strain to find a way of bringing it to an end , the Convention considerations ought to convince a future court that it has the duty to do so . |
| 15 | Scientists from the National Rivers Authority have asked local people at Mablethorpe , Lincolnshire , to donate their discarded Christmas trees to help find a cure for Britain 's eroding beaches . |
| 16 | JWP Inc , the Rye Brook , New York electrical and plumbing services conglomerate that bought struggling Businessland Inc and almost immediately regretted it , has decided that it has had enough of computers altogether and on Friday announced that it will sell its information services business ; it has retained Lazard Freres & Co as its financial advisor to attempt to find a buyer ; the unit now provides personal computer-related hardware , software and integrated services primarily to large corporate and institutional customers , has some 3,000 staff and had 1992 revenues of $1,700m . |
| 17 | If the police response is not what the unit is looking for , the local manager should contact the local duty inspector to attempt to find a solution . |
| 18 | If you are in your late teens or are doing a further education course and you are extremely worried about examinations , you are going to have to find a way to tackle academic stress that does not involve eating and drinking too much . |
| 19 | ‘ Obviously an exaggeration , ’ Merrill demurred , thinking with a sudden sinking feeling , He 's going to have to find a replacement soon … |
| 20 | I saw that I was going to have to find a job before I did something rash which landed me in prison . |
| 21 | Joyce and Rourke were just happy to have found a dream lifestyle though they occasionally questioned why their pockets were still empty . |
| 22 | She was very hospitable , made Jane sit down , was friendly to the dogs , brought coffee , then sat down herself , obviously overjoyed to have found a neighbour . |
| 23 | He said , ‘ I am grateful to have found a man of such sincerity in your position . |
| 24 | After all , what he seemed to be suggesting was that a woman with her not inconsiderable sex drive might have been expected , long ago , to have found a man to satisfy it . |
| 25 | Police are understood to have found a knife embedded in the body of Derek Clazie , 25 , of Tweedmouth , in Berwick , who was discovered unconscious in a pool of blood on the Highcliffe Estate in Spittal . |
| 26 | But enthusiasts like Sidney Gendin ( 1989 : 25–32 ) and Roberta Kalechofsky ( 1989 : 168–9 ) claim to have found a chink in the armour of the Torah with the aid of the writings of Rav Kuk , Israel 's first Chief Rabbi . |
| 27 | Scientists in America claim to have found a way round both . |
| 28 | He does not appear , however , to have grasped the management nettle or to have found a way of dealing with its stings . |
| 29 | ( Perhaps the court ought to have found a trust . ) |
| 30 | She was a sweet-natured girl of a placid disposition , and considered herself fortunate to have found a suitor . |