Example sentences of "to find [pers pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the way in which they could disappear beyond the ability of governments and even their owners to find them is eliciting a long , hard look at Europe 's toxic waste rules . |
| 2 | A very dark bird nearby makes me put up the 'scope again and I am surprised to find it is a common scoter , not at all common in Whalfirth Voe . |
| 3 | SCO is currently looking at ways of raising more capital — that it may go public to find it is no secret . |
| 4 | Probably the best way to find it is to extend a line from Iota Carinæ , in the False Cross , through Beta Carinæ and prolong it for some distance . |
| 5 | For southern observers , a good way to find it is to join Canopus to Rigel by an imaginary line ; this will cross Columba and Lepus . |
| 6 | It lies south of Fomalhaut ; one way to find it is to prolong a line from Beta and Alpha Pegasi , in the Square of Pegasus , through Fomalhaut . |
| 7 | The best way to find it is to look some way off a line joining Beta Ceti to Alpha Phœnicis . |
| 8 | In the electronics industry that Wild and Hill studied particularly , female turnover rates showed a high relationship with job satisfaction/dissatisfaction : many women , like many men , express a need for personally satisfying work and the failure to find it is often a reason for changing one 's job . |
| 9 | ‘ One time , ’ he continued slowly , ‘ I come back to my house to find it is rummaged , and they have taken out everything , all the drawers bottoms-up on the floor , also boards ripped up . |
| 10 | People climb the staircase only to find it is n't a staircase at all . |
| 11 | One goes in person to see the relevant official who may be able to answer a question , only to find he is ‘ not on seat ’ — perhaps he , too , is trying to find someone ! |
| 12 | OLYMPIC archery hero Simon Terry returned to Britain yesterday — to find he is being clobbered by his country . |