Example sentences of "[noun] may [be] found [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | We have previously shown that adduct levels in DNA extracted from gastric cancers are higher in smokers than non-smokers and this study therefore suggests that smoking related adducts may be found in non-neoplastic as well as neoplastic mucosa . |
| 3 | For the young patient with a stroke or head injury , work may be found in specialized government sheltered workshops , where disabled workers have facilities and staff tailored for them . |
| 4 | This matrix may have as many elements as the size of the computer will allow and , once set up , the solution of the matrix equation subject to the imposed boundary conditions may be found by standard numerical procedures . |
| 5 | It is possible that some basis for explaining British football hooliganism may be found in appropriate studies of American sports-related disorder . |
| 6 | But such genes may be found among wild cocoa trees ; there were spectacular increases in yield and a partial increase in resistance to disease when the first collections of wild cocoa from the Upper Amazon , made by J. F. Pound in 1937–38 , were supplied to breeders in the 1940s . |
| 7 | Smaller but still significant amounts of caffeine may be found in cola-based drinks , some pain-killing preparation , and in chocolate . |
| 8 | Good discussions of these and others may be found in various textbooks , notably Downes 1984 ( chapter 6 ) , and no attempt will be made here to duplicate this material . |
| 9 | Detailed description of these and other instruments of the percussion family may be found in Contemporary Percussion by Reginald Smith Brindle ( O.U.P. ) . |