Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Having half expected that hair to feel crisp , to prickle beneath her palms as it had against her breasts , she was surprised to find that it felt as soft as down . |
| 32 | Many women have seen a new and demanding career at midlife as their way to satisfaction , only to find that it becomes a prime cause of problems for their husband . |
| 33 | It is acknowledged , however , that in its efforts to support the capitalist system , politically and economically , the capitalist state creates and expands public and social services only to find that it does not have the required resources to meet the growing cost of the public sector . |
| 34 | The church is to be distinctive from the rest of the world ; people around us are familiar with a way of life where rank and wealth matter , and people want to achieve what they think matters — only to find that it does n't satisfy them ; God 's people are to have a way of life which is based on equality in God 's sight , and not be measured in terms of social standing . |
| 35 | She opened a small round leather box to find that it contained tiny gold collar studs and several pairs of cuff links . |
| 36 | I blinked and looked up at her face again , to find that it held an icy glare . |
| 37 | AMERICA expects to wake up two days from now to find that it has a new President . |
| 38 | If you are playing Dwarf Wars , for example , the adventurers might reach Hargrim 's tomb only to find that it has been defiled and looted . |
| 39 | When Margaret returns once more to Helstone , educated in reality by the industrial north , she is still grieved to find that it has disappeared and that a new one , tidy and respectable , has been built in its place . |
| 40 | When the overconstrained design problem is viewed in this way it is not surprising to find that it has led most of the thinking of CAD systems . |
| 41 | I arrive at the venue to find that it has been changed at a whim to another hotel across the road ( ’ It 's much cooler and we 've got a cosy corner in the lounge , ’ the PR man assures me ) . |
| 42 | But a final word of caution : venturis are temperamental , and to enclose yours within a blockwork wall , only to find that it did n't work properly , would be frustrating . |
| 43 | Suddenly she was surprised that she could talk about Ian White without regret ; surprised to find that it did n't hurt any more . |
| 44 | And then came the bier , its front draped with a shawl to indicate that it carried a woman , which perhaps accounted for the general meagreness of the proceedings . |
| 45 | The J/44 , and some other J-boats , seem to indicate that it does not . |
| 46 | ( c ) When she raised the question of blood transfusions the only response was to lull her into a sense of false security , both the staff nurse , in her express words , and Dr. F. in his demeanour and the obstetrics staff nurse explicitly , all sought to indicate that it did not much matter since there appeared to them to be no prospect of a blood transfusion becoming necessary . |
| 47 | Any record in the module which exceeds this width is flagged with |
| 48 | I thought it would take me time to adjust and it has . |
| 49 | Mr Ashdown reaffirmed his willingness to be flexible and to compromise if it came to negotiating with a minority government of either hue . |
| 50 | But then again , how is the individual management to know if it happens to be one of those which ought to acknowledge a responsibility to maintain or lower prices , or whether it is one of the lucky ones which can be let off that responsibility ? |
| 51 | ( 21 ) John has two PhDs +> I believe he has , and have adequate evidence that he has ( 22 ) Does your farm contain 400 acres ? +> I do n't know that it does , and I want to know if it does The first of these provides an explanation for " Moore 's paradox " , namely the unacceptability of utterances like ( 23 ) : ( 23 ) ? ? |
| 52 | Women who I had attacked for bringing up boy children wanted to know if it had been an immaculate conception or simply parthenogenesis , and what was I going to do with it if it were a boy ? |
| 53 | Leave the chocolate to stand until it cools and the mixture thickens slightly . |
| 54 | When words bring the required response there is less need to scream and it becomes all right to ask . |
| 55 | The multi-product firm might be awakened to the need to innovate if it finds its price-recovery margins being eroded . |
| 56 | Because we 've got sixties all over the place so maybe it was n't a brilliant one to try but it gives us some indication of what 's going on . |
| 57 | There were considerable differences within the country at all social levels about the new religious practices ; aristocrats like the Montagues tried to compromise but it became increasingly difficult . |
| 58 | The compromise of an extendible lead gives him some freedom to wander but it does give rise to ‘ incidents ’ . |
| 59 | McNeill was reluctant to accept because it meant asking the club for 14 tickets . |
| 60 | The counterparty to this forward contract , let us say it is a bank , may for its part be willing to transact because it has a wider , more diversified portfolio than the hedger , within which it can to some extent offset the risky prospect . |