Example sentences of "found a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Our modern Munchhausen has , however , found a more remarkable mare 's nest still : he has discovered the ‘ false slogan , characteristic of a false era , that everyone is entitled to know everything ’ . |
| 32 | The situation was further complicated by those like Stubbes and Perkins who saw dress contusion as symptomatic of impending social collapse , and those like James I whose hatred of female cross-dressing introduced a misogynistic factor which antedated current social anxiety yet found a powerful focus in it . |
| 33 | The 1983 British Election Survey also found a change over recent years in favour of ‘ liberal ’ social policies . |
| 34 | She had found a sweet lover where there had been no love . |
| 35 | Lotus , being in the Anglia region , has found a new sponsor and has been able , at last , to bring out its long-awaited cheap saloon — the Flan . |
| 36 | He had found a club where Doreen Dacres had been engaged but where no Doreen Dacres had arrived and this comforted him . |
| 37 | As the corporals head for lunch they pass a recruit from the TA platoon shepherding her visitors toward the museum , Where she is convinced that she has found a photograph of her mother , Who served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945 . |
| 38 | ‘ Sir , can you come across to the Gun Shop ? 1 think we 've found a serious defect which could affect the Warrior fleet . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ We 've been slowed down by the lack of a new engine but we 've found a good engine in the second pack they sent us — it needs a couple of hours of work on minor jobs , but if everything goes well we should have something ready for out-inspection later this afternoon . |
| 40 | But that 's not why I came across — Staff Sergeant MacDonald has found a potential major problem … . ’ |
| 41 | Already , before he has found a theological universe in which to create them , they have the feeling of lost souls , fodder for hell . |
| 42 | Even cracked pots have found a second life as lamp bases . |
| 43 | They have found a new enthusiasm for life , a new determination to be the people they are and behave as they will . |
| 44 | He has not just found a role for himself , which was something he had agonized over for years , but has used his position to lead an assault on the ills of modern society ; to try to alter people 's basic thinking , not just in an effort to improve their lives , but to persuade them of the need to preserve the planet for future generations . |
| 45 | She had found a retired garda sergeant and his wife , whose family had grown and scattered , leaving them with a large house and room to spare . |
| 46 | The second point is : Most of us down the years have tried to pray , and have found a pattern that suits us . |
| 47 | ‘ Great Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role ’ taunted Dean Acheson , the American Secretary of State , around this time . |
| 48 | The US companies hoped they had found a new seam of commercially-viable movies , but none thought too deeply about what they were buying into . |
| 49 | It 's easy to do if you follow a pattern — and we 've found a perfect one . |
| 50 | This is not , perhaps , the best year for Britain to act as host to open the series , for the entry tomorrow is clearly affected by Commonwealth Games training schedules as well as the fact that the English Cross Country Union has not found a sponsor who can provide the money for trust funds that might have enticed more prominent athletes . |
| 51 | Within a month , Mr K had found a buyer for the lease . |
| 52 | QPR v Everton After a couple of wins QPR have found a familiar rut and Everton , who arrested their decline with a win at Derby , will be hoping for something similar at Shepherds Bush . |
| 53 | It could not have found a more appropriate , more common voice than the soulful . |
| 54 | The Architect and Building News of 10 January 1936 reported : Mr Oliver Hill 's romantic modernism has rarely found a happier destination than this charmingly picturesque house in the woods near Virginia Water . |
| 55 | Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role Dean Acheson , West Point , 1962 |
| 56 | Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role . |
| 57 | The Doaks have found a number of friendly gestures to be successful in communicating intentions to dolphins and engaging them in gamesplay . |
| 58 | In all his writings from hiding he had increasingly found a brave and defiant secular voice : one that recognised a ‘ God-shaped hole ’ in life , but did not doubt that it could be filled by art , literature and imagination . |
| 59 | In 1496 he was able to tell his royal employers that he had found a goldfield of El Doradan proportions , capable of producing up to 3 tons of gold a year , enough to justify the cost of his four expeditions . |
| 60 | And now America has found a miracle service export : security . |