Example sentences of "we [vb mod] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If , post-barrage , water flows slow down , we may find that less mud is pulled in and the situation may stabilise . |
| 2 | Whichever type of man we think of , we may find it difficult to say whether by ‘ property ’ we mean the things themselves or the aggregate of rights which are exercised over them . |
| 3 | If we do ignore them , we may find we have thrown the baby out with the bath water . |
| 4 | In his 1955–56 Annual Report , at the end of a year when insufficient Terminal courses had been provided to use up all available Ministry grant , he commented that ‘ we may find it increasingly difficult to resist a reduction in the number of tutor-organisers we now employ , let alone claim a further appointment , if additional Terminal courses are not successfully organised in both established and new centres ’ . |
| 5 | The problems of crofting may be insoluble in terms of practical politics , but , if we look at them in the right way , we may find that they themselves are a resource . |
| 6 | Let us pray that we may find the contentment which comes from living our lives to the full and being concerned and thoughtful in our dealings with others . |
| 7 | We may find works on Hinduism talking of a ‘ High God ’ and ‘ lesser gods ’ , of ‘ demigods ’ and ‘ local divinities ’ . |
| 8 | Such , Artemisia , we may find in you |
| 9 | We may find the attractions of a particular member of the opposite sex irresistible , even though the better judgment of our better self tells us that a liaison with that person is not in anyone 's long-term interests . |
| 10 | We may find unifying principles in patterns of gene activity , gradients , signals , modes of movement , but there is still much variety for which we have no explanation whatsoever . |
| 11 | This is achieved by sound nutrition , adequate exercise , fresh air and sunshine , and above all , by seeking the ways in which we may find inner contentment . |
| 12 | Here we may find the bream average 5lb or so , with a top weight of around 7lb . |
| 13 | In later years , when natural mortalities and old age have taken their toll , we may find the shoal is reduced to a dozen fish or fewer . |
| 14 | We may find that some of the ideas we want to test are very difficult ones ; certainly , in using this particular example of baptism , we are not taking the easiest idea ever put forward . |
| 15 | We may find that the writer was completely biased in his views and that he falsified his evidence , in which case he is a perjurer and we should hold him in contempt . |
| 16 | Second , we may find that other research refutes the findings of the first study . |
| 17 | We may find ourselves disagreeing with other people on the basis of sampling ; one man may claim that a shirt he bought from a well-known manufacturer wore out in no time at all , whereas his friend says he always buys this make because they wear so well . |
| 18 | We may find that a particular reply which we had expected to be only given very occasionally looks as if it might well be much more prevalent than we had expected . |
| 19 | But faced suddenly with being alone through bereavement or divorce , or gradually through the natural lessening of family ties and dependency , we may find ourselves feeling very differently , remembering with nostalgia the days when we were so busy , needed and surrounded by others . |
| 20 | We may find that provided we are not too tired or hard pressed we can manage nicely , but particular weak spots flare up when we overdo things . |
| 21 | There are many ways in which , in retrospect , we may find fault with the procedures adopted in Nigeria ; lengthy time gaps between conferences and in the production of the reports ; shortcomings in follow up and publicity ( largely due to inadequate funding and staffing of the NERC ) ; failures in articulation of content and approach between subject areas ; an overloading of committees with university academics . |
| 22 | We have to take lessons with an open mind and a humility so that we may find out where we are going wrong . |
| 23 | This adds up to a very substantial collection , and I hope before too long we may find another set with the Organ and Piano Concertos , along with Prêtre 's recordings of the Gloria and Stabat Mater ( the earlier one with Régine Crespin ) and the almost unknown Sept Responses des Ténèbres , a simply glorious choral and orchestral piece with Prêtre recorded in 1983 and which appeared on a Pathé Marconi LP in 1984 . |
| 24 | Of course then we may find that there is no real conflict at all and that the objective aims of the disputants are rather sordid and mercenary . |
| 25 | Similarly , we may find that arms and faces are raised , or that kneeling is an appropriate response in the congregation . |
| 26 | In the household , we may find ourselves acting as ‘ memory ’ to the whole family , both in the prosaic sense of keeping lists of jobs and obligations in mind , and also in the sense of building up an extended record of family life with photos , souvenirs and diaries . |
| 27 | When the house of childhood does not serve as a place of support and nurture , when there is intense conflict between different members of the household , then we may find that many memories of indoors have been suppressed . |
| 28 | We may find a use for you one day in some undercover job . ’ |
| 29 | At this distance , we may find Balboa 's antics in the surf laughably pretentious ; but at the time the sighting of the Mar del Sur , as he felt compelled to christen the new sea , was a formidable discovery indeed : the implications of its swift and secure passage into the hands of Spain were profound in the extreme . |
| 30 | But if Gorbachev fails to meet the considerable expectations he has aroused , we may find there is plenty of rebound in the conservative cause . |