Example sentences of "have found the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A survey of women in Massachusetts has found the average length of a first healthy pregnancy to be 41 weeks and 1 day , with subsequent pregnancies at 40 weeks & 3 days ; Black and Japanese women have shorter pregnancies . |
| 2 | Terry has found the general condition of the airframe to be very good ( it flew into Newark in February 1983 ) requiring ‘ the usual work ’ around the rivets . |
| 3 | He has found the thicker yarn ends are best doubled up or used treble to make blankets on the chunky machine . |
| 4 | None has found the perfect solution , but the debates on the Tomlinson report provide an opportunity to review how to manage the three major areas of service provision , medical education , and research in London . |
| 5 | The higher rate tax payer has found the entire scheme irresistible to such an extent that he has invested in companies he would otherwise not have touched . |
| 6 | Having created a viciously oppressive system of laws and rules , the government has found the right sort of people to operate it . |
| 7 | In common with other mammalian species , the individual chromosomes of the mouse can be recognized by using a variety of different banding methods but G-banding has found the greatest favour and also provides the basis for the standard idiogram which is illustrated in Figure 4 . |
| 8 | I 'd found the candle-making kit in the cupboard under the stairs five or six years ago , and experimented with the colours and consistencies for months before hitting on the idea of using the wax as a wasp-prison . |
| 9 | We cut into the same ventricle twice , believing we 'd found the other one . |
| 10 | After he 'd found the half-burned counterfoil slips from the railway tickets stuffed down the back of the apartment 's disused fireplace , his next move had been to return to his Militia post and report that an anonymous source had given him some information on the whereabouts of Alina Petrovna , escapee from the prison hospital and probable murderer of the psychiatrist Belov . |
| 11 | She thought she 'd found the perfect place to live , yet already it was slipping away and this cosy compartment was only a stage on to something else . |
| 12 | She 'd found the perfect present for her niece 's wedding . |
| 13 | They wore expensive suits and had the general air of men who 'd found the secret key to the money pump and were cranking its handle for all they were worth . |
| 14 | Having found the appropriate class number from the card , look for it in the subject or classified catalogue and flick through the cards of that particular number . |
| 15 | Having found the appropriate register , the researcher is soon faced with fresh difficulties , quite apart from the daunting task of reading sixteenth and seventeenth century scripts . |
| 16 | Having found the right house in the most perfect location less than half a mile from the gates of Assisi , she set about transforming it . |
| 17 | In addition I explained to her that , having found the original event and looked at it through adult eyes , there was no danger that she would put an end to one problem only to replace it with another , as might have happened if we had not investigated its origins . |
| 18 | With the awful storms of late February still fresh in most people 's minds , those with four-wheel-drive cars must have found the extra traction a godsend . |
| 19 | It can be seen that as the lexicon size increases , more candidate words are allowable , so sometimes the inverted look-up is not used when it might have found the correct word . |
| 20 | Normally she would have found the tall blond rock star attractive , even if only in a detached , academic sort of way . |
| 21 | Mark Tompkins could have found the right opening for his consistent but one paced Rosgill in the Eastleigh Handicap Hurdle at Newbury tomorrow . |
| 22 | Tristan 's arrival had prevented her and she would never have found the right words to accompany the gift in any case . |
| 23 | But had the minister read the introduction to that paper he would have found the following : ‘ The metabolism and excretion of compounds with a prolonged half-life , however , may be slower in old age as a result of impaired renal function commonly seen in this age group . |
| 24 | But if you are a strongly goal-orientated individual who enjoys solitary intellectual pursuits , you may have found the perfect job . |
| 25 | She might have found the dozen tiles , but now she had to retrieve them . |
| 26 | Those who read the highbrow press would probably have found the lowbrow tabloids woefully inadequate , but those who read the tabloids would probably have found the highbrow press too complex , long-winded , repetitious , waffling , and boring to be useful . |
| 27 | It is not that he lies about them , rather that only a patient and omnivorous prospector would have found the particular treasures which he quotes . |
| 28 | However , Chris seems to have found the perfect solution . |
| 29 | Cameras mounted on tripods proved intrusive and cumbersome ; some chairmen and others have complained about the strong lighting , although most Members seem to have found the level tolerable ; discomfort has been experienced as a result of additional heat and difficulties with ventilation ( always a problem in summer , as those who have worked in the committee rooms or attended meetings there will confirm ) ; and the sound system has not worked well . |
| 30 | Unlike some of his most distinguished contemporaries , the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler is reputed to have found the whole process of recording totally congenial , offering the possibility to refine interpretations in a manner which was not always possible in the white-heat surroundings of the concert hall . |