Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] find [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lower , but still significant levels of fragmentation are found in Italy , Greece and Portugal , and are most common in the poorer regions . |
| 2 | It is an inescapable fact that , despite all the care taken in passing legislation , some statutory provisions when applied to the circumstances under consideration in any specific case are found to be ambiguous . |
| 3 | Legionellae in the enviroment are found as parasites of protozoa in which intracellular multiplication can take place . |
| 4 | The reason many copies of any one fragment of text are found on a disc is that if , like all my chapters , the text has been edited and re-edited many dozens of times , each edit will result in a new saving to the disc of ( almost ) the same text . |
| 5 | All three types of singularity are found in colliding plane wave solutions . |
| 6 | About one or two new species of insect are found in Britain each year but Wales includes some of the least-studied habitats . |
| 7 | When the fins of fossil specimens are carefully dissected , the lobes at the base are found to be supported by one stout bone close to the body , two bones joined to it and finally a group of small bones — the pattern that is found in the limbs of all land vertebrates . |
| 8 | Alternating euphoria and despair , intense struggle and the depths of apathy are found in Chopin 's piano music , which from exile in Paris celebrated Poland 's folk music and at the same time elevated it to the role of a respectable and specifically bourgeois art form . |
| 9 | The lowest rates of smoking are found among the population aged 60 and over ( see Table 6.8 ) . |
| 10 | While there are a few vines on the flat ground just south of the village , the vast majority are found on the slopes of the Butte de Saran , the northern extremity of the Côte des Blancs , and on the eastern slopes of Mont Bernon , edging the suburbs of Épernay . |
| 11 | This may find support in the fact that most of the confusions in terminology are found in what might be called the ‘ editorial ’ parts of the texts , in which the context is being briefly introduced before the decision of the master is quoted . |
| 12 | Displays of this kind are found in a wide variety of birds , but they are most common in the ground-nesting species . |
| 13 | In winter most Golden Plover are found on coastal farmland , including the permanent grassland of the levels . |
| 14 | Sometimes a third , ‘ quiet control ’ group is included in the study , and often differences in biochemistry are found between it and both the yoked and the learning groups . |
| 15 | Circulating antibodies to the AChR are found in patient with myasthenia gravis , T lymphocyte function is abnormal , and the thymus is enlarged , with prominent germinal centres and Hassall 's corpuscles . |
| 16 | When indifference as to terminology is a recurrent feature in the work of only one jurist , and when 80 per cent of all instances of this indifference are found in his work , there is considerable difficulty in supposing that a general rapprochement between legacy and trust had taken place . |
| 17 | Sometimes questions of enormous width are found in the paper . |
| 18 | The obstacles to preventive research are found in many countries , including Britain , which has a distinguished history in epidemiology , public health , and preventive medicine . |
| 19 | Fraud appears to have increased rather than decreased , and it can not be argued that this is merely a matter of greater success in detection , as many of the frauds only come to light when investors find that they are unable to obtain their funds ( or the directors of the institution are found to be in sunny climes abroad , with little intention of returning to the UK ) . |
| 20 | Ambiguity arises where , through an error in drafting , the words used in the statute are found to be capable of bearing two or more meanings . |
| 21 | There is strong evidence from Butler and Stokes ' surveys that housing tenure over-determines party support , in relation to ‘ occupational class ’ : in council housing only 51 per cent of those in occupational classes I-IV with a partisan self-image were found to be Tories , as against 76 per cent in owner-occupied housing . |
| 22 | Considerable differences in soil types , climate , age groups , methods of farming , outlets for produce , attitudes and thoughts on the future of the industry were found within a 30 mile radius of Bourg en Bresse . |
| 23 | On the same day eight bodies of victims of new violence were found in Natal . |
| 24 | After a week they were listed as missing and some months later traces of blood were found at their home at St Brelade . |
| 25 | A few spots of blood were found near the telephone , Mr Palmer said . |
| 26 | While a higher proportion of temporary workers than of the total labour force were found to be women workers ( 6 per cent compared to 41 per cent ) , temporary workers were also ‘ considerably younger ’ than the generality of workers , largely because a high proportion of the former are still teenagers . |
| 27 | From -45 to zero minutes no significant changes in PP concentration were found during normoglycaemia whereas after initiating hyperglycaemia , plasma PP concentrations decreased significantly ( p<0.05 ) both during the 8 and 15 mmol/l glucose clamp . |
| 28 | Similar significant increases in serum albumin concentration were found in both groups ( Table V ) . |
| 29 | The constraint that word beginnings only occur at the point where a previous word ends , prevents leave being found in believe and a ring being found in measuring . |
| 30 | A gold watch and a purse were found in the dead man 's pockets , but no cards or papers — except a letter addressed to Mr Utterson . |