Example sentences of "find that the [noun] is " in BNC.

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1 Having taken the plunge and opened the package I was delighted to find that the software is n't copy protected — no problems running it on my hard disk systems here , or so I thought .
2 ‘ … we are delighted to find that the Voyage is productive of a high state of enjoyment to yourself and likely to be the means of re-establishing Mrs. Gould 's health .
3 It would be nice to find that the campanile is original Romanesque , but alas it is as modern as 1820 , replacing the first that had long since collapsed .
4 How many times have hard-working men arrived home from work only to find that the house is upside down , furniture completely re-arranged and their favourite chair completely out of kilter with the best view of the TV ?
5 Divers may hear a motorboat apparently bearing down on them and then surface to find that the boat is actually a considerable distance away .
6 A common fault here is to think of the rotor disc as being the model , and watch it describe a graceful turn only to find that the fuselage is now pointing its tail at the ground .
7 Former British champion Bryan Beeson , in Madrid for the Spanish Open , will return to find that the league is no longer a two-horse race .
8 However , if you complete the Budget Planner ( see pages 120–25 ) , you may be pleasantly surprised to find that the difference is far less than you had feared .
9 And he said , it looks as though they 've put the chimney on and found that the flue is the ba the boiler 's in the bathroom , so they 've had to come down here .
10 He comically dismisses his attempts to project himself into the narrative future and finds that the past is rendered elusive by the distortions of the means he uses to recapture it .
11 Colin Brewer finds that the scalpel is oft mightier than the couch
12 If it finds that the plant is not working that could have serious repercussions , beyond the straight forward cost of replacement .
13 In many of the societies described it is found that the collective is emphasized rather than the individual .
14 However , if it is found that the problem is unrelated to LIFESPAN , then a charge will be made at the current commercial rates for the labour and expenses incurred .
15 Although there are some marvellous cookery books for single people — Delia Smith 's ‘ One is Fun ’ is a good example — I have always found that the trick is not to cook for one , but to cook for four , or whatever the recipe you are following suggests , and to freeze the rest for further meals .
16 Er the thing is that the people in the northeast yes er there is a lot more work done up there by the Society but you know since I 've been down in Horsham I have found that the northeast is not alone .
17 Even in those denominations which claim a Christian orthodoxy , I have often found that the Devil is a formal proposition only .
18 I shall base my account largely on what secondary schoolteachers have to say , though I have found that the picture is easily recognizable , with some modification to the details , by those working in both primary and further and higher education as well .
19 If we find that the concordance is higher for Is than Ns , there could be a genetic component .
20 When the reasons for the disappointing response are explored , we find that the emphasis is placed on the unique social and cultural values of Japanese society .
21 I have retarded the ignition to run on lead-free , but find that the vehicle is an uncertain starter and will not achieve 50 mph in third gear up an incline .
22 and deal with your objection and then puts it out of their mind if they find that the evidence is inadmissible , does n't work .
23 Thus we find that the structure is a parallel-stranded tetraplex .
24 People naturally assume that a contractor employed by the Housing Executive is the firm to get , but then find that the contractor is not warranted .
25 Returning to Madeira , we find that the island is catering for the demands of a new breed of tourists who wish for a more active holiday than the traditional visitor who relaxed in the comfort of the luxury hotels or lazed around the swimming pool or at the lido .
26 And here we find that the term is widely rather than narrowly defined to include an offence which carries a sentence of three years or more on first conviction ; or involves the use of violence ; or results in substantial financial gain ; or involves conduct by a large number of people in pursuit of a common purpose .
27 In fact , we find that the reverse is true .
28 The overlap has two corners , one of which moves to the other under F and under R , so we find that the commutator is a pair of twisted 2-cycles , affecting only four out of the six corners involved in the moves F and R .
29 We find that the bank is actually paying interest to us rather than us paying interest to the bank .
30 The find that the shift is about .
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