Example sentences of "find [adv prt] [conj] they " in BNC.

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1 The question may have niggled at the 7,776 advertising talents who entered their work for the prestigious Design & Art Direction Awards , some of whom will turn up tonight at a glittering Grosvenor House junket to find out whether they have won one of the silver or gold pencils .
2 ‘ So he said he will have external examiners who will set tests to the children to find out whether they have learned the facts .
3 Not all white cats are deaf , however , and owners of these animals should carry out some simple noise tests to find out whether they are lucky or not .
4 I want you to find out whether they 've kept any of their signing ability , and if so how much . ’
5 If a supplier decides to increase his market share by attracting higher usage by occasional users , he must first attempt to find out whether they buy competitors ' goods or not , or where there is something about the present marketing mix which dissuades them from buying more frequently .
6 Patients will be interviewed after their consultation in order to find out whether they can give an accurate account of what their doctor intended them to do , and whether they have queries which they failed to raise during their consultation .
7 He was always very good at keeping bits and pieces to find out whether they were going to be important or not ) .
8 There 's a great deal of double counting that takes place , it might be that some honourable members in this house actually appear upon two registers , one in London and one within the area in which they reside , normally within their constituency and many people are merely carried over from past registers , without any serious canvassing taking place to find out whether they are the people to be on the registers or whether someone else should be put in their place .
9 To find out whether they win that all-important gold run , you 'll have to tune in when the programme is transmitted in September .
10 To find out whether they win that all-important gold run , you 'll have to tune in when the programme is transmitted in September .
11 Thousands of pounds worth of antiques are filling the cells of a police station while officers try to find out whether they were stolen .
12 must wait to find out whether they have won promotion from North-East Two after securing fourth place with a 1210 win away to second-placed Thornensians .
13 A BAF spokesman , Tony Ward , said : ‘ We will have to talk to Livingston and his advisers to find out whether they are still going to go ahead with the appeal . ’
14 Instead , the outcome of what seems to have been an uncomfortable occasion was merely that Pound and Lewis took that much longer to find out that they were natural allies .
15 It may be they know that I am meeting somebody they are trying to affect through his hierarchy ; or it may be they need to find out something which they think I am in a better position to find out than they are .
16 SACHA GIVARSI looked up the children 's TV presenters of the Sixties and Seventies to find out if they were still young at heart .
17 They go to bed as strangers and then spend the weekend alternately insulting each other and making up , trying to find out if they are fond of each other .
18 As a faithful NME reader I thought you would have had better things to do than badmouth good groups , such as improve on your public relations , meaning , I wrote to you about three months ago regarding Pink Floyd to find out if they would be doing any concerts .
19 Whitlock turned his attention back to the barbecue and prodded each chop with a steak knife to find out if they were properly cooked .
20 Many of the girls wanted to ask about domestic details such as rationing , clothes and saying goodbye to boyfriends while the boys frequently said they wanted to interview the men to find out if they had been on active service or if they had killed anyone .
21 We 've yet to find out if they 've any sail-makin' facilities here at all .
22 The secretary would phone to find out if they were alright after the accident and if nec necessary contact the chairman .
23 Various organizations were contacted to find out if they had an details of library issue systems using CBM or BBC microcomputer " both of which were already available in the school .
24 Having slept better that night , Fabia awakened on Tuesday and thought of Ven , thought of Cara and of Barney , and would dearly have liked to telephone her parents to find out if they had heard anything from her sister .
25 Craigs parents are now taking legal advice to find out if they can take action against Tewkesbury borough council — but as his mother says , it 'll come too late to help craig :
26 The Polytechnic usually receives hundreds of phone calls from students trying to find out if they 've secured a place at college .
27 Alternative plans are being considered which may have been discussed unofficially with the Scottish Office and the Office of Fair Trading to find out if they are acceptable .
28 However , now I have listened to their first Phonogram-fuelled '60s Baggle Taggle on vinyl , I discover that I ca n't even be arsed to find out where they live .
29 ‘ David ’ asked Joan if she would infiltrate the loyalist paramilitary organisations to find out where they hid their arms or ammunition .
30 If we keep our nerve long enough it may give the police time to find out where they are being held . ’
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