Example sentences of "that they [vb mod] find [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If theorists attempted this task it is likely that they would find themselves following in the footsteps of the more deterministic elements of Durkheim 's sociology , which have not the aspects they have favoured so far ( Deutscher , 1984 ; Farr , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | Reassuring themselves that the train had broken down , both men felt confident that they would find nothing untoward on the line . |
| 3 | My guess was that they would find their way into the press and would undermine our efforts to settle the health dispute . |
| 4 | But when he said so , hoping that they would find him a job away from the Zoo , they said instead that if he wanted he could work through the remaining years to his retirement as general helper and sweeper . |
| 5 | Somewhere in the back of my mind I think maybe I was afraid that they would find you although I had heard from you by that time and knew you could not possibly be there at the bottom of Loch Craig . |
| 6 | I think that they would find it quite difficult to actually do that er without very many incursions into the greenbelt . |
| 7 | Conservatives taunted them that they might find themselves , fugitives in Africa , ‘ drawing from under their arm a very fine plan of a constitution while they had not a foot of land to stand upon ’ , after having opened the doors to ‘ the revolutionary spirit which had destroyed France ’ . |
| 8 | The governors of royal colonies , appointed by the king , were expected to maintain a rather dignified and aloof attitude and it was thought that they might find it hard to do this if they had lived in the colony as subordinates or as private citizens in the past . |
| 9 | Ca n't you see that they might find it worthwhile to bend the truth and sit on justice when there 's so much at stake ? ’ |
| 10 | Nissel and Bonnerjea acutely observe that all this may lead to ‘ a lack of perspective on the situation ’ so that they may find it difficult to accept appropriate help or place limits on their involvement . |
| 11 | I told most of the young women on the telephone that I 'd be wearing a battered black hat , so that they could find me easily . |
| 12 | The jury were directed by the trial judge that they could find him guilty only as actor , whereas the true position was that he could be found guilty either as actor or on the basis of art and part . |
| 13 | Another suggestion is that they were put there by shepherds so that they could find their way off the fell in bad weather , the idea being that by the number of cairns the shepherds would be able to tell where they were and by the pattern they could know which direction to follow . |
| 14 | We are confident that they will find nothing in the application which is ‘ incompatible with the statutory objective or the general principle of the Act ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them . |
| 16 | ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them . |
| 17 | Many clients like to shop around before they commit themselves to a solicitor and like to feel that they can find something out about you before they are committed to the payment of fees . |