Example sentences of "[is] found [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A lot like the pig above , except that it 's found on the grasslands and savannah woodlands of eastern and south-eastern Africa , is slightly bigger , is more bristly than hairy and is a muddy colour .
2 And so one morning he 's found on a plot of waste land in Dagenham , with both his knee-caps smashed to mush by a cricket bat .
3 " I suppose it 's all right , this job she 's found for herself . "
4 This costs £26.64 ( £29.65 in London ) , but you get a refund if it 's found to be faulty .
5 They 've invested the that 's found along the path .
6 ‘ Once , against Swindon a couple of seasons ago , there 's this fat cunt and Geoff 's standing outside the ground before the match and this cunt bungs a bit of old dog shit he 's found by a hall at him and it hits him on the arm …
7 My first letter 's found in my deep BARKING sound ,
8 It 's found in lowland areas on chalk grassland and among sand dunes .
9 Some comms packages incorporate it in software but usually it 's found in the modem itself .
10 Besides the fact that it is not always true — the bare infinitive has many uses where it is not in relation with an auxiliary — this distinction between the two infinitives is also purely distributional : Schibsbye simply lists the various contexts where each infinitive is found without developing any difference of meaning .
11 This has been proved in several places : in some arctic localities it is found with trilobites that lived at great depths in the muds of the Ordovician ocean , while in Canada the same species occurs mixed with the inhabitants of the shallow-water seas , where limestones were accumulating .
12 The background of long-firm fraudsters is far more varied than is found with convicted criminals as a whole .
13 A similar pattern is found with imported bronze vessels ( Richards 1986 ) .
14 I am gesturing here towards the so called method of reflective equilibrium whereby general ethical principles and particular ethical judgements , as they arise fairly spontaneously , are each reconsidered until a consistent position is found with which one can live .
15 Even greater difficulty is found with the extensive facilities for discovery provided for in many United States jurisdictions , the intrusive nature of which presents another ground for serious concern .
16 If a group of finds whose date is known is found with others of unknown date , it is likely that all the finds are contemporary , although if this association of finds happens only once , doubt lingers about its accuracy .
17 This latter difficulty , possible manipulation by managers , is found with practically all performance indicators , with gaming often being practised both to meet targets and to downgrade aspects of performance not specifically measured .
18 In the UK much the same pattern is found with a very high significance ( p < 0·0001 ) attaching to flexibility of operation .
19 In order to show what kind of meaning the to and bare infinitive have , we shall begin by uses where the infinitive is found with a full verb .
20 It is found with the Agnus Dei elsewhere , and also had an association with the Enham meeting , held at Pentecost .
21 Myrmicacin is found with plant hormones in a secretion produced by the thoracic gland which disrupts the flow of components to cell walls and cell division is disturbed .
22 Users rightly expect the same standard of packaging as is found with other resources such as books and audiovisual material .
23 The same is found with ‘ her ’ , as in compared with This is a difficult problem , since it weakens the general claim made earlier that each tone-unit contains only one tonic syllable .
24 Given that the eminent genealogist Sir Anthony Wagner has said in his book English Genealogy , that ‘ where a distinctive surname is found over the centuries in one place in successive tax returns and the like , family continuity can be presumed even if descent can not be proved step by step ’ , a useful study is possible .
25 It is found over a wide range of species , from butterflies and wasps to sea snakes and skunks .
26 Despite its name , it is found over a very wide range of warm countries , including not only most of Africa but also the Mediterranean islands of Majorca , Corsica , Sardinia , Sicily and Crete .
27 Although each screen is deceptively complicated and takes a fair few attempts to solve , the solution is found through brain-power and not trial and error — once you 've solved a screen you 'll never forget how to do it .
28 Pupils are receiving occult teaching , and are studying the science of life — before going out into the larger world to relieve the stress of humanity , to teach mankind the Divine Wisdom , God 's Plan for the World , Evolution — to bring happiness to the unhappy , peace to the warring , and the only true happiness is found through service and brotherhood .
29 The way out of this dilemma is found through the device of representation : " In the grand discovery of modern times , the system of representation , the solution of all the difficulties , both speculative and practical , will perhaps be found . "
30 Secondly , overt sexuality is found between siblings ( Finkelhor , 1980 ) and among kibbutz members of the same age ( Spiro , 1958 ; Kaffmann , 1977 ) .
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