Which preposition to use with discovery

of Occurrences 1980%

Yet, in itself, it was not the discovery of the building that had so astonished me; but the fact, which became every moment more apparent, that in no particular, save in color and its enormous size, did the lonely structure vary from this house in which I live.

in Occurrences 266%

For every great discovery in medical practice, doctors and nurses have died martyrs to their faithful work.

by Occurrences 85%

But the cañon was known and traveled as a pass by the Indians and mountain animals long before its discovery by white men, as is shown by the numerous tributary trails which come into it from every direction.

to Occurrences 85%

It was impossible for two boys to keep such an important discovery to themselves, and the shed was soon filled with an eager crowd, all anxious to view the mysterious footprints.

on Occurrences 55%

Some new discovery on their part?

at Occurrences 37%

It didn't take the girl long to put her few belongings into the closets and drawers, but there were a thousand little things to examine in the rooms and she made some important discovery at every turn.

for Occurrences 21%

It marks the culmination of the wonderful achievements in discovery for which the fifteenth century is so memorable.

with Occurrences 21%

And as the synaptase is certainly neither organized nor alive, but a mere chemical substance, Liebig treated Cagniard de la Tour's discovery with no small contempt, and, from that time to the present, has steadily repudiated the notion that the decomposition of the sugar is, in any sense, the result of the vital activity of the Torula.

along Occurrences 18%

Discoveries along the coast of Africa; and conquests in India, from 1412 to 1505.

about Occurrences 17%

To say nothing of the discoveries about Beachy Head, the earthworks there, and the neolithic implements and bronze weapons discovered about East Dean and Alfriston, we have in the Long Man of Wilmington, that gigantic figure cut out in the chalk of the hill-side, something comparable only with the Giant of Cerne Abbas in Dorset and the White Horses of Wiltshire.

from Occurrences 11%

At school he found it more and more plain what a good thing it is that we haven't to find out every thing for ourselves from the beginning; that people gather into books what they and all who went before them have learned, so that we come into their property, as it were; and, after being taught of them, have only to begin our discoveries from where they leave off.

as Occurrences 10%

Mäzli had in her head this and many other thoughts caused by the morning's scene, so she did not feel the same inclination to set out on trips of discovery as usual, and remained quietly sitting on her chair.

into Occurrences 9%

Whoever may have been its author, it expresses in noble and impassioned verse the sense of danger, the audacity, and the exultation of those pioneers of modern thought, for whom philosophy was a voyage of discovery into untravelled regions.

than Occurrences 8%

" The girls walked away, and when they were alone Louise remarked: "Here is a more surprising discovery than Uncle John, Beth.

through Occurrences 7%

He was pursued, to be sure, but eluded discovery through the fact that the natives were kindly disposed to him out of regard for his father's memory.

under Occurrences 6%

In the interval between these two voyages of Gonzales, Denis Fernandez, a gentleman of Lisbon, who had belonged to the household of the late king, fitted out a vessel for discovery under the patronage of Don Henry, with a determination to endeavour to penetrate farther to the southwards than any preceding navigator.

before Occurrences 5%

A cursory reading of the whole literature of American discovery before 1831 would suggest that idea, and some writers of the present day still maintain it.

during Occurrences 4%

Amongst other discoveries during our absence was a bed of pearl-oysters at the head of the bay, from which the crew of the Dolphin had procured several tons of very fine mother-of-pearl, besides a small number of pearls varying in size from one to four carats.

towards Occurrences 4%

In this same year, Don George de Menesses, governor of Molucca, and Don Henriques, sent a vessel on discovery towards the north, commanded by Diego de Rocha, having Gomez de Sequiera as pilot.

near Occurrences 4%

The news of the gold discoveries near Bathurst had soon spread through the Australian colonies.

like Occurrences 3%

It would be extravagant to suppose that a discovery like this can leave our future relations untouched.

between Occurrences 2%

This is, however, more easily accounted for, from the Spaniards fostering and keeping alive the jealousy and hatred that existed at the time of the discovery between the different tribes.

beyond Occurrences 2%

Foreign geographers had sometimes cast it in the teeth of Englishmen that their discoveries beyond the frontiers of India had been made vicariously, but in this case it was an Englishman who had performed the journey.

after Occurrences 2%

Dependence on that class of defence inevitably leads to discovery after discovery that some spot open to the kind of attack feared has not been made secure.

until Occurrences 2%

No practical use was made of the discovery until 1801 when a factory was established near Breslau, in Silesia.

Which preposition to use with  discovery