Example sentences of "found it [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , both parties found it impossible to sustain widespread interest in political organization . |
| 2 | Cohen , however , found it impossible to make this approach work as a result of a confrontation with the kabaka in 1953 , and by 1955 Buganda had confirmed its special constitutional status within Uganda , a status which was if anything reinforced in the independence constitution of 1962 . |
| 3 | I amused myself for about a month doing that , but when I got the cast taken off I found it uncomfortable to play conventional style — so I 've always felt right at home playing over the neck . |
| 4 | Now in the economic crisis , Italy and Nazi Germany found it politic to buy Hungarian grain . |
| 5 | The philosophes found it necessary to use coded language in their assault on Christianity and the Church . |
| 6 | So intense was this that the Chinese hierarchy , anxious to preserve the established order , found it necessary to restrain competitive display of grave goods by sumptuary regulation . |
| 7 | Pope 's epistle is probably the most important statement of the dominant view of women in the eighteenth century , and women writing explicitly about issues of gender often found it necessary to confront this poem . |
| 8 | When , later , I joined the Civil Service , I found it hard to follow that rule since I was constantly required to lie . |
| 9 | Three main reasons were given for the apparent lack of enthusiasm : board members found it difficult to spare additional time for this form of training ; they were doubtful of the ability of outside trainers to provide training in tune with local needs ; attempts by some education authorities to retain part of the training budget in order to supply such area sessions were seen by some members as demonstrating a lack of trust in the board 's ability to organise its own training . |
| 10 | He still found it difficult to accept that Tess , the pure village maiden , was not what she seemed . |
| 11 | The Sutton pupils quickly noticed that Russells Hall pupils , whom they had imagined would be perfect writers and illustrators , sought help from the teachers and each other and often found it difficult to locate required information . |
| 12 | But he found it difficult to feel much pity for Yorick . |
| 13 | He found it difficult to have any sympathy for Katherine Lundy in this instance ; this situation was entirely of her own creation . |
| 14 | Lady Emily found it easiest to ignore this room for two years ! |
| 15 | I found it interesting to take one person , say the rector , Charles Henstock , and make him the chief character in one book and follow his fortunes , as I had in the first book about the great Mrs Curdle . |