Example sentences of "[adj] found it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Northern force faced with several desecrated graveyards and missing bodies in 1986 found it easier to describe it as the work of vandals . |
| 2 | Some found it unacceptable because it would be on early in the evening , because it was a soap serial — and because the woman was committing adultery with a much younger man . |
| 3 | Exposed to Minton 's freewheeling , glamorous Bohemianism , some found it difficult afterwards to stand on their own feet , for Minton had effectively broken them away from their backgrounds or their jobs . |
| 4 | Sabine found it difficult to breathe . |
| 5 | Julia , who when nervous found it difficult to see things clearly , started the long haul down the lilac carpet . |
| 6 | Even the least sophisticated found it easy to blame the chronic unemployment which afflicted Britain on the war . |
| 7 | It was also surprising to hear that so many found it possible to stick to this diet when normally they found themselves lacking in the willpower department . |
| 8 | Many found it easier to recognise the sufferings of others — under Apartheid , in Vietnam , Nicaragua — before acknowledging their own — hopeless marriages , the aftermath of incest , the pain of family rejection , the struggle between conflicting cultures . |
| 9 | Many found it oppressive . |
| 10 | Many found it difficult to give accurate figures as the livestock year dictated two very definite peak work periods . |
| 11 | Progress was so slow that many found it quicker to abandon their carriages and continue on foot . |
| 12 | All found it one of the hardest forms of market intervention . |
| 13 | We all found it interesting and enlightening and are grateful to — head brewer and — brewing manager . |
| 14 | United found it easy enough to open Wolves up , but they could n't quite finish them off . |
| 15 | Knitters were pressed to rent the stocking frames and those who owned their own found it hard to get work when times were less busy . |
| 16 | An OECD study in 1989 found it unlikely that MOX could compete with uranium under realistic circumstances . |
| 17 | Due to unforeseen problems , they became so heavily involved in the project that both found it necessary to develop new skills which led to them becoming competent programmers in their own right . |