Example sentences of "[noun pl] found it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His prediction excited the people in their thousands and the Dutch authorities found it necessary to explain away the Jayabhaya legend . |
| 2 | many children 's solicitors found it difficult to determine the child 's competence to give instructions . |
| 3 | But her scrabbling fingers found it safe between her purse and the bag lining , and she drew it out with a moan of relief . |
| 4 | ‘ Some clubs found it difficult , though , and I do n't think you get results which are ‘ correct ’ in those situations . ’ |
| 5 | Soloway 's comment that , ‘ The birth control groups found it difficult to persuade the middle and upper-class membership of the feminist organizations that access to the contraceptive methods was a genuine problem ’ , seems both ill-founded and unnecessary . |
| 6 | Likewise , Newton 's ‘ established ’ groups built up a ‘ close set ’ of relationships with public officials in Birmingham ( 1976 , p. 85 ) , while his poorly established groups found it difficult to gain access to decision-makers and thereby had to resort to demonstrations , petitions and so on which only served to make them even more unacceptable . |
| 7 | After four years of strife reconciliation of the PLO factions in Algiers in April 1987 was reflected on the ground , as the various groups found it easier to accept their differences and to agree on the importance of national unity . |
| 8 | Even those who prided themselves on liberal views found it hard not to score points off the Germans , including refugee Germans . |
| 9 | Manufacturing industry has been especially hard hit , but even sunrise companies specialising in new technology have at times found it necessary to prune their work-force . |
| 10 | English civilian and army personnel found it natural to consort with the Ulster majority when off duty . |
| 11 | Paul 's opponents found it easier to agree in synod on his unworthiness for office than to eject him from the episcopal residence . |
| 12 | And the most interesting thing is that er the consultees found it difficult to assess the extent of any additional cost arising from deregulation so you had a regulation you had a compliance cost assessment and you had employed people , consulted as to whether in fact that statutory instrument was gon na cost any more . |
| 13 | Gary 's neat and composed approach was enjoyed by the discerning fans but some Palace supporters found it difficult to accept this refined talent in the hustle and bustle of the Second Division of the mid-1980s . |
| 14 | As the months of his NEA tenure lengthened into years , he sometimes reversed his positions , and even his supporters found it difficult to know just which problematic grants he would end up supporting , and which he would finally reject . |
| 15 | Although it seemed very efficient , one improvement I might suggest would be to mount the covers on spring rollers , because the drivers found it difficult to get to the bikes with the covers pressing on them while they worked . |
| 16 | ‘ Those who took part in the sessions found it enjoyable and good fun , ’ commented Andrew , ‘ and although everyone has not yet managed to pack it in , the early feedback is encouraging . ’ |
| 17 | In Denmark , too , Lutheran clergy found it difficult to adapt . |
| 18 | Peter himself achieved a balanced budget , but his successors found it necessary to supplement their income by resorting to ever larger foreign loans . |
| 19 | Moreover , both parties found it impossible to sustain widespread interest in political organization . |
| 20 | Having held that British practice was not in accordance with law , the judges found it unnecessary to address the question what would be regarded as acceptable limits on the right to privacy . |
| 21 | Successive chancellors found it easier to borrow the ready-made currency in the possession of the Gens Redburna in return for Imperial Notes of Hand ; interest was paid on the loans . |
| 22 | Critics of policies of that period like Samuel Brittan have suggested that chancellors found it difficult to time their uses of the economic ‘ brake ’ or ‘ accelerator ’ properly , and that the ‘ stop-go ’ pattern that emerged provided a poor economic environment for investment decisions , and thus inhibited British growth . |
| 23 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |
| 24 | Against this background , the evaluators found it difficult to establish a clear picture of exactly what the panel achieved . |
| 25 | Almost every day there were downpours of rain and it often poured throughout the night , making the ground so slippery that the camels found it difficult to keep on their feet . |
| 26 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 27 | Joint stock companies found it possible to grow larger by issuing new shares to increase their capital , and mergers and takeovers saw the average size of firms grow . |
| 28 | The money was removed and the new element of time on a job was applied , and er this was n't done easily of course because when they introduced the work study consultants , erm we found it necessary , particularly the shop stewards found it necessary to have consultation with the management . |
| 29 | Opponents of changing the rules on early leavers found it difficult to sustain their case . |
| 30 | People seeing ‘ Carry On ’ films found it all as natural as those who a generation earlier had greeted the squeal of bobby soxers for Frank Sinatra or , before that earlier the sight of Al Jolson in blackface . |