Example sentences of "they found [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found that a local custom in the country was to walk around barefoot at all times of the year and in all weathers . |
| 2 | All of them were ready for action after the long period of training , but when they arrived they found that a gale had brewed up . |
| 3 | If the points were electrically stimulated to induce correct electrical balance , the impending physical changes were averted , In many cases they found that a pathological condition could be reversed by stimulating and rebalancing the points . |
| 4 | They found that a groundsman had dolled off the hurdle instead of the adjacent steeplechase fence — ommitted because of false ground . |
| 5 | They found that a large proportion of the children had already spent the greater part of their lives in care . |
| 6 | When the Spanish conquerors entered Mexico they found that a special variety , the fire opal , having a clear orange or yellow body , was held in high esteem by the Aztecs . |
| 7 | They found that a 50% variation in dividends led to only a 0.3% change in the theoretical futures price of the FT-SE 100 index . |
| 8 | But they found that a tremendous amount of grain was lost by being shed on to the stubble . |
| 9 | They found that a tax allowance variable played a far more important role than the interest rate in affecting investment . |
| 10 | Using cumulative average residual methodology , they found that a portfolio of the recommendations showed a 0.7 per cent abnormal return during the first week after recommendation , and -0.8 per cent after 26 weeks ( with a standard error of 0.97 per cent ) . |
| 11 | When the company began to embody computers in its products , the engineers responsible were dismayed when they found that a 50 per cent overhead on the purchase price of the hardware had been charged by the estimators . |
| 12 | They found that a journal used as an archive ages slowly , whereas one supporting a research front ages quickly . |
| 13 | When the company began to embody computers in its products , the engineers responsible were dismayed when they found that a 50 per cent overhead on the purchase price of the hardware had been charged by the estimators . |
| 14 | They found that a severe event was of most aetiological significance if it threatened a role , person or idea to which a woman was particularly committed ( established in an interview one year before ) or if it matched a long-standing major difficulty in the woman 's life . |