Example sentences of "[noun sg] find that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A study done for the pensioner 's parliament found that the basic pension paid in Britain in 1988 was lower than that paid in every country except Portugal — but Germany , which has a high pension , and Ireland , which has a low one , were omitted for technical reasons . |
| 2 | The carrack was brought to anchor in the Bay of Cascais two evenings later , and after an uncomfortable night rolling about in the confused waters of that harbour , Sara rose early and went on deck to find that a thick mist had descended . |
| 3 | Most Soviet citizens , however , appeared to have remained loyal to their native language in their domestic and family life , and there was little sign of the disappearance of at least the major Soviet languages , most of which were still spoken by the great majority of the nationalities in question ( the 1979 census found that 62 per cent of non-Russians were fluent in that language , but that 93 per cent of the population identified their national language as their native one ; the 1989 census found that the reported level of knowledge of Russian had actually fallen among at least two national groups , the Uzbeks and Lithuanians ) . |
| 4 | In analysing tax schedules , the Messere study found that a higher proportion of taxpayers ( over 95% ) paid the basic rate in the UK than elsewhere , and that both the initial and top rates of tax on earned income were higher in the UK than elsewhere . |
| 5 | The study found that the notional replacement of all Cologne 's cars with electrically-driven ones would create an additional electricity demand of 7,000 — 9,000 megawatt/hours a day . |
| 6 | The study found that the subsequent increase in tax revenue during the period to 1985/6 could be explained mostly by factors such as employment growth , growth of earnings and growth of self-employment rather than by any ‘ incentive ’ effects . |
| 7 | A ROLLS Wood Group team which is looking into internal communications as part of a Total Quality Management Programme found that an in-house newsletter would be useful in bridging the communications gaps . |
| 8 | For a specimen of Muscovite of this shape Orowan found that the tensile strength was about 460,000 p.s.i. , that is to say nearly twenty times as strong as a specimen in which the cracks did not have to cross the planes of weakness . |
| 9 | Essentially , the Inquiry found that the major institutions in the public sector ( many of which were larger than some universities ) should be exercising much more responsibility for the standard of their work , and be accountable for that task . |
| 10 | A post morteum examination found that the two men , both from South Gloucestershire , died from burns and smoke inhalation . |
| 11 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 12 | But just at that moment , she felt a tug at her scalp , and turned her head to find that the bony fingers had seized a stray strand of copper hair , pulling it from under her cap . |
| 13 | The High Court found that the General Commissioners had correctly concluded that the mezzanine platforms should be regarded as plant based on their findings of fact , but that they had erred in law in allowing the claims for capital allowance for the lighting . |
| 14 | If the Registrar finds that the further particulars are in order , he must note the date of their receipt and send to the company and any person interested in the charge a copy of the particulars and the date on which they were delivered . |
| 15 | Within this text , which ends after Mome Elwis 's speech in reply , a speech that matches that of Dame Sirith when she initially protects herself , the wretched clerk finds that the only answer he gets is a speech that matches his own for its wordiness and clichéd character — a speech in which Mome Elwis well may mouth the same formulae as Dame Sirith in the equivalent situation , as quoted above . |
| 16 | In a recent case , Oxford University stripped a graduate of his doctorate , because a tribunal found that a large part of his thesis was similar to one borrowed from the library of another university . |
| 17 | Despite the acceptance of this principle the Commission found that a large number of people were not obtaining adequate legal services and set out the principles that should , in future , govern the provision of legal services : |
| 18 | In 1988 , the Commission found that the Net Book Agreement infringed Art 85(1) , and rejected an application for exemption under Art 85(3) . |
| 19 | From an analysis of results of WFS statistics for 29 developing countries , one analyst found that the differential effects of maternal age upon the viability of infants and young children were attributable to physical , mental and social immaturity , in the case of teenagers , and to the physical condition of older women . |
| 20 | In fact a recent readers ’ survey commissioned by the relatively diminutive Sunday Telegraph found that the average Telegraph reader spends 61 minutes skimming its 48 pages while the Sunday Times reader spends on average just 10 minutes more wading through its vast encyclopaedic bulk . |
| 21 | The report found that the direct cause of the accident was faulty rewiring work carried out near Clapham in November 1988 , and that BR had to accept collective responsibility for allowing bad working practices to slip to unacceptable and dangerous levels . |
| 22 | The Low Pay Unit found that the annual death and fatal accident averages rose from 59 per 100,000 in 1985 to 142 per 100,000 by March 1989 . |
| 23 | The survey found that the vast majority of plants on sale were artificially propagated but that there was also a large-scale trade in wild plants . |
| 24 | A Time-CNN survey of 1,000 women across the country found that the vast majority think the women 's movement has helped women become more independent and is still improving their lives . |
| 25 | The Court of Appeal found that no express authority had been given to the Council by its members , thus negating any factual agency . |