Example sentences of "finds [pers pn] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect he finds it extraordinary that , with all the drinking he did , Philby was able to maintain his double life . |
| 2 | The contrast between nature and architecture here was too much indeed for the ungenerous Hippolyte Taine , who came here on his Journey to the Pyrenees in the middle of the last century and wrote that ‘ One finds it grotesque that a bit of hot water should have brought cuisine and civilization into these declivities . ’ |
| 3 | What was even more interesting was when he went on to say that he ‘ finds it unacceptable that member states continue to negotiate fifth freedom rights with third countries ( the ability to uplift and carry passengers onward to a third country ) as these should be considered Community assets ’ . |
| 4 | He finds it sad that the USM and fund markets have not developed in the way that they were expected to at the outset . |
| 5 | Burrows believes that smacking is as necessary as kissing and cuddling , and finds it ironic that the same kind of arguments about parents not knowing when to stop are used to undermine our instincts in both cases . |
| 6 | There is , on the part of the worker , an involvement with task because he makes it and finds it fascinating and there is a feeling of involvement in the technological task and its activities . |
| 7 | Not every single part of it is directly relevant to the student 's future , not every student finds it easy or indeed enjoyable . |
| 8 | If he finds it amusing that he did not unfreeze acquisition grants even in the years when he had the money to do so , he is in a bad way . |
| 9 | On the one hand , she finds it true that ‘ the definition of ‘ Almighty ’ means that there is no evil out of which good can not be brought' , while on the same page she writes that , ‘ if those theologies who assert that God is in total control of His creation are right , I can not worship Him ’ . |
| 10 | Otherwise , he says , he finds it incredible that the cardinals , monks , nuns , Swiss Guards and the ascetic curates of the Sistine Chapel should be managing per head , per day , 3 lb of beef , the equivalent of 12 large beefburgers . |
| 11 | Ballesteros worries about such heavy defeats because he finds it incomprehensible that he has been unable to repel the thrusts of those opponents . |
| 12 | The hon. Member for Garscadden said last week that he finds it incomprehensible that many properties may stay in the same band in perpetuity . |
| 13 | The other horse may even be a young stallion , and be large and overplayful , yet the foal finds it irresistible because it looks like mother ! |
| 14 | So flowers keep their nectar behind locks to which only a small group or even a single species has the key , which is of such a specialised design that its owner finds it difficult if not impossible to use on any other flower . |
| 15 | You feel like a climber who unties the rope when he finds it irksome and , because of your carelessness , someone behind slips and falls to his death . ’ |
| 16 | If the organ music swells this Christmas as we run down the lanes of childhood in search of sentiment or the values of yesterday , and if the early darkness on Christmas evening finds us replete and empty at the same time , maybe its because we have left the Josephs of this world alone in their silent day and all too silent night . |