Example sentences of "finds it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the new State finds it necessary to accommodate precisely those processes which were one of the sources of the original movement of national liberation . |
| 2 | Every time the animal steps down it received a mild electric shock ( yet another of the less than pleasant learning tasks which experimental psychology finds it necessary to employ ) . |
| 3 | He works at weekends as a hospital porter , and finds it necessary to take a week off to compete in a national or international event . |
| 4 | Because of his tense disposition , Trish finds it necessary to work Will most days . |
| 5 | ICL 's second trophy went to its Bracknell , Berkshire-based Mid Range Systems division for the volume of DRS 6000 series systems and associated Unix products and services shipped abroad — its revenues are reckoned to have trebled over the past three years to over £250m ; Cambridge-based IXI Ltd was recognised for its success in the open systems software arena with its X.desktop product for Unix , and Chalfont , Buckinghamshire-based Madge Networks Ltd , which ships its high performance Token Ring networking products across the world , and finds it necessary to kid the locals that it 's an American company when it is doing business in the US , also wins an Export award . |
| 6 | If he finds it necessary to copy , to study the work of other painters , or any way to seek for help out of himself , he may be sure that he has received nothing of that inspiration . |
| 7 | We are confirmed in our impression that line A is not perspicuous by the fact that a modern version like NIV finds it necessary to offer an expanded rendering : " Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires " ( my italics ) . |
| 8 | Failure to talk about sexual needs may mean that the individual does not consider it to be a problem , or that he or she finds it embarrassing to discuss such matters . |
| 9 | Now , Colonel Bumford is very typical of the type of regular officer , who is so orthodox and cautious , he finds it safer to put off making decisions rather than risk wrong ones . ’ |
| 10 | Such an interpretation of the law of karma which may have satisfied orthodox Hindus is rejected by Gandhi out of hand , for he finds it inconceivable to divorce morality from religion . |
| 11 | Open learning is suitable for many people : for the interested housewife ; for people working full or part-time with horses ; for those working in other industries who are keen on horses ; for people who are about to embark on courses at colleges or training centres , helping them to prepare for what lies ahead ; to update knowledge ; or for experienced competitive horse owners or weekly riders — in fact anyone who finds it impractical to pursue their equestrian education by conventional means . |
| 12 | A growing band of countries finds it impossible to borrow a penny from anyone without having received the IMF 's seal of good housekeeping . |
| 13 | If you 're the sort that finds it impossible to relax , the Samos is the perfect holiday base . |
| 14 | However , when he poses the question of whether his method could work as well for the class struggle as for the boxing match , Sartre admits that he finds it impossible to answer and returns instead to the much easier case of sub-groups . |
| 15 | Strange , ’ Benjamin mused , ‘ this drunk who can so cleverly bolt the door after him , now finds it impossible to repeat the action to escape from an angry war horse . ’ |
| 16 | Now that her daughter is two , Janet would like to go back to work but finds it impossible to arrange childcare that would make it worthwhile . |
| 17 | The survivor finds it impossible to start expressing any feelings at all because they are so confusing , challenging and unsafe . |
| 18 | There may be frequency of micturition and , in a proportion of cases , these symptoms may progress to acute retention of urine , when the hapless female finds it impossible to pass urine at all . |
| 19 | The problem is that like most other private Russian companies , Anis finds it impossible to raise capital . |
| 20 | In another BT study , Away From Base , psychologist Dr Guy Fielding identifies four distinct travelling personalities — the ‘ bee ’ who works hard when travelling but gets impatient if the journey takes too long ; the ‘ chameleon ’ who finds it easy to sit back and relax despite travel disruptions ; the reliable ‘ beaver ’ who always gets the job done but prefers to be in constant contact when on the move ; and the independent ‘ cat ’ who really prefers to be at home and likes to ‘ take his own world with him ’ when travelling . |
| 21 | It might be an idea to consider whether you have ‘ programmed yourself ’ to be an insomniac by telling yourself that you are one of those people who ‘ never finds it easy to fall asleep ’ . |
| 22 | The Devil finds it easy to do his work when the world is dark . |
| 23 | He finds it easy to sleep , wherever he is and in whatsoever position he finds himself . |
| 24 | No man finds it easy to sleep the night before a battle , Charlie had been told , and many used the time to write long letters to their loved ones at home ; some even had the courage to make a will . |
| 25 | That measure is not considered controversial on either side of the House ; my party finds it easy to support ballots . |
| 26 | One health visitor , for example , says that : ‘ Society finds it easy to decide when people are old . |
| 27 | At the moment the defender organising the line in a flat defence finds it easy to catch an opponent offside . |
| 28 | that the respondent has committed adultery , and the petitioner finds it intolerable to live with the respondent ; |
| 29 | That the respondent has committed adultery and the petitioner finds it intolerable to live with the respondent . |
| 30 | Dr McGarry claimed Alliance had been snubbed by the US visitors and said : ‘ Mr Morrison 's credibility as a supposedly independent observer must be called into question when he finds it important to meet Sinn Fein , a party which appears to condone the murder of Irish people , but not the Alliance Party , the foremost advocate of peace . ’ |