Example sentences of "find [pers pn] [adj] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government found it impossible to refute such charges or change the overwhelming climate of opinion which believed the NHS to be seriously underfunded . |
| 2 | Cohen , however , found it impossible to make this approach work as a result of a confrontation with the kabaka in 1953 , and by 1955 Buganda had confirmed its special constitutional status within Uganda , a status which was if anything reinforced in the independence constitution of 1962 . |
| 3 | From a theoretical standpoint , Minden and Casperson { 30 } have been able to model the xenon-laser data very well , but found it necessary to include such effects as velocity-changing collisions , and population transfer from upper to lower laser level by spontaneous emission , as well as standing-wave effects . |
| 4 | Pope 's epistle is probably the most important statement of the dominant view of women in the eighteenth century , and women writing explicitly about issues of gender often found it necessary to confront this poem . |
| 5 | Owen found it hard to take such incidents seriously . |
| 6 | When , later , I joined the Civil Service , I found it hard to follow that rule since I was constantly required to lie . |
| 7 | When King Gustav VI Adolph of Sweden turned his attention to objects made of this material in building his collection of Chinese art there were those who found it difficult to reconcile such pieces with his choice porcelains , jades and lacquer-work . |
| 8 | They often found it difficult to resist these demands . |
| 9 | He still found it difficult to accept that Tess , the pure village maiden , was not what she seemed . |
| 10 | But he found it difficult to feel much pity for Yorick . |
| 11 | He found it difficult to have any sympathy for Katherine Lundy in this instance ; this situation was entirely of her own creation . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | On the other hand , she finds it difficult to take much interest in financial control , which means that there are sometimes errors in bills , and her unwillingness to ask walk-in guests for a deposit has led to the occasional bad debt . |
| 14 | The tragedy in this country is that the critical establishment has found it impossible to embrace those talents . |
| 15 | Other work in progress has examined this issue in one district where it seems that the other community services are so much less well organized than the special service that managers have found it impossible to prevent that service being undermined by lack of staff , continuity , training , and good practice leadership . |
| 16 | Why had Frank found it necessary to provide that bit of information ? |
| 17 | We have found it useful to ask all group members to read , in turn , and aloud , sections of the printed handouts that have been distributed before they are discussed . |
| 18 | There has always been an international dimension to civil litigation , and States have found it desirable to devote some efforts to easing the difficulties experienced by their citizens and business enterprises in pursuing or defending claims involving persons or entities in other countries . |
| 19 | The Commission has often brought forward proposals using a dubious legal base , and the Council has found it difficult to halt that practice in the European Court . |
| 20 | Find it necessary to check these Inroads " . |
| 21 | Those who embark on this deeper , marketing-centred analysis find it necessary to separate this process from the regular tactical use of the database for sales mailings . |
| 22 | Perhaps the other men you know find it stimulating to hear such words come from the face of a woman who has the beauty of a madonna , but I do not . ’ |
| 23 | Nonetheless , even today , many frogs and toads find it advantageous to follow this strategy . |
| 24 | Finally , there are political reasons : people do not , on the whole , enjoy moving away from their communities and politicians find it hard to ignore these feelings . |
| 25 | Still I find it hard to believe most men would want to cede their privilege and power on the evidence you present . |
| 26 | The problem with using small group work with young children is that it 's inevitably rather disparate : they will happily play for long periods , but find it difficult to share each other 's work unless there is a powerful dramatic context , as is provided by whole group work , which gives us the chance to really focus the drama . |
| 27 | In particular , traditional descriptive and analytic methods find it difficult to contemplate such phenomena as : ( 1 ) close approximation of phones without merger ; ( 2 ) overlapping allophones ; ( 3 ) flip-flops , and ( 4 ) reversal of merger . |
| 28 | ‘ We 're finding it tough going this year , ’ says Robin . |
| 29 | I do not find it necessary to reach any conclusion on the question whether a local authority can be guilty of corruption . |
| 30 | It was contended by the Crown that the holder of a justice 's licence , which by virtue of his appointment as tenant the appellant might have been able to obtain , was the holder of an ‘ office ’ within the meaning of the Act ; but this court did not find it necessary to decide that point on the facts of the case . |