Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to find that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dealers will be delighted to find that these upmarket pretentions have rubbed off on to some of the more mainstream models in the range . |
| 2 | They were relieved to find that this was not just another ‘ Communist trick ’ . |
| 3 | Less than a month after Mrs Stanfield had returned to Caversham , the God-fearing people of Reading were shocked to find that similar gruesome discoveries were appearing on their stretch of the river . |
| 4 | We were surprised to find that 18 of the 36 gears are underneath 2.5mph and 10 of them are above 7.5mph . |
| 5 | Incidentally , Bob and I have been involved in some hospital visiting lately , and were surprised to find that more than half the patients in the ward had been taken ill on holiday , and consequently felt doubly cut off . |
| 6 | To us , the glacier now appeared to lie more than half a mile away from the river , but scrambling across the black gravel of the terminal moraine , we were surprised to find that this rubble concealed the true icy snout . |
| 7 | The 160 mineworkers , who formed a consortium to reopen the pit , each investing £10,000 in the venture , were surprised to find that half a month 's salary had gone into their bank accounts at the weekend . |
| 8 | It is pleasant to find that this believer in the perfectibility of mankind was a good father to them all . |
| 9 | Youthful offenders were also believed to be getting younger , and according to one magistrate parental authority was at such a low ebb that ‘ it is melancholy to find that some parents are not ashamed to confess that children of seven or eight years old are entirely beyond their control ’ , while another thought that ‘ in nine cases out of ten , children are entirely masters of the position ’ . |
| 10 | It is surprising to find that some practices , perhaps believing that the world will always grant them a living , manage their affairs without the elementary assistance of time recording . |
| 11 | While Unani medicine has completely died out in the area where it was born and developed , I had not been surprised to find that like almost every other tradition which has ever come to Delhi it still survived intact in the alleys of the Old City . |
| 12 | Almost from the very beginning of the rearing process , parents and teachers are liable to find that these create a smothering blanket of difficulty , discouragement and disagreement . |
| 13 | Then he had also been astonished to find that some of Sheffield 's cutlery grinders earned from 18s ( 90p ) to £1 a week . |
| 14 | She was great as Beattie — and it was heartening to find that most of the other winning ads had humorous themes . |
| 15 | When Helena Levy died earlier this year the Trust was delighted to find that this generosity had extended to leaving seven-eighths of her estate to the Trust — a sum likely to amount to nearly £5 million . |
| 16 | And he was delighted to find that these forerunners of pop journalism had used the same skills as those on which he prided himself to stamp events into the nation 's consciousness . |
| 17 | The American replied that he was glad to find that botanical taste had been inherited and reported that a pear tree , grown from a seed sent to him by Lady Petre , had produced the finest fruits in Pennsylvania . |
| 18 | I thought it possible that directional sightings could be made from the centre of the tower through the crenellations and was intrigued to find that one of them had disappeared since my previous visit . |
| 19 | He was pleased to find that both girls shared his taste in music , although they also liked sentimental ballads and dance music . |
| 20 | Yvonne Harper-Wake , managing director of London 's The Gym at The Sanctuary , was amazed to find that many of the callers were overweight because they were eating all the wrong things . |
| 21 | ‘ Subsequently I was disappointed to find that some of our family papers were missing . |
| 22 | Owen had been to the Coptic Cathedral before but not to a Coptic church ; so he was surprised to find that most of the congregation appeared to be on crutches . |
| 23 | He was surprised to find that this dairymaid had such sad thoughts . |