Example sentences of "[pers pn] find that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the simplest I found that many owners saw their houses as white elephants . |
| 2 | One symptomatic phenomenon was revealed in my own research in Leicester for an Open University television programme , when I found that many teachers of English were unwilling to come to terms with the interest and creative potential of Asian students in English language , literature and drama . |
| 3 | I found that most parents were initially rather shocked at finding out their daughter was pregnant , some cried , some got angry , some were very matter-of-fact , and some were quite pleased . |
| 4 | I must admit I , I really do n't agree with that , I mean I find that many women who have had erm children actually their figure has improved after the children , they look a great deal better and I certainly do n't think that many women in Scotland looked vast after they 've had children , I totally disagree with that . |
| 5 | I find that few fishkeepers use white worm nowadays and I feel that is a pity . |
| 6 | Though walls have to be scrambled over , if you do it with care and replace any stones you dislodge , I find that most farmers do n't object to walkers on their land . |
| 7 | Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’ |
| 8 | And we found that many parents were inclined to believe these kinds of reports , and yet this just was n't true if one saw what was going on in the schools . |
| 9 | On testing for hepatitis B surface antigen after informed consent was obtained we found that most subjects had negative results ( 9/14 , 64% ) ; three ( 21% ; 0.03% of all those vaccinated ) had positive results ; there was no follow up testing on one patient , and the other was later found to have a low level of antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen produced in response to an additional dose of vaccine . |
| 10 | However , when we look at continuous speech in English utterances we find that these tones can only be identified on a small number of particularly prominent syllables . |
| 11 | But in both cases we find that these molecules are expressed at the correct developmental stage and localize normally to the putative NMJ sites in the absence of the motor neuron ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 12 | Although we know it is important to teach children that the roots of their culture are in the village , and in the preservation of values and the importance of agriculture , if you look at the primary and secondary level , we find that these aspects are not much stressed . |
| 13 | From a local survey they found that many girls of this age were very frightened in labour , which made it worse , and that they had little idea about coping with a tiny baby . |
| 14 | Under assault by Muslim Arabs , they found that these pinnacles provided their only protection and they clung on there , up amid the remains of the ancient cedar forests . |
| 15 | To their surprise , they found that some schools had grown in number from one week to the next . |
| 16 | They found that most parents opposed closure and gave educational reasons for their attitudes . |
| 17 | The most prominent of these were hilltops , and he found that all leys had a hilltop for at least one of their terminal points . |
| 18 | In particular , he found that many researchers admitted to giving cited works positive and negative credit simultaneously in the same reference , a finding which supports the contention advanced by MacRoberts & MacRoberts ( 1984 ) that authors dissemble to diffuse the impact of negative references . |
| 19 | In later years , when he was in the position of having to counsel others he found that these doubts were quite common , and in answering their doubts he answered his own as well ! |
| 20 | Secondly , when the Department asked about the balance and breadth of the curriculum it found that few authorities encouraged schools to discuss the issues and it was mainly through routine visits of advisers that concern for balance and breadth was promoted . |
| 21 | It found that most adults come to faith in God through the help of a friend , a relative or a minister . |