Example sentences of "find it helpful " in BNC.

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1 I found it helpful that Mrs McLaren behaved as naturally ( or perhaps as unnaturally ) as her companion had done .
2 I found it helpful to read the chapters on power ultrasound , commercially available equipment and scale — up considerations together .
3 For example , we know that some people eventually decided not to be recorded because of painful secrets in their lives , while there were others who for just this reason found it helpful to talk : but how far these two groups balance out can only be guessed .
4 Three-quarters of the patients who completed treatment found it helpful .
5 He was able to extend his law to cubic and biquadratic residues , but to state his results elegantly he found it helpful to introduce numbers of the form a + pb and a + ib respectively where a , b are integers , p is a complex cube root of unity and , of course , i is the usual square root of -1 .
6 This is important to stress , because the tradition of over.selling still persists in some quarters and it is possible to find extravagantly foolish predictions and claims within the educational technology literature , which will be a considerable embarrassment to the many sensible and imaginative teachers who have applied the method and found it helpful to them .
7 A fair conclusion might be that Kennedy found it helpful — perhaps therapeutic — to talk to Ormsby-Gore and Macmillan whether or not they basically influenced his thinking .
8 Only if the family member finds it helpful .
9 I have also found it helpful , during the contract discussion period , if family members write down five specific things they 'd like to see changed .
10 Some churches have found it helpful to set out a few simple guidelines to indicate what is entailed in responsible church membership' .
11 I have found it helpful to categorise these into two areas — those which relate to the nature of mathematics and those which relate to the nature of mathematics education .
12 Among the many groups of people who have benefited from the technique , musicians in particular have found it helpful — and it has a special relevance in pregnancy and childbirth .
13 Some find it helpful to reflect last thing at night as a prayerful self-examination e.g.
14 Some people find it helpful to listen to the noises and to try to be selective , to turn them into a tune or a rhythm .
15 Please pray that many viewers may be able to share in that worship and find it helpful and that some who would otherwise ‘ switch off ’ will be drawn in to the programme and more importantly to the Lord Himself .
16 Although it was not a linear , chronological development and neat labels as always ‘ tidy up ’ a complex phenomenon , I find it helpful to distinguish two currents : a ‘ dominance ’ current and a ‘ difference ’ current .
17 I still find it helpful to return to a point made by Tony Crosland in 1962 .
18 Some people find it helpful to write out their notes again before they file them .
19 That is why I find it helpful to look for clues in other kinds of information-based organizations , such as the hospital , the symphony orchestra , and the British administration in India .
20 At this stage of the argument , I find it helpful to turn to recent developments in Canada .
21 It is an arbitrary figure but certain students find it helpful .
22 The teachers told me that they found this very helpful , and we certainly find it helpful to hear from you about what is going on in your particular professional world and how the University can make an impact there .
23 The growth of slimming clubs is a reminder that many people find it helpful to lose weight if they 're part of a group where they can swap stories and share experiences — but slimming clubs do n't necessarily work for everyone .
24 The letter enters the public domain as soon as it has been drawn to the attention of the Select Committee , and the Government may use it in Council discussions — which they do if they find it helpful to their position .
25 Some people find it helpful to make a recording of the lists to listen to later .
26 There are so many ‘ explanations ’ that I find it helpful to subdivide them into categories .
27 We find it helpful to number modes so that we can refer to them simply in the form νsubn ; .
28 I hope you find it helpful and that you enjoy working with us .
29 I hope too that you find it helpful to caretaking staff in that it reduces the time that they safeguard the front entrance by 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at the end of the day .
30 Lawyers representing children and other parties may on occasion find it helpful to refer to these publications .
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