Example sentences of "find it [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They also loved their partner to take the initiative as they found it boring if sex was always a case of the man trying it on . |
2 | I found it odd that Robert had chosen to distinguish me alone as English and wondered how he saw himself and Lili and I found it odd that Lili had chosen to lay claim to Englishness . |
3 | I found it odd that Robert had chosen to distinguish me alone as English and wondered how he saw himself and Lili and I found it odd that Lili had chosen to lay claim to Englishness . |
4 | Morrissey found it terrible that people were so rigidly divided , that men could only like men 's things and women women 's things . |
5 | I found it helpful that Mrs McLaren behaved as naturally ( or perhaps as unnaturally ) as her companion had done . |
6 | He meant to look forbidding , but found it difficult when eyes that should be glaring were shut . |
7 | An OECD study in 1989 found it unlikely that MOX could compete with uranium under realistic circumstances . |
8 | He found it incredible that Mr Adams should issue a statement within hours of the hospital bombing expressing his concern for patients in the granting of trust status to the Royal Victoria Hospital . |
9 | Lord Byron and Wagner are among those who found it irresistible and Hans Christian Anderson named its bay the ‘ Bay of Fairy Tales ’ . |
10 | During the war , when we were doing research on strong plastics , Professor Charles Gurney used to recite this little ditty to me nearly every day and I found it depressing because wood was in fact a better material for making aeroplanes than the plastics which we could then produce . |
11 | At the same time he found it interesting that prison had made the former district governor more passionate about the cause championed by Akhenaten . |
12 | And she found it interesting that Sandra would project her own pathetic pursuit of Matthew on to someone else . |
13 | What was even more interesting was when he went on to say that he ‘ finds it unacceptable that member states continue to negotiate fifth freedom rights with third countries ( the ability to uplift and carry passengers onward to a third country ) as these should be considered Community assets ’ . |
14 | For that matter , I find it sad that Arbroath smokies , the most delicate , expensive and rare of all the smoked haddock tribe , should be subjected to such treatment . |
15 | I find it sad that Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie , Britain 's number one tennis players do not apparently feel the same way . |
16 | I find it sad that Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie , Britain 's number one tennis players , will not be at the Olympics |
17 | Some dealers find it hilarious when clients take their investments so seriously that they investigate the OTC companies personally . |
18 | ‘ I find it inconceivable that Philippe Le Roux lined his pockets from his dealings at Norton , ’ comments one senior Norton executive who was there before Le Roux arrived and remains there today . |
19 | I find it surprising that Nigel Bruce , in his letter today in support of euthanasia , should use as an argument the character and actions of a God in whom , as a humanist , he does not believe . |
20 | I find it surprising that Opposition Front-Bench spokesmen wish to exclude spouses because of whom they happen to be married to when they have good records of public service . |
21 | To conclude , at no time do I write expertises for payment , and I find it strange that Mr Stock should dispute an independent scholar 's freedom of expression . |
22 | I find it strange that people with whom I have been associated should now accept that independent bankers control so much of our destiny . |
23 | I find it appalling that Warwick , who are now well established in this country , are not apparently concerned with after sales service to the extent that it is at the moment impossible to get spare parts without sending off to Germany . |
24 | It is deeply offensive , some people find it wrong-headed and ill-informed . |
25 | I find it amazing that Shakespeare 's still as popular as ever , and I started by asking Tony why this was the case . |
26 | I find it amazing that Shakespeare 's still as popular as ever , and I started by asking Tony why this was the case , and why after all these years people still seem to be able to find something new to say about him . |
27 | I find it amazing that reader Mrs J. took the time and effort to castigate another community Norris Green for fighting to keep an asset in an area that is one of the most socially and economically deprived in this city . |
28 | Considering the occurrence of IgA anti-lactoferrin antibodies in some cases of Crohn 's disease in the present study , we find it interesting that IgA ( but not IgG ) anti-hsp-65 antibodies have been reported in Crohn 's disease . |
29 | It may be at a , at a truly rational level we can all perfectly well do all kinds of other things rationally on a truly rational level , because there we have this this er high degree of that comes with rationality , but at a deeper , kind of gut level , the emotional feelings we , we find that it 's , it 's much more difficult , and at that point if you do n't try and change things and do things that are unnatural , you find you 're kind of going against the emotional grain and er perhaps some people find it easier than others , but perhaps everybody will feel a certain erm tug as it were , certain erm discomfort or a certain emotional alienation from themselves which er perhaps is because we 're trying to do something more basic we just were n't designed for . |
30 | ‘ … we find it unfortunate that Upjohn failed to respond at all readily to requests made by the Licensing Authority as early as 1990 , that they should carry out a new post-marketing surveillance study ’ . |