Example sentences of "find it [adj] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it strange that those words had come from the Parliamentary Secretary because , when I read them , I thought that they had been written by the Labour candidate , John Metcalfe , because there was no other indication that that article had been written by a Minister of the Crown who is responsible for this country 's agriculture . |
| 2 | One disgruntled woman found it disgusting that 35 people could be expected to stand per 100 seated , with no guarantee of a seat . |
| 3 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 4 | Hobbes found it remarkable that some , but not all , things had conscious awareness and perception : ‘ Of all the phenomena or appearances which are near us , the most admirable is apparition itself … namely , that some natural bodies have in themselves the patterns almost of all things , and others of none at all . ’ |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Garscadden said last week that he finds it incomprehensible that many properties may stay in the same band in perpetuity . |
| 6 | You were only young too and perhaps you 'd found it difficult that first time , to avoid having to make another date . |
| 7 | I FIND it sad that certain players feel the necessity to change clubs for the furtherance of their rugby careers . |
| 8 | Indeed , many of my hon. Friends find it frustrating that regional issues are seldom debated in the House . |
| 9 | ‘ I find it surprising that one of the day 's most popular services will miss out Allen 's West . ’ |
| 10 | Most of my constituents find it amazing that that part of the road is missing , given that it is a planned and agreed eastern relief road for city traffic . |
| 11 | ‘ I still find it amazing that intelligent-looking people will come up and say they think Look Sharp ! is a good record . |
| 12 | I always find it remarkable that such delicate structures can survive the harsh frosts and snows of winter . |
| 13 | I find it disturbing that many people , particularly school teachers , still label programming as a lonely . |
| 14 | Does not my hon. Friend find it outrageous that Labour-controlled Northumberland county council has refused to accept economies of nearly £1.5 million , as identified by the Conservative and Liberal groups , and has refused to take enough money out of balances to avoid any education cuts , but at the same time it can find thousands of pounds to issue supplements in the Hexham Courant for party political propaganda to promote the leader of the county council , who happens to be a prospective Labour party candidate ? |
| 15 | I find it unthinkable that this should happen . |
| 16 | Modern readers of Middlemarch sometimes find it perplexing that significant social action , even for a woman in a provincial town in 1829 , should be precluded , and that the single exception — the building of cottages — should be so inadequately dramatized within the novel . |
| 17 | There are those , however , who find it objectionable that one person should ever be permitted to take the life of another . |
| 18 | Even so , I did find it disappointing that financial matters occupied so much of the non-playing time at both the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour finals in Frankfurt and the Virginia Slims Championships in New York in November . |
| 19 | Does he find it surprising that some Opposition Members are opposed to re-location ? |