Example sentences of "find it useful [verb] " in BNC.

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1 All I can say in my defence is that at this point in history , I find it useful to do two things with my own writing and speech .
2 Many students find it useful to spend two or three minutes drawing a key words map for the questions they intend to answer .
3 Other ministers find it useful to consult with them more broadly on political questions .
4 Many customers find it useful to have either an AutoBank or AutoCheque Card .
5 Some find it useful to have extra pockets on a rucksack as useful organisers , others regard them as a hindrance .
6 We find it useful to have someone available as a stock figure to represent or stand for certain kinds of person .
7 Many sites find it useful to have an ‘ R&D ’ LIFESPAN , where ideas on configuration control structures , user hierarchies etc. , can be tested out before implementation in the live LIFESPAN Process .
8 When he lifted his hand she shrank back , terrified that he would touch her again , but all he did was push the heavy dark hair back from his forehead , his voice coolly impersonal when he answered , ‘ I always find it useful to make plans . ’
9 A number of feminists — Mary Daly is a good example — find it useful to subject words to a kind of archaeological excavation , turning to the etymological dictionaries to find out where a particular word came from , what it meant and how it has changed .
10 Nevertheless , I find it useful to play at imagining what kind of school system could provide a congenial conduit for my educational ideals .
11 ‘ I find it useful to recite calming verse in moments of great stress . ’
12 Mathematicians find it useful to assume that a tiny part of the circumference of a large circle can be regarded as straight .
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