Example sentences of "of [noun pl] be found to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state of the fundic wrap can be accurately assessed with the retroflexed endoscope , and shortly after fundoplication 8–9% of wraps were found to be defective . |
| 2 | It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with . |
| 3 | Sometimes the original number of volumes is found to be inconvenient and a work is compressed , and so that we can get ‘ four volumes in two ’ , ‘ eight volumes in four ’ , etc . |
| 4 | In tests by Gloucester trading standards officers , more than 70 per cent of caravans were found to be over the weight limit . |
| 5 | During observations of social security appeal tribunal hearings the vast majority of chairs were found to be courteous , sensitive and at pains to be helpful to appellants , reflecting , presumably , the ‘ enabling ’ role that has been stressed under the new regime and the belief expressed by all chairs that hearings were fundamentally ‘ inquisitorial ’ . |