Example sentences of "we found [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We found that the natives , After we 'd reoccupied the village , Had erected a sort of shrine for Celia Where they brought offerings of fruit and flowers , Fowls , and even sucking pigs . |
| 2 | Unfortunately no-one had been able to see her accommodation beforehand and we found that the hotel she had been booked into was a nightmare — tatty rooms with cigarette burns , door handles which fell off , threadbare carpets . |
| 3 | RUNNING last looked at pulse meters in July 1986 , when we found that the most reliable meter — and also the most expensive — was the Polar Electro Sport Tester . |
| 4 | In fact we found that the entire surface area was well stocked with fish . |
| 5 | In surveys we found that the fear levels of both broilers and hens arriving at commercial slaughterhouses were extremely high . |
| 6 | We found that the length of time transported chickens spent in this catatonic state matched that which researchers elsewhere have shown to be typical of the very highest levels of fear . |
| 7 | We found that the decision to end a marriage tends to be unilateral , and is more often taken by the wife ; there is widespread evidence of regret , but this is confined to one party in most cases ; while some members of the divorcing population allege that divorce is ‘ too easy ’ , these people will often say that they themselves have struggled with their marital problems for many years . |
| 8 | We found that the course effected major changes in five of the six women . |
| 9 | Providing that the standard blade is set correctly , that is , the saw teeth only just penetrate the wood being cut , we found that the blade produced just as good results when cross-cutting . |
| 10 | We found that the plane had had all its seats taken out to make enough room for all of us . |
| 11 | We found that the recess formed by the metal structure under the bench , fitted neatly with a plywood offcut , made a perfect tool rest for holding tools which were temporarily not needed . |
| 12 | But when we got there we found that the mountain we had perceived from the map to be the Cathedral , and which everyone else had perceived to be the Cathedral , was in fact another mountain altogether . |
| 13 | We found that the target was covered by five-eighths cloud which meant that out only choice was to get below cloud to comb the target . |
| 14 | We found that the large range of professionals involved in provision and services for young children with special educational needs were often con-fused about how such needs could be predicted and what assessment procedures should be used . |
| 15 | We found that the best were often child care experts who could suggest constructive alternatives , not so often the most senior people in the organisation . |
| 16 | We found that the walk to Fuglafjell was farther ( and much rougher ) than we had anticipated , so we persuaded a fisherman to take us to the bird cliffs in his boat . |
| 17 | We found that the wound margin moves in at a steady rate of 10–15μm per hour , and the wound is closed within 18 to 24 hours . |
| 18 | The absence of lamellipodia tallies with another observation : when we grafted a small patch of embryonic skin onto a denuded region of the limb bud surface , we found that the grafted epidermis , far from expanding over the adjacent vacant territory , actually retracted , leaving its own mesenchyme exposed . |
| 19 | We found that the electrical conductivity of our electrolyte-saturated carbon-bearing granulite samples ( A1 , A2 ) decreased with the application of confining pressures as expected . |
| 20 | We found that the electrical conductivity of the electrolyte-saturated carbon-bearing samples increased more steeply with temperature than that for the electrolyte-saturated carbon-free samples ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 21 | When we undertook our study we found that the categorisation usually made of the special needs of children was insufficiently detailed . |
| 22 | However , we found that the age of the child was an important dimension and , perhaps most important of all , the nature of the child 's previous relationships and the attitudes of the child and significant others towards the continuation or termination of those relationships . |
| 23 | GHI comment : In general , we found that the Alba and Ferguson models gave the clearest sound . |
| 24 | On arriving at Cape Town we found that the rumours of a seamen 's strike were very real , and that several boats were delayed in Table Bay owing to the crews ' refusing to take the vessels to sea . |
| 25 | " The following morning the Deputation again visited the School previous to the Scholars being dismissed for the Midsummer Holidays , and having inspected the Book of Entry of the Scholars ' Admissions & c we found that the whole number of 150 had been received into the School — that on the day of examination 141 were present and the remaining 9 absent from suspension or illness and one by death . " |
| 26 | In Belfast , however , we found that the three inner-city communities differed in the degree of focusing they exhibited . |
| 27 | We found that the Blacks had more unemployed than Asians and Whites , and of those who were employed Whites had less in semi- and unskilled jobs . |
| 28 | We found that the pattern of boys ' attitudes to the police were consistent with those of adults , Blacks and Whites tending to be similar , and Asians slightly more favourable than the others . |
| 29 | Throughout Indonesia we found that the fears of myth are still alive today . |
| 30 | We were married at home , and one of the reasons why is because we bought a very old house about three years ago and on the top floor it has a , a large room which used to be the ballroom , and we did a little research and we found that the last wedding that we know of in the house took place in seventeen fifty eight , when apparently it was very common in Scotland to get married at home , it was more uncommon to go to church . |