Example sentences of "[noun pl] find [pers pn] [adj] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ .
2 Regulators find it difficult to ensure that the regulated really do produce on the lowest possible cost curve .
3 Foreign firms find it difficult to believe that Japanese costs are really low enough to justify such low prices and there is some evidence that the domestic prices of equivalent goods are higher .
4 Many theologians find it hard to believe that the gospel which is called Matthew 's gospel was written by the apostle .
5 Mathematicians find it useful to assume that a tiny part of the circumference of a large circle can be regarded as straight .
6 At the other end , advertisers find it difficult to admit that they are supposed to be addressing an audience in middle age and onwards .
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