Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] be find to be " in BNC.

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1 The limits of critical periods have not been found to be as immutable as was formerly thought , for by manipulating the animals ' experience they can be extended considerably .
2 This means that many mergers for which there have been no demonstrable advantages , but which have not been found to be overtly anti-competitive , have been allowed through , and thus contributed to the general increase in industrial concentration .
3 Sleep-deprived subjects have similarly been found to be easily distracted by irrelevant stimuli in a card-sorting task , again demonstrating a failure to maintain focused attention on the job in hand .
4 Recently some migrant African and Chinese populations have also been found to be susceptible to non-insulin dependent diabetes , and people of European origin might be the only true ‘ low susceptibility ’ group .
5 Raccoons no longer trapped for their fur , have invaded suburbia around Washington and a few have recently been found to be rabid .
6 Tumour-suppressor genes have been implicated in an increasing number of solid cancers , and some of these genes have subsequently been found to be inactivated in haematological malignancies .
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