Example sentences of "found that [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His study , to be presented to the British Psychological Society 's annual conference in Scarborough today , found that one in three girls wanted to be thinner , even though many of them were not overweight . |
| 2 | A survey by London Gay Switchboard in 1980 of people looking for accommodation found that one in four was homeless on account of their sexuality . |
| 3 | Our own work found that one in three managers appeared to go through a sense of crisis in their late thirties . |
| 4 | A study of nearly 2,500 sixth formers , conducted by Dr Anne Charlton of the Cancer Research Campaign , found that one in five smoked at colleges where smoking was not permitted , compared with one in three where smoking was allowed . |
| 5 | Walker also found that none of the 11 pronouns resolved correctly by the original BFP but not by Hobbs were made to fail when the alteration was made . |
| 6 | Clare had not wanted to leave Josh ( who would be three in December ) with a babysitter , but she found that none of the local nursery schools , public or private , had an available slot . |