Example sentences of "found that [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Against this , some studies in the United States , where formal study of " civics " is more extensive than in Britain , found that taking such courses had little impact on political knowledge and attitudes .
2 And instead of finding it miserable and increasing the fear , we found that taking vigorous action to make the best of what we had made us feel proud .
3 Homeopathy , used by the Royal Family for generations , was discovered in the 1800s by German physician Samuel Hahnemann who found that treating like with like The Law of Similars worked .
4 Always a determined character , he gave up alcohol and smoking the day he pulled on his running shoes , and he quickly found that running long distances was his forte , and that it provided a challenge to fit his temperament .
5 They soon found that running Easy FM was n't as easy as it sounded .
6 They found that mixing each cubic metre of soil with 3 kg of Agrosoke reduced by 65 per cent the amount of water needed to grow sunflower plants .
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