Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [be] find to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animals were found to be carrying antibodies against a variant of the hepatitis virus , indigenous to Old World primates , but unknown in the New World outside captivity . |
| 2 | It took some time , but after 36 buns and a 40-ounce bottle of whiskey had been used up , the gulls were found to be reacting admirably and appeared to be enjoying the ‘ experiment ’ as much as the engineers . |
| 3 | The external services employed by the companies were found to be inadequate by 24% of the sample — specifically |
| 4 | If the transactions are found to be lawful and enforceable and interest rates remain high , the council stands to lose at least £69.1 million - the estimated negative value of its portfolio in February . |
| 5 | Two-thirds of the statements were found to be biased : this was particularly evident when developers had not used outside consultants to prepare the statements , and where the developer was also the planning authority . |
| 6 | The sound quality of the tapes was found to be unexpectedly high . |
| 7 | THE MOST important Khmer and Thai sculptures were withdrawn from Sotheby 's major sale of Asian art yesterday after one of the pieces was found to be a fake . |
| 8 | If the persons are found to be employees , the vendor will be liable to the Inland Revenue and Department of Social Security ( DSS ) for PAYE and national insurance contributions due in respect of emoluments paid to the employees before the date of the transfer . |
| 9 | If the trustees are found to be the settlor 's nominees the settlor will be the person assessed on the trading or other income ( Dreyfus v IRC ( 1963 ) 41 TC 441 ) although the Inland Revenue will usually find it difficult to establish nomineeship if this was not intended by the parties ( Burman v Hedges and Butler Ltd [ 1979 ] STC 136 ) . |
| 10 | The forces were found to be very small and use very little of the embryo 's energy . |
| 11 | In a recent ACCOUNTANCY survey of the financial directors of The Times Top 100 Companies , over 70% of the respondents were found to be trading electronically . |
| 12 | But when you keep the big names supplied with a particular kind of amusement you can always depend on it that the police are found to be in the wrong , or that they are framing an innocent man , or that the children in question are his nieces . |
| 13 | Thus a description of R. & R. Clark 's works in 1896 commented that " for straightforward setting , ordinary stonework , simple imposition and first proof-reading , the women are found to be fully qualified , though of course they do not attain to the all-round excellence of first-class men " , |
| 14 | Apparently they were literally poised to arrest both Nigel and Kerry when the clothes were found to be missing from the cupboard this morning . |
| 15 | An unknown writer observing at the restoration work of 1887 says of the nave , the walls were found to be covered with old surface paintings , and Fielding in his Memories of Malling , writes , " In Halling Church until a few years ago existed the uncouth painting over the chancel arch , variously described as the tale of the unfaithful wife and the emblematic representation of the seven deadly sins . |
| 16 | This result is in contrast to one recent study of 11 twin pairs ( 5 monozygotic ) where none of the co-twins was found to be concordant for anorexia nervosa . |