Example sentences of "study found [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , it seems that the traditional view of a toad 's faithfulness to its birth pond is justified : this study found that between 79 and 96 per cent of toads returned to their original ponds , and , not surprisingly , that the greater the distance between ponds , the less likely toads are to move between them . |
| 2 | The initial study found that despite such state investment , the area was still dominated by large landlords leasing land to sharecroppers and charging high rents . |
| 3 | The proportion of regular smokers increases sharply with age : the 1988 study found that in England 1% of 12- year old pupils smoked , 12% of 4-year olds and 23% of pupils aged 15 were regular smokers [ 5 ] . |
| 4 | Young and Willmott 's detailed empirical study found that in poorer and older families there was still a considerable domestic division of labour but that , nonetheless , the great majority of married people in their sample formed the newer symmetrical family ( p. 94 ) : |
| 5 | Buxton and Klein 's study found that in the early 1970s local variations within a region were greater than between regions . |
| 6 | The study found that in practice family members remained the primary carers , unquote . |