Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] find that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's great to find that you can be really good friends with your own son , ’ he told Chris , back in London . |
| 2 | Youthful offenders were also believed to be getting younger , and according to one magistrate parental authority was at such a low ebb that ‘ it is melancholy to find that some parents are not ashamed to confess that children of seven or eight years old are entirely beyond their control ’ , while another thought that ‘ in nine cases out of ten , children are entirely masters of the position ’ . |
| 3 | Currently it is usual to find that a contract cleaning company may be used to look after the offices and toilets , but production areas are generally ‘ out of bounds ’ , because they are considered too sensitive . |
| 4 | It is surprising to find that the soft-bodied jellyfish have any fossil record at all , but in fact they have the longest one of the phylum . |
| 5 | It is surprising to find that some practices , perhaps believing that the world will always grant them a living , manage their affairs without the elementary assistance of time recording . |
| 6 | Of all the classical deities it is surprising to find that Hercules was the most popular in Britain , if this can be gauged by the 17 dedications listed in the RIB Index , although most of these are military . |
| 7 | One would expect works on Religion , Philosophy and the English Classics in the library of a scholar but it is surprising to find that there are only a handful of books in Gaelicin the collection of one of the translaters of the Holy Scriptures into that language . |
| 8 | So , Christopher Smith having taken possession of the ‘ large harpsichord ’ ( presumably in 1759 ) , it is surprising to find that the instrument has not been preserved and revered in proportion with the never-flagging enthusiasm of the English for their adopted composer . |
| 9 | It is astonishing to find that ‘ unemployment ’ finds no mention in the book and difficult to believe that this ‘ megatrend ’ will not have as great an influence on the United States in the 1980s as the 10 trends which he discusses . |
| 10 | It is pleasant to find that this believer in the perfectibility of mankind was a good father to them all . |
| 11 | It is heartening to find that the various research tools bear out intuitive impressions in that , for the great majority of people with a history of mental health problems , quality of life is better in supported accommodation . |
| 12 | It is gratifying to find that I can not only look good , but I can look respectable too . |
| 13 | b ) Social mobility : in western societies it is common to find that individuals aspire to " move up " to the next social class above . |
| 14 | It is common to find that the will-maker was ‘ sick in body but full in mind ’ , and a clause often cancelled any previous wills . |
| 15 | Excitation of phase C produces another anticlockwise step , so for continuous anticlockwise rotation the excitation sequence is : A , B , C , A , B , C , A. Similarly clockwise rotation can be produced using the excitation sequence : A , C , B , A , C , B , A. It is interesting to find that , in the motor illustrated , the rotor movement is in the opposite direction to the stepped rotation of the stator magnetic field ! |
| 16 | It is interesting to find that they have somewhat unusual morphological forms , which may suggest that they do indeed make some sort of special call on speakers ' capacity for linguistic construction . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ It is incredible to find that the whole country shares your pain . |