Example sentences of "their [noun pl] find it " in BNC.

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1 And I think that even patients with lung cancer find it impossible to smo , stop smoking That is , perhaps , not so important , but what is much more important is that their families find it impossible to stop smoking !
2 Nevertheless in many schools their lobby is a strong one , and even those who have no real sympathy with their priorities find it unfashionable to say so .
3 A number of American studies , including Denzin ( 1977 ) on the liquor industry , Farberman ( 1975 ) and Leonard and Weber ( 1970 ) on car manufacturers and retailers , Geis ( 1967 ) on the heavy electrical equipment industry , and Blundell ( 1978 ) on an insurance company have all reported evidence supporting the view that higher officials create conditions under which their subordinates find it hard to refuse co-operation in illegal activities .
4 Paragraph 4–278 of Archbold , 44th ed. ( 1992 ) is to the same effect , though it must be read in the light of the guidelines , which their Lordships find it unnecessary for present purposes to consider .
5 Their Lordships find it quite impossible to say that he was in error , and still less in the kind of error which would entitle a reviewing court to intervene , by making the choice which he did .
6 After seeing his 1853 bill side-tracked by a Royal Commission , Lord St Leonards was moving the second reading of another debtor and creditor bill in the House of Lords in 1859 , but once again many of their lordships found it all too complicated , and wanted it examined by a select committee .
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