Example sentences of "they [be] found to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were found to be harmless and the drums were removed . |
| 2 | On Aug. 17 , US naval vessels intercepted two Iraqi coasters in the Gulf , but allowed them to proceed after they were found to be empty ; on Aug. 18 , US vessels fired warning shots across the bows of two Iraqi tankers in the Gulf of Oman . |
| 3 | The northerners thought the others posh and ‘ mardy ’ ( affected ) , while in return they were found to be coarse and vulgar . |
| 4 | They were found to be wet through but well . |
| 5 | Although several differences in pretreatment characteristics of responders versus non-responders were observed , none of them was found to be significant . |