Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [be] found to " in BNC.

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1 It is reported that in a number of countries that are regionally , culturally and socio-economically heterogeneous , malnutrition has been found to be more common among children born after short than after long intervals ( Rinehart , 1984 , p. 686 ) .
2 More scientifically , variety has been found to be a factor in influencing the quantity of food we desire .
3 The multiplication of agencies as a means to greater bureaucratic efficiency may be objected to on the grounds that one of the major obstacles to the successful implementation of government programmes has been found to be the existence of numerous competing administrative bodies which so many programmes seem to involve because of overlapping policy fields and jurisdictions ( Gunn 1978 ) .
4 Smoking has been found to be an important factor , increasing this loss of bone density and resulting in an increased risk of osteoporosis [ 13 ] .
5 Smoking has been found to be contributory factor in both bladder and kidney cancers .
6 His approach is a clear indication that the apparent rigours of Faccenda are now being mitigated by judges because the definition of trade secrets given in that case has been found to be too narrow to be workable .
7 ( Inimical means that certain remedies have been found to be similar in their action that prescribing them in succession leads to aggravation e.g. Mercury and Silica should n't follow each other without interposing some other remedy ) 2 ) The beauty of the LM system is encompassed in its ability to fulfill §.2 of The Organon :
8 Since our article appeared , a group of experts convened by the EC has concluded that ‘ Although clay minerals have been widely used since the Chernobyl accident , the Prussian Blue compounds have been found to be more effective and easier to administer ’ .
9 Secondly , gastric somatostatin concentrations have been found to be low after long term omeprazole treatment in rats , and thirdly , exogenous administration of somatostatin to hypergastrinaemia patients has been shown to inhibit significantly gastrin release .
10 i ) Given that the frequency distributions of many financial indicators have been found to be non-normal , what other statistical models could provide good approximations ?
11 Both parameters have been found to be grossly impaired in subgroups of faecally incontinent patients .
12 Gravel tidies have been found to be invaluable when it comes to fish digging .
13 Typical values are shown in table 8.1 , but ψ 1 values measured for systems such as polystyrene + cyclohexane have been found to be almost ten times larger than those derived from other methods of measurement .
14 Different combinations of these roles have been found to be more effective for certain tasks than others .
15 Robert Norman McNevin ACA and David Carty FCA both of 234 Manchester Road , Warrington having been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they at Warrington between 10 June 1991 and 1 August 1991 passed clients ' monies through their firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally ordered to pay a fine of £500 and £250 by way of costs .
16 As lack of discipline at home had been found to be important to later sociopathy , she recommended improved discipline at school for such at-risk youngsters : a more vigorous role in preventing truancy , supervision for completion of assignments , controlled use of leisure time and so on .
17 Two British crematoria have been found to be emitting levels of dioxins between 25 and 70 times current precautionary limits for new incinerators .
18 More than once flight recorder transducers have been found to be connected up the wrong way round , showing a turn to the left when in fact it was a turn to the right or showing a nose-up attitude when it was really nose-down .
19 At Ingoldmells , to the north of Skegness , heaps of debris have been found to be the result of salt-workings in the late Bronze Age .
20 Menstrual disorders have been found to be related to obesity as well as to a predominance of fat in the abdominal region .
21 For example , Norwich rain has been found to be twice as acid as rain at a rural site nearby .
22 High altitude measurements made by the Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition team last winter provide evidence that " although there is as yet no ozone hole in the Arctic " the protective layer of gas over the North Pole has been found to be seriously depleted .
23 The majority of single brooches examined were found to be more abraded on the top left corner than the top right .
24 Charles Henry Lovell FCA and David Ian Whalley FCA both of Royal House , Market Place , Redditch , Worcs having been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they at Redditch between 27 January 1991 and 19 July 1991 passed clients ' monies through their firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally ordered to pay £250 by way of costs .
25 In 1972 , less than 16 per cent of this age group had been found to be upwardly mobile as against 60 per cent who retained their working class positions ( p. 18 ) .
26 Modems in Computer Room had been found to be incompatible with our telephone system and should be disposed of .
27 If anything , studies suggest the opposite : children and young adults with crude fantasies of aggression have been found to be more openly aggressive in their behaviour than those whose aggressive fantasies are muted or contain elements indicating that they are as concerned with the dangerous consequences of their aggression as they are with the aggression itself .
28 of the cases in the past few years have been found to be genuine asylum seekers in United Nations terms .
29 Although they are more powerful grammars than context-free grammars , context-sensitive grammars have been found to be less well suited for stating grammatical constraints than indexed languages .
30 A third of vehicles on sale at used car dealers have been found to be unfit for the road , leaving their buyers with big repair bills .
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