Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [be] found to " in BNC.
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| 1 | TOP STORES were slammed yesterday after a third of their ham was found to be contaminated with food bugs . |
| 2 | When light coming from the top of a tall building is examined very carefully at ground level , its colour is found to be bluer than normal — another effect of gravity . |
| 3 | A policeman stopped her in Chawton , where the alcohol in her breath was found to be more than twice the legal limit . |
| 4 | Certain features of their performance are found to be correlated with and hence to convey information about direction and quality and distance of food source . |
| 5 | From the results of a preliminary study , Hughes urges caution , for when girls worked on a computer task with other girls , their performance was found to be noticeably poorer compared to girls who had partnered boys . |
| 6 | The bread supplied by Benjamin Maulden was ‘ very indifferently baked ’ and the house surgeon was to write to him expressing the Board 's dissatisfaction — which was extended to a Mr. Bentham , whose bread was found to be underweight . |
| 7 | None of the 14 patients whose tumour was found to be irresectable at laparotomy died in hospital after operation . |
| 8 | For example , a judge who acquires a reputation among his seniors for being ‘ soft ’ in certain types of cases where the Lord Chancellor , the Lord Chief Justice , the Master of the Rolls and other senior judges favour a hard line is as likely to damage his promotion prospects as he would if his appointment were found to be unfortunate on other more obvious grounds . |
| 9 | He surrendered at New York 's John F Kennedy airport where his gun was found to be a starter 's pistol . |