Example sentences of "it found [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It found that a number of them were ‘ what could be described as pits ’ , according to the Nigerian ambassador , BA Clark , who headed the team and who represents the United Nations Transition Assistance Group ( Untag ) in Angola . |
| 2 | When the late Conservative administration did its sums at the end of 1963 it found that its future programme worked out at an annual rate of increase of 4.1 per cent . |
| 3 | It found that four out of five publicans and restaurateurs in the survey agreed it was good for business , and four out of five managers said recorded music made customers stay longer . |
| 4 | It found that more than £300million a year is spent on employing staff to type for 600,000 civil servants and 22 cabinet ministers . |
| 5 | It found that women often felt fairly unsure of their ability in DIY matters , but once they had breached the confidence barrier many regularly tackled demanding jobs and felt that their results were as good or better than those achieved by the professional . |
| 6 | It found that in 20% of the cases the white man advanced further than the black . |
| 7 | It found that more than half of companies now use contract hire compared with only three in 10 during 1991 . |
| 8 | Furthermore , it found that , although birth certificates were not required by law for any kind of legal transaction in the United Kingdom , there could be occasions on which a birth certificate could be called for by , for instance , an employer or public institution . |
| 9 | And it found that the Daily Star advert had no effect whatsoever on record sales . |
| 10 | But it found that anything that produces water vapour — unvented tumble driers , for example — pushed up damp levels significantly . |
| 11 | It found that ‘ little or no investment … on renovation or renewal works had taken place in the last century ’ . |
| 12 | It found that chlorine levels were 50 times higher than they had expected . |
| 13 | It found that the prohibition of public meetings for political purposes , the requirement of permission from the police authority to hold such meetings in private and the authorisation of the military authority for the holding of indoor lectures were not consistent with Article 11 . |
| 14 | It found that most adults come to faith in God through the help of a friend , a relative or a minister . |
| 15 | It found that 28 per cent would extend the time limit indefinitely , 8 per cent would extend it for another six months and 5 per cent for a further year . |
| 16 | The Five Civilised Nations Museum in Muskogee , Oklahoma , that normally shows and sells Indian art , closed down an exhibition in 1991 when it found that at least a third of its ‘ Indian ’ artists had no tribal documentation . |
| 17 | It found that the educational standards of schools in certain , mainly urban , areas were far below those found elsewhere , and recommended a policy of ‘ positive discrimination ’ in favour of these areas and their schools . |
| 18 | When the 1971 Census asked a question about employment status , it found that about 40 per cent more people regarded themselves as unemployed than the official statistics showed . |
| 19 | Looking at 320 cases prosecuted by the SEC between 1980 and 1989 , it found that insider dealing did lead to share prices quickly becoming ‘ more accurate ’ . |
| 20 | It found that 21 were buys and five were holds ; just one was a sell . |
| 21 | When the Rand study looked at five giant companies with Superfund sites , it found that their legal fees were only 21% of what they spent on cleaning up , and much less when only one company was involved in cleaning a site . |
| 22 | It found that on average , women expect to be taken out to dinner ten times before they 'll have sex with a man . ’ |
| 23 | It found that the risk of pollution in the home is comparable with that of chemicals or radiation in industry . |
| 24 | It found that school medical inspection was beneficial but that due to poverty or more often , they felt , to apathy and indifference , defects discovered by medical officers were often not remedied . |
| 25 | It found that had Costa Rica been consulted , its opinion would have been decisive , precisely the situation envisaged in 1858 . |
| 26 | Secondly , when the Department asked about the balance and breadth of the curriculum it found that few authorities encouraged schools to discuss the issues and it was mainly through routine visits of advisers that concern for balance and breadth was promoted . |
| 27 | It found that countries could be divided into three groups : First , those countries ( thirty-two in number ) with adult literacy rates below 40 per cent had per capita income below $300 ; second , those countries ( twenty-seven ) where literacy rates ranged from 30 per cent to 70 per cent and in which no correlation could be established between literacy and income ; third , the rich countries ( twenty-four ) with literacy rates above 70 per cent and per capita incomes of $500 . |
| 28 | It found that 81 per cent had attended public schools and 76 per cent had attended Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 29 | It found that 14% of women had experienced urinary incontinence , 5.7% within the preceding week ; the corresponding figures for men were about half these . |
| 30 | It found that in the 3 years since the first survey , crime had moved from third place to the top of people ‘ s list of problems affecting their neighbourhood . |