Example sentences of "found [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second US study of 100 large R&D spending US firms in thirteen major industries found that rivals generally learned about decisions to develop major new products and processes within 12 to 18 months . |
| 2 | An investigation found that accesses should remain clear , headlights on the fork-lift truck should be mounted on the roof and the cabin should be fitted with demisting equipment . |
| 3 | In the opposite case where the market value was greater by 15 per cent or more than the theoretical value of the P/E ratio they found that shares underperformed the market . |
| 4 | Based on a study undertaken by the Commission in August 1988 , the report found that Aborigines — who constituted 1.1 per cent of Australia 's total population — accounted for 29 per cent of those taken into police custody nationwide . |
| 5 | To add to this confusion the steep-angled grass above is riddled with puffin burrows ; later in our stay we found that attempts to move tripods closer to the edge put us in real danger of disappearing downwards , compete with the odd half-acre of apparently stable cliff top . |
| 6 | In work which addresses the impact of the Women 's Liberation Movement on female crime rates , Box and Hale ( 1984 ) found that increases in the rate of female unemployment were significantly related to increases in the rate of conviction for violent crime ( assault and wounding ) , theft , handling stolen goods and fraud . |
| 7 | In the 1950s many teachers found that exercises in grammatical analysis did not help children to raise their standards in the use of English . |
| 8 | Barron found that pseudohomophones , unlike other nonwords , impaired the performance of good readers more than that of poor readers . |