Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] found to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an inescapable fact that , despite all the care taken in passing legislation , some statutory provisions when applied to the circumstances under consideration in any specific case are found to be ambiguous . |
| 2 | When the fins of fossil specimens are carefully dissected , the lobes at the base are found to be supported by one stout bone close to the body , two bones joined to it and finally a group of small bones — the pattern that is found in the limbs of all land vertebrates . |
| 3 | Fraud appears to have increased rather than decreased , and it can not be argued that this is merely a matter of greater success in detection , as many of the frauds only come to light when investors find that they are unable to obtain their funds ( or the directors of the institution are found to be in sunny climes abroad , with little intention of returning to the UK ) . |
| 4 | Ambiguity arises where , through an error in drafting , the words used in the statute are found to be capable of bearing two or more meanings . |
| 5 | There is strong evidence from Butler and Stokes ' surveys that housing tenure over-determines party support , in relation to ‘ occupational class ’ : in council housing only 51 per cent of those in occupational classes I-IV with a partisan self-image were found to be Tories , as against 76 per cent in owner-occupied housing . |
| 6 | While a higher proportion of temporary workers than of the total labour force were found to be women workers ( 6 per cent compared to 41 per cent ) , temporary workers were also ‘ considerably younger ’ than the generality of workers , largely because a high proportion of the former are still teenagers . |
| 7 | Although a comprehensive study by Shaw ( 1969 ) has shown that increased boldness of print increases legibility for some readers , differences in typography were found to be considerably less significant for younger than for older readers with partial sight . |
| 8 | Where the practice is found to be anti-competitive the Minister can then accept voluntary undertakings from the firm to modify its practice or invoke extensive powers to proscribe the practice . |
| 9 | The general constitutive equation is found to be where and is now an integral involving the deformation gradient . |
| 10 | Occasionally when an employee is found to be driving whilst uninsured on his employer 's business he can put forward a defence where he shows — |
| 11 | A very serious view is taken of any circumstance where an employee is found to be in unauthorised possession of Company property ; such conduct may lead to dismissal . |
| 12 | Similarly , in a major study of investment in the EC over the period 1961–90 , the relation between net investment and the rate of profitability per unit of capital stock was found to be highly significant . |
| 13 | The daily faecal bile acid excretion was found to be significantly higher in the polyp group compared with cancer patients , while the difference between the polyp group and controls was of borderline significance ( Table III ) . |
| 14 | As previously reported , the serum gastrin concentration was found to be high in the renal failure patients compared with those with normal renal function . |
| 15 | Over 35,000 plant species were carefully screened for anti-cancer properties , and yew bark extract was found to be effective against tumours in mice . |
| 16 | HMI methodology was found to be inadequate and the research findings of Bennett 's team contradict HMI ‘ findings ’ . |
| 17 | A lack of social support at the first interview was found to be associated with the presence of psychiatric symptoms ( GHQ scores ) at the second interview among those who had initially been well ( GHQ score less than 4 ) . |
| 18 | A fuel inlet isolating valve was found to be shut , putting a back-up cooling pump out of action . |
| 19 | The actress was found to be the settlor of the settlement because she had indirectly provided the funds of the settlement . |
| 20 | After it was unpacked the plaque was found to be missing . |
| 21 | When it arrived at the Bate Collection the instrument was found to be basically well cared for . |
| 22 | The rates of metabolism of butyrate ( Fig 2 ) and of glutamine were found to be roughly linear for at least three hours . |
| 23 | Histamine receptors , indirectly measured by cAMP accumulation were found to be present on MKN45 , MKN45G but not C170 or LoVo ( Table III ) . |
| 24 | Nineteen out of 20 claiming asylum were found to be ineligible when their claims were eventually examined . |
| 25 | Under the no boundary proposal one learns that the chance of the universe being found to be following most of the possible histories is negligible , but there is a particular family of histories that are much more probable than the others . |
| 26 | Where the complaint of shoddy work is found to be substantiated , the Investigation Officer prepares a report on the case for the Adjudication Committee , who have the final power of decision . |
| 27 | This may provide another justification for the anthropic principle , for if all the histories are possible , then so long as we exist in one of the histories , we may use the anthropic principle to explain why the universe is found to be the way it is . |
| 28 | The surface is lifted out of the solution occasionally and gently washed until the stain is found to be satisfactorily developed . |
| 29 | This is an association of interested parties , individuals and organisations , who have joined forces to provide fund-raising facilities , logistic support and whatever other assistance is found to be necessary to give effect to the hopes of all the parties concerned that a self-sufficient village for the care of physically and mentally handicapped people should come into being in Atea . |
| 30 | If a child is found to be weak in one or more of the areas covered by the subtests , this information may provide a valuable guide for designing a programme of intervention . |