Example sentences of "[been] found to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both parameters have been found to be grossly impaired in subgroups of faecally incontinent patients . |
| 2 | The oligosaccharides have been found to be particularly concentrated in colostrum — the thick , creamy pre-milk that is produced by the breasts in late pregnancy and during the first few days after birth before the breastmilk proper comes in . |
| 3 | Workbooks have been found to be particularly useful in institutions where it is necessary to teach large numbers of students . |
| 4 | Since housing tenure has been found to be particularly strongly associated with wider social and demographic factors , the role of tenure will receive particular attention . |
| 5 | The archive material has been found to be remarkably full , where it exists , but to have considerable gaps , so that only for short periods in particular cities can the levels of illegitimacy be assessed and compared with regional levels . |
| 6 | These powers have been found to be completely inadequate to deal with the challenges and problems presented in complex urban situations ’ ( quoted in Alexander 1982b:64 ) . |
| 7 | This means that many mergers for which there have been no demonstrable advantages , but which have not been found to be overtly anti-competitive , have been allowed through , and thus contributed to the general increase in industrial concentration . |
| 8 | Indeed , the concentration of HIV has been found to be up to 1000 times greater in symptomatic than asymptomatic patients . |
| 9 | Illness behaviour in old age has been found to be not substantially different from that of younger people ( Victor , 1987 , p. 268 ) . |
| 10 | Its quality , in terms of amenities and physical condition , has been found to be generally poorer than that of other rural rented accommodation , which itself is often poor ( Fletcher 1969 ) , and it can be very variable , depending as it does on the individual farmer 's upkeep . |
| 11 | Cerium has been found to be notably depleted in the metasediment-derived waters , and this may help to define redox processes and groundwater provenance more widely . |
| 12 | Sleep-deprived subjects have similarly been found to be easily distracted by irrelevant stimuli in a card-sorting task , again demonstrating a failure to maintain focused attention on the job in hand . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | Jonathan had been taken to hospital and his blood sugar level had been found to be abnormally low . |
| 16 | Unfortunately in its detailed behaviour this model has been found to be insufficiently flexible ( [ PGC ] Sections 4.6 & 5.4.1 ) It is also worth noting that an n-point data set can be fitted perfectly ( i.e. with no error ) by an ( n-1 ) degree polynomial . |
| 17 | Based on our research , we concur with the earlier observation that ‘ paraprofessionals who come from the communities which they serve have been found to be more effective in working with the people as they have close ties and may have insights and information not readily available to the outsider ’ ( IASSW , 1979 , p. 8 ) . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In a prospective , randomized trial , non-medical therapists ( psychiatric nurses ) have been found to be more effective than general practitioners in the management of female patients and patients with dyadic problems ( Hawton et al. 1987 ) . |
| 21 | No other form of cancer has been found to be more closely related to the Western way of life and the Western way of eating . |
| 22 | Different combinations of these roles have been found to be more effective for certain tasks than others . |
| 23 | Indeed workers over 50 have been found to be more productive than their younger colleagues because of their experience , maturity , and strong work ethic . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | However , staphylokinase has now been found to be more potent than streptokinase for the dissolution of platelet-rich arterial eversion graft thrombi ; moreover , it seems to be less immunogenic . |
| 26 | These samples have been found to be very similar socioeconomically to a representative sample . |
| 27 | The explanation seems to be that consecutive measurements have been found to be very consistent , whatever variation exists manifests itself over a longer period corresponding to several averaged measurements . |
| 28 | A further 7 per cent ( 31 ) of ulcers occurred above the gaiter area ; trauma may be responsible for some of these , particularly those on the anterior aspect , but the aetiological pattern of ulcers occurring in this region have been found to be so varied that positive aetiological indicators can not be identified from the ulcer site alone . |
| 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 | 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 . |