Example sentences of "found to be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dipper , a small bird that feeds underwater in fast-flowing streams , has been found to be a good indicator of water acidity , Studies in Scotland by Dr Juliet Vickery of Oxford 's Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology found a clear correlation between acidity in a stream and dippers ' breeding success . |
| 2 | Although this is rarely the sole cause of the iron deficiency , in one study it was found to be a contributing factor in 57% of patients . |
| 3 | By this time , therefore , the Forest Eyre was found to be a cumbersome and ineffectual engine , and was allowed to fall into desuetude : only two short eyres were held in the southern forests during the remainder of the century — in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire in 1348 , and in Hampshire and Wiltshire in 1355 . |
| 4 | This was later found to be a general property of toroidal discharges , including pinches and tokamaks . |
| 5 | This was found to be a general feature of elastomers because of the presence in most polymers of water soluble impurities . |
| 6 | In many large series of critically ill patients sepsis has been found to be a major determinant of mortality . |
| 7 | The culture of an organisation is often found to be a major influence on risk management issues . |
| 8 | There is found to be a consistent tendency for higher levels of bargaining to be associated with a greater degree of union organisation . |
| 9 | The severity of antral gastritis was scored using the method of Rauws et al , which we have found to be a sensitive method for assessing the severity of H pylori -induced gastritis . |
| 10 | In some respects these accounts are similar to those in the experimental situation where key characteristics were found to be a common strategy . |
| 11 | It was later found to be a fake , but who was supposed to have sent it ? |
| 12 | Municipal incinerators were found to be a large source of dioxins . |
| 13 | Of other possible causes of these disparities in achievement , IQ differences were considered at length , but not found to be a significant factor . |
| 14 | Some years previously , however , a long tunnel , North Cross-cut , was taken off ( along a fault ) from a point further along the Deep Level ( see Fig. 19a ) to try the Dry Gill Vein — at the intersection it was found to be a barren quartz string . |
| 15 | For how long in the future does the decision affect the business , and how quickly can the decision be reversed if it is later found to be a bad one ? |
| 16 | Just as drugs were often used , even when their properties were poorly understood , to investigate physiological processes which they evidently modified , so X-rays were found to be a valuable tool in certain fields of study . |
| 17 | He was very soon found to be a satisfactory workman , and was engaged initially for a period of 2 years . |
| 18 | In your advert give the name of the person to whom the reply is to be made since this has also been found to be a positive factor in encouraging people to reply . |
| 19 | One candidate was found to be a novel member of the src family of genes , encoding a protein-tyrosine kinase expressed in B cells . |
| 20 | The defendants argued that the proviso could not be severed and that as it had been found to be an unreasonable restraint of trade the whole of the clause was void . |
| 21 | The cottage was found to be an early eighteenth century timber framed building when it was being demolished at Withern . |
| 22 | It offered a rare relief from what he has otherwise found to be an awkward campaign . |
| 23 | In the wilder parts of Scotland , even the tracing of ownership could be difficult ; the owner of the Burgh of Clickamin , a Pictish broch in Shetland , was found to be an aged lady in Cheltenham who must , Pitt-Rivers insisted , be encouraged to sign over guardianship straight away , before she forgot all about it . |
| 24 | Empirically , the assumption of constant interest rates has usually been found to be an acceptable approximation . |
| 25 | The physical presence of the supervisor was also found to be an important independent variable . |
| 26 | Smoking has been found to be an important factor , increasing this loss of bone density and resulting in an increased risk of osteoporosis [ 13 ] . |
| 27 | On the whole , however , interactivity is found to be an important ingredient . |
| 28 | The head of the intussusception was found to be an ileal polyp just proximal to the ileocaecal valve which measured 4.5 cm with a 1.5 cm stalk . |