Example sentences of "[verb] found to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owning it , as the nation has found to its cost , must take second place . |
| 2 | Transworld , which is still at the discussion stage with Dillons , hopes the system will overcome what it has found to be ‘ erratic supply in Dillons ’ , says marketing director Larry Finlay . |
| 3 | Besides , it 's actually impossible to copyright a number , as Intel has found to its cost in its failed attempts to sue rival ‘ 386 ’ chip manufacturers AMD and Chips & Technologies . |
| 4 | On the other hand , without some active energy from the man , what would she ever have found to be interested in ? |
| 5 | Sunderland look to have found their form after a lean period , as United found to their cost . |
| 6 | What I 've found to be the most inspiring of his work have been the songs which are ultimately almost meaningless in their simplicity . |
| 7 | Among the Cheka people high intellectual standards combined with education and culture had not assumed the outward expression which I had found to be so hateful among the former Russian intellectuals … . |
| 8 | Dawson wrote this editorial after discussing the idea with Baldwin and MacDonald , both of whom he had found to be ‘ receptive ’ . |
| 9 | Charles Henstock privately thought that Dulcie was poorly named — neither sweet nor gentle , and very quick to use her horns on unsuspecting visitors , as he had found to his cost one wet day . |
| 10 | What excited many of those who were following leys was the realization that the legends were about the very same sites which Watkins had found to be ley markers . |
| 11 | Many had found to their cost that Sri Lanka could be very demanding physically . |
| 12 | First and foremost , we have to understand that we rarely fear what we have found to be true . |
| 13 | I only hope that you will never have to read this letter — not because my life is worth anything to me but because it breaks my heart to think of you alone in a world which I have found to be so harsh and unforgiving . |
| 14 | It also has a very large appetite , as you have found to your cost , and may attack smaller or less aggressive species ( and fishkeepers ' fingers ) . |
| 15 | ‘ We pass on knowledge to our trading partners , telling them what we see to be the benefits , and what some of our other customers have found to be the benefits . |
| 16 | Many models exist for assessing family functioning ( Barker 1986 ) and the following ideas are extracted from a variety of theories of family therapy that I have found to be particularly useful ( Burnham 1986 ; Gorell-Barnes 1984 ; Mason and O'Byrne 1984 ) . |
| 17 | Numerous attempts have been made to stifle theories which some power-holders have found to be unpalatable but which have , over time , become more generally acceptable . |
| 18 | As library users have found to their cost , the shelf that held the books marked 636.7 last week might hold books quite differently numbered today , as the stock grows and books move along , and yet the position of a subject 's bookstock can rapidly be found once the all.important subject number is identified from the index . |
| 19 | Other fabrics which I have found to be very effective are Polartec 100 , used by Rohan ( £27 ) and Karrimor ( £25 ) and ACL , which is used by Berghaus ( £27 ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | teachers have found to their cost that merely telling teenagers what is the Church 's teaching on a particular topic fails to motivate or interest . |
| 22 | All have found to their cost that on his game there 's simply no stopping the hurling genius . |
| 23 | Should you happen to be driving in the vicinity of one of these ‘ sealed lorries ’ extreme caution is advised as a number of motorists have found to their cost , sometimes the spills are more substantial . |
| 24 | A number of motorists have found to their cost that the spills are sometimes more substantial . ’ |
| 25 | Such is the price of fame , as Madonna , Julia , Sharon , Helen and I have found to our cost . |