Example sentences of "shown [pron] [prep] be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although magistrates are no longer predominantly male , successive studies ( notably Baldwin , 1976 ; but see also Hood , 1972 , and Burney , 1979 ) have shown them to be overwhelmingly middle-aged and middle-class . |
| 2 | He named Francis Fukuyama , an American , whose ‘ End of History ’ article might tempt one to think that the struggle was over and to put one 's feet up , thinking that every alternative to economic liberalism , in recent times , had shown itself to be hopelessly flawed . |
| 3 | The Government of Sri Lanka has shown itself to be increasingly sensitive to the outcry over its appalling human rights record over the last decade . |
| 4 | LOSERS : The Financial Times , which was slow off the mark in exposing Labour 's tax plans and by declaring for Labour has shown itself to be as pink as its paper . |
| 5 | Time and again , that woman had shown herself to be as scheming and ruthless as any criminal-minded rogue he had ever come across ; with the exception of his good self , of course . |
| 6 | This Matilda had shown herself to be as resolute and intelligent as her cousin and namesake in Gloucester , but had forgotten neither compassion nor patience . |
| 7 | I have seen a kingfisher here and a survey of the pond has shown it to be very important for invertebrates as well as amphibians . |
| 8 | Experience here has shown it to be highly successful . |
| 9 | Where loss has been caused by an act or omission which is of a comparatively mechanical character , rather than involving an exercise of business discretion , the courts have , in contrast , shown themselves to be more willing to impose liability . |
| 10 | They 've not in the past shown themselves to be very honest erm nor very keen on going into their own archives , and I think it 's , actually takes people like me , who live on the border-lines if you like of the two cultures , to go in and discover erm sometimes embarrassing documents , embarrassing information , to confront them with it , in their own language , so that they have to take stock . |