Example sentences of "shown [prep] be [adv] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of syntactic information as an aid for text recognition systems has been shown to be both feasible and useful . |
| 2 | Again he is taking over precisely the ‘ modern ’ definitions and oppositions , between the normal and pathological , the natural and unnatural , etc. , which have been shown to be both confused and ideological in the narrow sense . |
| 3 | She is the only female character allowed into the fortress den and as the story develops she is shown to be both sensitive and sensible . |
| 4 | They felt that with the Emperor 's death , their Christian God had deserted them , or had proven incomprehensibly capricious ; or more positively they felt that Allah suddenly was shown to be more powerful and |
| 5 | However , the sophisticated methodology of land-use planning , as well as the policy instruments of the programme , have recently been shown to be very fragile and unable to prevent large areas of land previously left uncultivated ( because of susceptibility to erosion ) , being once more put under the plough . |
| 6 | Macbeth , although shown to be very brave and soldier-like , is also very foolish . |