Example sentences of "shown [prep] [be] [adj] [coord] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Here is a case for ‘ outreach ’ since , if the library is not shown to be hospitable and friendly by librarians going out to the children , the children are unlikely to make contact with the library in any way other than as vandals .
2 The apparent symmetry of this arrangement was rapidly shown to be superficial and delusive .
3 The problems of life-histories and oral history are fairly self-evident : they can not be shown to be representative or valid .
4 In spelling out its arguments for the proposed pattern , the Council was once again reinterpreting the balance that had been at the centre of its concerns from the beginning : there was nothing in the Charter and Statutes ‘ which prevented greater recognition from being given to an institution 's own internal procedures where these could be shown to be rigorous and effective .
5 Liposomes , which in clinical trials have been shown to be non-toxic and non-immunogenic , may be safer than viral vectors which have the inherent risks of immunogenicity , replication and transmission .
6 Where the subtests can be shown to be reliable and valid , such subtests scores may provide a useful profile of the child 's ability in a variety of areas .
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