Example sentences of "have show himself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since winning the super-heavyweight gold at last year 's Olympics , the London-born but Canadian-raised fighter has shown himself to be anything but another pugilistic stereotype . |
| 2 | Over and over again in the past few weeks he has shown himself to be leading a rudderless , aimless Government . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Bradburn has shown himself to be a fine teacher and a popular colleague . ’ |
| 4 | William Waldegrave , Secretary of State for Health , has shown himself to be no friend of the tobacco industry over the past few weeks . |
| 5 | During the last few months as we have got to know him better , he has shown himself to be exactly the sort of person we had hoped Annabelle would marry — charming , sincere , reliable — with a clear idea of what he wants from life and how to achieve it . |
| 6 | Here now is an Arab leader who has shown himself to be capable not only of standing up to the mightiest military force in the world , but also of retaliating . |
| 7 | Recently he has shown himself to be too easily swayed by Mossadesq " a threats … " |
| 8 | Despite the shock that he must have felt as he drove to what he expected to be his hangar on the morning after , he has shown himself to a man of warm priorities : ‘ People and their problems are more important than airplanes , ’ he has commented . |
| 9 | Although unsuccessful in his 1990 Senate and 1991 gubernatorial campaigns , Duke had shown himself to be a skilled politician capable of mobilizing considerable support amongst the white working class . |
| 10 | Above all , in his role as final judge and lawgiver , he had shown himself to be an exponent of definition and codification . |
| 11 | He might for example , have shown himself to be a ‘ little hard-nut ’ . |