Example sentences of "shows that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A report by Helsinki Watch , an international human-rights monitoring group , shows that what happened to Mr Ardzinov is not unusual in Uzbekistan . |
| 2 | Blumler also suggested that parliamentary television was markedly bipartisan , paying relatively little attention to the Liberal Democrats and Members of other smaller parties , but analysis of the actuality contributions of various participants shows that they received more than their proportionate strength in the House ; Liberal Democrats were given 4.3% of total actuality contributions and took part on 7.8% of contribution occasions . |
| 3 | That the British eventually accepted the American view in most details shows that they had largely subsumed the aviation issue in the larger question of economic viability , and used aviation as a quid pro quo for the American loan . |
| 4 | " Every book on revolutions shows that they succeeded when the head of state loses is nerve . |
| 5 | Domesday shows that they provided Edward the Confessor with a revenue of £53 a year and the three works of the king — probably the maintenance of fortresses and bridges , and service in the army . |
| 6 | Look — this stamp shows that we arrived on Planet Zog today . |
| 7 | If a breakdown does occur , we rush to our files to extract the relevant memo which shows that we did tell the boss what was happening — that is , we cover ourselves . |
| 8 | The book-list also shows that I read Virginia Woolf , Aldous Huxley , Samuel Butler , Maxim Gorki , Henry James , Samuel Beckett , and so on . |
| 9 | This road had a greater significance in past centuries when it was the regular route to Skye , the way taken by Dr Johnson and Boswell in their tour of exploration ; a glance at the map shows that it followed a direct line from Shiel Bridge to Broadford across the Kylerhea ferry . |
| 10 | A figure of 0.86 livestock units/hectare of permanent grassland in Powys in 1939 shows that it had increased between that date and 1955 . |
| 11 | Here is a passage of Thoreau which both demonstrates the creative process and also shows that it led him to the peak experience which he termed being charmed . |
| 12 | What we know of the family shows that it enjoyed its privileges to the full , and shared a positive and happy lifestyle , without hardship , yet without vaunted excess — a balanced lifestyle , despite his indispositions . |
| 13 | The Ladder may lack the charm of some of the other works anthologised here but it was the first systematic and comprehensive account of the spiritual life to be written in English and its immediate popularity shows that it answered a real need . |
| 14 | The record shows that it happened all over the country . |
| 15 | First , although it was always assumed that many from the older urban cores would be rehoused in the new towns , early evidence ( Heraud , 1966 ) shows that it tended to be the better-housed suburbanites who moved , few from the inner cities even knowing of the programme . |
| 16 | Close examination of the film shows that he took off well before it ; he was not under pressure and had no apparent reason to panic . |
| 17 | And any director or the secretary of the company is similarly liable unless he shows that he took all reasonable steps to avoid the commission or continuance of the offence . |
| 18 | If the approved accounts do not comply with the Act , every director who was a party to their approval and who knows that they do not comply or is reckless as to whether or not they comply is guilty of an offence and every director at the time the accounts were approved is taken to be a party to their approval unless he shows that he took all reasonable steps to prevent their approval . |
| 19 | His chart of appearances shows that he made full appearances for two seasons after joining us and only a broken collar-bone prevented him from making an even more impressive contribution towards our promotion to Division One in 1969–70 . |
| 20 | His output in these later years shows that he made every effort to adapt to changing economic circumstances : Austria was then at war with the Ottoman Empire , and the war effort had begun to drain the financial resources of the upper-class patrons on whose support Mozart relied . |
| 21 | The first part of Heisenberg 's concluding sentence shows that he felt that such a view fell short of attributing reality to elementary particles . |
| 22 | Here the apostle Peter affirms his belief that the scriptures are ‘ inspired ’ or literally ‘ God breathed ’ and his reference to ‘ the creation ’ shows that he accepted the Genesis account fully which leaves no room for belief in evolution . |
| 23 | The certificate shows that he served for 7 years 71 days as a private ; 2 years 310 days as a corporal ; and 10 years 349 days in the rank of sergeant . |
| 24 | David left school with 2 GCE ‘ O ’ level passes , in Art and Woodwork , and the school found him a job as a junior with a commercial art company , The Design Group Ltd. , and although some early press releases said that David was expelled from school , the record shows that he left two or three days early to start the job . |
| 25 | A sentence in the loser 's statement to the effect that ‘ the last time I saw my watch was when I put it in my locker at work ’ or ‘ I placed my purse in my shopping basket ’ shows that he had possession or control of the property , |
| 26 | At the same time his portrayal of Frodo quietly sliding down to sleep , dismissal and an oblivion which would include ents , elves , dwarves and the whole of Middle-earth , shows that he recognised the limits of his own wishes and their non-correspondence with reality . |
| 27 | Failure to comply with the section renders every officer of the company who is in default guilty of an offence unless he shows that he acted honestly and that , in the circumstances in which the company 's business was carried on , the default was excusable . |
| 28 | We also have the comments of his tutor , Ian Duthie , on the piece , which shows that he found it curious , too . |
| 29 | Craddock 's notebook shows that he found the substance soluble in acetone , but this fact , like various other details of Ridley and Craddock 's work , was not reported in Fleming 's paper . |
| 30 | He had never married , but his will shows that he regarded Elsynge , his successor in the clerkship , more or less as a son . |