Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] show that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not worthwhile chasing non-replies any further for experience shows that where little interest exists at the preliminary stages , the possibility of completing a deal will be small . |
| 2 | ( Camera pans through window to show that the front garden is green and beautiful with no industry in sight . ) |
| 3 | Our diagnosis of want shows that it is low-income families with children — the unemployed and low-wage earners — who are worst off . |
| 4 | This type of story shows that the pursuit of ‘ little crime ’ can have some satisfaction and legitimacy , which explains in part why most policemen and women pursue it diligently while deprecating it . |
| 5 | The investigation of firing showed that it certainly did n't help healing , causing the horse considerable distress for no good reason . |
| 6 | Order-preserving algorithms are still being developed , but the success of division shows that order-preserving algorithms are an important resource to the file designer . |
| 7 | Humphrey Errington , milk & cheese producer The squabbling between the Department of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture shows that , far from getting their act together , they are in a total shambles . |
| 8 | This is his symbol to place on a bottle of milk to show that it is his . |
| 9 | General secretary of the Society Kate Ashbrook argues that the change of mind shows that ‘ The predictions , promises and guarantees given at the inquiry have been proved wrong . |
| 10 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |
| 11 | Assimilation of place with specific reference to alveolar consonants is described in Gimson ( 1960 ) .1 think it is important to realise that the traditional view of assimilation as a change from one phoneme to another is naive ; modern instrumental studies in the broader field of coarticulation show that when assimilation happens one can often show how there is some sort of combination of articulatory gestures . |
| 12 | The conditions of engagement show that the valuer accepts liability in tort to the borrower and the society but this has no additional consequence where the valuer is liable to the society under his contract of employment and the society would be vicariously liable to the borrower for the valuer 's negligence if it were not already liable to the borrower under a contract . |
| 13 | Her level of engagement shows that she was involved to a greater extent over a much larger part of the day . |
| 14 | Nonetheless , very considerable experience of using groups for this kind of research shows that they do tend to produce very consistent results , even where different researchers cover the same problem . |
| 15 | Finally an interesting result of research showed that feeding carp neat amino acids could reduce growth and see amino acids excreted . |
| 16 | A recent survey by the British Institute of Management showed that directors of larger companies had an average pay rise of 22.7% in 1990 . |
| 17 | Computed tomography after three courses of chemotherapy showed that the pleural mass had reduced in size . |
| 18 | This sample of correspondence shows that a great many plants were introduced into England by John Bartram . |
| 19 | The evidence of psychoanalysis shows that almost every intimate emotional relation between two people which lasts for some time — marriage , friendship , the relation between parents and children — contains a sediment of feelings of aversion and hostility , which only escapes perception as a result of repression . |
| 20 | Examination of case notes of patients officially recorded as dying of asthma showed that many were aged over 60 and cigarette smokers . |
| 21 | Provisional figures yesterday from the Department of Transport showed that 4,274 people were killed in 1992 — 6 per cent fewer than in 1991 . |
| 22 | We are creating the first annual Hall of Shame to show that personalities are willing to take the plaudits , but do not seem too willing to accept the responsibilities that go with their positions . |
| 23 | Marx 's analysis of capitalism shows that the system of exploitation of workers by capitalists appears inevitable because of a previous concentration of the means of production in the hands of the capitalists . |
| 24 | Results by origin of tumour show that one third of patients with cholangiocarcinomas and one quarter of those with pancreatic cancer were positive on cytology . |
| 25 | Mixed model analysis of variance showed that the mean increase in knowledge was significantly higher in the FSE groups ( FSE and FSE/SAM , χ 2 =8.3 , df=1 ; p=0.004 ) . |
| 26 | It is for the party who claims that a clause satisfies the test of reasonableness to show that it does ( s 11(5) ) . |
| 27 | Children may make a fuss when the limits are set down and insisted on , but there is a great deal of evidence to show that children and teenagers realize their parents are firm because they care ( see page 116 ) . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's plenty of evidence to show that getting a little puffed and increasing your heart rate is good for you . |
| 29 | And there 's twenty five years of evidence to show that oats can help reduce excess cholesterol . |
| 30 | There is a good deal of evidence to show that the reinforcing nature of these divisions has helped to perpetuate the conflict between farmers and environmentalists . |