Example sentences of "showed [that] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | A revaluation of the brewer 's 1,600 pubs showed that they are now worth £255million more than their book value . |
| 2 | The independence of the cross-benchers provided little balance : calculations in 1988 showed that they voted two-one in favour of the government . |
| 3 | THE GOVERNMENT will have to redouble its efforts to put British politicians and civil servants ‘ at the heart of Europe ’ after a new poll yesterday showed that they are the least accomplished linguists in the EC . |
| 4 | Spain showed that they could present a serious challenge in the Olympics when they beat England twice in two training matches in Terrassa at the weekend , writes Cathy Harris . |
| 5 | He pointed to a poll of 1,000 people , which showed that they agreed . |
| 6 | The rural masses showed that they could want . |
| 7 | Another recent experiment in which rats with broken bones were sent into orbit showed that they are slower to heal in microgravity than on Earth . |
| 8 | It showed that they were ill-fitted to become the leaders of a mass movement , but no more than that . |
| 9 | He exposed cells in culture to influenza virus , showed that they were resistant to infection with certain other viruses , and isolated from his cultures a protein which conferred the same resistance on fresh cells . |
| 10 | Critical examination by the most reliable of tests and measurements , usually showed that they had little if any action greater than that of placebos , or that their effects on performance were deleterious rather than beneficial . |
| 11 | It showed that they had an intrinsic musical knowledge . |
| 12 | Of the many books I have read , the ones whose authors showed that they possessed the most joy and happiness were Epictetus , Seneca , Tagore , Thoreau , Kabir , Raidas , Ramakrishna , Rumi , W.H. Davies , Vinoba Bhave . |
| 13 | Earlier studies of comets jets , focused on the short-period comet Swift-Tuttle , showed that they were made up of dust particles of about one micrometer in diameter . |
| 14 | The blasting showed that they had reached the end of the coal seam and had exposed clay and gravel . |
| 15 | Completed questionnaires from participating staff showed that they had welcomed the training , had greatly benefited from it , and had enjoyed the opportunity to discuss problems with staff from other Boroughs . |
| 16 | Two-thirds of a random sample of 54 of those with tinnitus showed that they found it disturbing , 72 per cent experienced it continuously , 18.5 per cent frequently and only 9.25 per cent occasionally . |
| 17 | The companies had not discharged that onus and the fact that the Commissioners did not award the maximum penalties showed that they were fully aware of the difficulties the companies faced . |
| 18 | It showed that they were not anxious , that they knew they had a treasure . |
| 19 | Periodic evaluations of their physical and mental health , personalities , and intellectual achievements showed that they maintained their superiority in all of these domains , including a relative freedom from insanity and other indications of psychological maladjustment . |
| 20 | Initially the Australians showed that they were unprepared to be manipulated by quietly but firmly refusing to commit themselves to the ANC 's extra-curricular initiatives for a Boipatong visit and the wearing of black armbands during matches . |
| 21 | Form 's ( 1973 ) study of car workers at various skill levels across four countries ( USA , Italy , Argentina and India ) showed that they all rejected political unionism in favour of job-related unionism concerned with raising wages and improving working conditions . |
| 22 | Whereas the prisoners were beginning to retreat into apathy by the second day , many of the guards quickly showed that they enjoyed the power they had , and began to abuse it . |
| 23 | He compared the legal systems of different societies , and showed that they varied according to how many laws were based on the principle of repression , and how many on the principle of restoring the situation to what it had previously been ( restitution ) . |
| 24 | We simply took it for granted that women can function well in psychology in all kinds of settings , and we showed that they could by doing our work . |
| 25 | The process begun under Edward I was continued in July 1333 when , at Halidon Hill , outside Berwick , the English showed that they had learned to coordinate the use of ‘ traditional ’ cavalry with the ‘ new ’ archer force , the combination on this occasion being that of archers and dismounted men-at-arms drawn up in a defensive position which showed what successes a measure of flexibility could bring to an army led by men willing to experiment . |
| 26 | Later research showed that they were in fact storehouses and workshops , attached to hut-dwelling communities during the first and second centuries AD : quernstones were found in such a cellar at Barns of Airlie , and a chamber in a Carlungie souterrain seems to have been used for both stone and metal working . |
| 27 | By their preaching and writing , the apostles showed that they had finally grasped Jesus ' point that the Bible 's main practical purpose is to draw people to himself as their Saviour . |
| 28 | The possession of Tours , the city of St Martin , an important market and a vital communications centre , gave the Angevins a tremendous strategic advantage ; and the building of the great castles of Chinon , Loches and Loudun showed that they were determined to hold on to it . |
| 29 | A high proportion of pupils gave an answer which showed that they could represent the number to one decimal place : 31 per cent gave the answer 2.3 , seven per cent gave 2.4 and 22 per cent gave 2.3 . |
| 30 | Part of the misconception arose because the bones of early humans have often been found with bones of other animals , and it was simplistically assumed that this showed that they had killed and eaten other animals , and had later died amid the remains of previous meals . |