Example sentences of "[was/were] shown [prep] be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This is in contrast to previous findings , in which cultures of dissociated anterior mesenchyme were shown to be more responsive to FGF than were cultures of posterior mesenchyme .
2 The claims of the army , that the Vietcong were too weak to launch a major attack , were shown to be quite unjustified .
3 Of more political significance was the fact that opposition to Model B from local government , irrespective of party , was shown to be very strong .
4 Gastric emptying was shown to be very rapid or biphasic with a rapid early component in 85 ( 79% ) patients , normal in 14 ( 13% ) , and abnormally slow in eight ( 7% ) patients .
5 Pimlico was shown to be comparatively resistant to clamping , as were Mayfair , Soho and Knightsbridge , all of them part of the original clamping area .
6 They felt that with the Emperor 's death , their Christian God had deserted them , or had proven incomprehensibly capricious ; or more positively they felt that Allah suddenly was shown to be more powerful and
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