Example sentences of "be shown to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For even at the generally modest level of competition that Beckenham offers , the British are shown to be dismal failures . |
| 2 | Also , two of masculinity 's basic characteristics , sexual prowess and violence , are shown to be inextricably related , as indicated for example by the conventional but still revealingly obsessive association of sword and phallus ( e.g. at ii . |
| 3 | But this , it is claimed , may make them more vulnerable than most to negative emotions when they are shown to be powerless . |
| 4 | How many tin mines on the map are shown to be working today ? * |
| 5 | The NCC will not allow the ghost of precedent and the status quo to prevent changes which are shown to be necessary . ’ |
| 6 | But all these are shown to be birds of mature woodlands , while some warblers and Yellowhammer emerge as birds of scrub or young plantation and edge . |
| 7 | It establishes our authority as catering managers , since we are shown to be not only in charge but doing something positive . |
| 8 | That will only be so if the unbelieving partner is to leave , because at that point the values and foundations of the marriage are shown to be violated and at odds . |
| 9 | The dilemmas of decision making for families and social workers are then related to the legal routes into care , some of which are shown to be misused in practice . |
| 10 | Cordelia , Kent , and France , who stand up to Lear , and whose judgement mutually reinforces one another , are right then , and are shown to be right by the way the action develops . |
| 11 | This education may go well beyond simply fostering understanding of the change itself ; it may include needs assessment and subsequent training in the skills and knowledge that are shown to be essential to functioning successfully in the changed environment . |
| 12 | In recent years , Arab linguists ( Abdel Jawad , 1987 ; Alahdal , 1989 ) have found it difficult to reconcile the concepts of ‘ standard ’ and ‘ prestige ’ , because rural norms that are identical to standard Arabic are shown to be dispreferred in favour of urban ‘ non-standard ’ forms . |
| 13 | While 18.3 million adults are shown on the Government 's figures to be gainers , 17 million are shown to be losers . |
| 14 | Whereas a majority , 54 per cent , of households in Birmingham would have gained under the poll tax if it had been levied in 1988–9 , only 39 per cent of adults are shown to be gainers . |
| 15 | But of the winners only 2 per cent are shown to be better off by £2 a week , whereas 39 per cent of losers will be asked to pay a local poll tax that is more than £2 above their then current rate contribution ( Poll Tax Facts , no. 9 , Local Government Information Unit , 1988 ) . |
| 16 | Such social changes are shown to be prior to , and necessary precursors of , any technological changes , such as industrialization ( Marx 1974 : 318–47 ) . |
| 17 | Otoscopic and tympanometric improvement are shown to be associated with improvements in mean hearing thresholds . |
| 18 | It follows that technically it is possible to dispense with " truth-talk " altogether , and if so , the alleged puzzles surrounding the concept of truth are shown to be more artificial than real . |
| 19 | Xorandor examines the narrative aspect of the novel by exploring the theoretical problems of story-telling from the point of view of children whose minds have been formed by their exposure to computers ; here techniques specific to narrative are shown to be central to even the most logical of sciences . |
| 20 | On coasts of coral atolls the effects of hurricanes are shown to be significant not only to the reef morphology but also to the organisms and the total environment ( Stoddart , 1962 ) and in drainage basins in general and along river channels in particular the impact of rare floods and the time necessary for recovery has been investigated . |
| 21 | True-kin do not necessarily love one another , but it is always presumed that they are friends until they are shown to be enemies . |
| 22 | By contrast , non-kin and affines are presumed to be enemies until they are shown to be friends ! |
| 23 | A second and more serious line of criticism is that the empress 's claims to real enlightenment and concern for the welfare of her subjects are shown to be a hollow pretence by the intensification and geographical extension of serfdom in Russia during her reign . |
| 24 | The evidence presented is consistent with a standard single equation approach to asset demands as the level and growth of wealth together with expected relative returns are shown to be important determinants of the level of investment . |
| 25 | Thus Eirena or Belgae ( the Netherlands ) in Book V are shown to be ladies of virtue but vulnerable to aggression from Roman Catholic masculine tyrants . |
| 26 | Even if hospitals are shown to be overused , WHO policy assumes that the people using hospitals ‘ should ’ be using the health centres . |
| 27 | We are a , an innocent man until we are shown to be guilty . |
| 28 | Whilst showing proper reluctance to enforce these convenants , the courts will , however , do so if they are shown to be reasonable … |
| 29 | Other clauses are subject to a test of reasonableness , and are enforceable only to the extent that they are shown to be reasonable . |
| 30 | Underlexicalisation and metaphor are shown to be inadequate for the development of analytical reasoning skills . |