Example sentences of "be shown to be false " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the spirit of this observation , however , it is not enough to argue that Marx 's views have been shown to be false by the continuing development of capitalist socialisation . |
| 2 | Both these denials had been shown to be false . |
| 3 | If the fact that the label is encoded there helps in the interpretation of a pronoun referring to that object , the other half of Sag & Hankamer 's hypothesis — that deep anaphors are interpreted with respect to only a mental model — will be shown to be false . |
| 4 | On appeal , this assumption could be shown to be false and the village ends up with a significant new development site ; it is this type of appeal decision which leaves the layman surprised and frustrated at the way in which the system operates . |
| 5 | According to falsificationism , some theories can be shown to be false by an appeal to the results of observation and experiment . |
| 6 | Alas , this conclusion was shown to be false in no uncertain manner when , on Christmas eve , instead of being fed , he had his throat cut . |
| 7 | In particular , his idea that the depths of the sea were lifeless was shown to be false with the deep-sea dredges begun in connection with the laying of telegraph cables beneath the oceans . |