Example sentences of "they can be shown " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the simple laws of dilution , solutions beyond the 12C potency should have no activity whatsoever , and yet clinically they can be shown to have an effect and , what is more , higher potencies often show more powerful effects than lower potencies . |
| 2 | AMERICAN sports fans tend not to believe the evidence of their own eyes until they can be shown a corroborating statistic . |
| 3 | As we have seen , however , sign codes , although they can be shown to exist and function as language codes ( see chapter 10 ) , do not behave in exactly the same way as speech codes . |
| 4 | Yet they can be shown to be in some sense the implicit guardians of morality . |
| 5 | Such societies make the conflicts of history irreducible to Sartre 's logic unless , like the boxing match , they can be shown to take part in a larger totalizable category . |
| 6 | These advantages can not , however , be considered to be worth while unless they can be shown to lead to better glycaemic control or a reduction of long term complications of diabetes , or both . |
| 7 | They can be shown to range from sites entirely dependent upon the main road frontages , through those which developed a system of irregular internal streets and lanes , to the few with some form of organized street plan . |
| 8 | The proposed development is contrary to the stated policy of the local planning authority where new dwellings in the countryside are normally resisted unless they can be shown to be justified by agricultural need . |
| 9 | Hard-won working conditions and employment protection are now routinely jettisoned by many cowboy operators , secure in the knowledge that if workers complain they can be shown the door , outside which is a four-deep queue of would-be replacements willing to thole all manner of demands provided there is the prospect of regular work at whatever depressed rates . |