Example sentences of "shown [pn reflx] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since winning the super-heavyweight gold at last year 's Olympics , the London-born but Canadian-raised fighter has shown himself to be anything but another pugilistic stereotype . |
| 2 | The general opinion around the paddock when I first started in motor racing was that James had early shown himself to be a driver of exceptional reflexes and considerable competitive temperament . |
| 3 | Over and over again in the past few weeks he has shown himself to be leading a rudderless , aimless Government . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Bradburn has shown himself to be a fine teacher and a popular colleague . ’ |
| 5 | By introducing tough new health warnings and refusing to give in to the tobacco industry 's demands , Mr Waldegrave has already shown himself to be the most effective Health Minister since Sir George Young 's short tenure . |
| 6 | William Waldegrave , Secretary of State for Health , has shown himself to be no friend of the tobacco industry over the past few weeks . |
| 7 | He might for example , have shown himself to be a ‘ little hard-nut ’ . |
| 8 | During the last few months as we have got to know him better , he has shown himself to be exactly the sort of person we had hoped Annabelle would marry — charming , sincere , reliable — with a clear idea of what he wants from life and how to achieve it . |
| 9 | Here now is an Arab leader who has shown himself to be capable not only of standing up to the mightiest military force in the world , but also of retaliating . |
| 10 | Recently he has shown himself to be too easily swayed by Mossadesq " a threats … " |
| 11 | This advocate of the ‘ intelligent education of the hand and eye ’ had after all shown himself to be a resourceful manufacturer . |
| 12 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has always shown himself to be a listening Minister . |
| 13 | Although unsuccessful in his 1990 Senate and 1991 gubernatorial campaigns , Duke had shown himself to be a skilled politician capable of mobilizing considerable support amongst the white working class . |
| 14 | Above all , in his role as final judge and lawgiver , he had shown himself to be an exponent of definition and codification . |
| 15 | The Government of Sri Lanka has shown itself to be increasingly sensitive to the outcry over its appalling human rights record over the last decade . |
| 16 | He named Francis Fukuyama , an American , whose ‘ End of History ’ article might tempt one to think that the struggle was over and to put one 's feet up , thinking that every alternative to economic liberalism , in recent times , had shown itself to be hopelessly flawed . |
| 17 | LOSERS : The Financial Times , which was slow off the mark in exposing Labour 's tax plans and by declaring for Labour has shown itself to be as pink as its paper . |
| 18 | Market related pricing has shown itself to be effective in ensuring that consumers are aware of the real value of the resources they use , not only as it affects energy consumption but also in the realms of energy efficiency investment . |
| 19 | A final point : the assimilation of modal legacy to trust implies that the trust had shown itself to be a more useful , perhaps more flexible legal institution . |
| 20 | Even the Morning Star which is the paper closest to a political party ( the Communist Party ) has shown itself to be anything but a servant of its political masters . |
| 21 | YTS has been a major provider of new opportunities and through its funding mechanism , its special assessment and age exclusions , and its provision of special equipment and services , it has shown itself to be responsive to the needs of very many young people with disabilities and learning difficulties . |
| 22 | Picketing in various forms has shown itself to be one of the most effective forms of industrial action . |
| 23 | It also has certain opportunities , for example the University has already shown itself to be a leading research centre . |
| 24 | MERSEYSIDE has once again shown itself to be at the centre of new writing talent . |
| 25 | Miss Dors , who has since shown herself to be a capable character actress , remembers her bubble-bathing days as a cushion for male dreams with amused tolerance : |
| 26 | Once again , Steffi Graf has shown herself to be the best player in the world by far — in more than one sense . |
| 27 | Time and again , that woman had shown herself to be as scheming and ruthless as any criminal-minded rogue he had ever come across ; with the exception of his good self , of course . |
| 28 | Mrs Pigdon had shown herself to be anything but sympathetic when she arrived at the hostelry earlier that evening . |
| 29 | This Matilda had shown herself to be as resolute and intelligent as her cousin and namesake in Gloucester , but had forgotten neither compassion nor patience . |
| 30 | The two stallions who could not even do the test had previously shown themselves to be intelligent by their rapid ability to learn when they were broken in . |