Example sentences of "shown to be [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Here is a case for ‘ outreach ’ since , if the library is not shown to be hospitable and friendly by librarians going out to the children , the children are unlikely to make contact with the library in any way other than as vandals .
2 Whether human , environmental or financial risks are involved , prevention strategies are being shown to be good business .
3 In these experiments , two kinds of learning have been shown to be possible in a nervous system with fixed cell numbers and connections , by altering the effectiveness of synapses .
4 Individual moral decision although capable of exemplification has , because of its circumstantial and often impulsive nature , been shown to be impossible to pin down for classification .
5 This situation would be the phenomenalist 's ideal ; all such non-observation statements would be strongly verifiable , and sceptical doubts about them shown to be impossible .
6 This axiom among others , has faithfully served science and technology for two millenniums , but was ultimately shown to be untrue , in cosmic terms , by Einstein .
7 This was confirmed also in a case involving Ewbank J. in Coventry City Council V T ( 1986 ) ELR 299 ‘ that access had to be shown to be beneficial to the child ’ .
8 Against this evidence certain points must be made ; no trial of antiarrhythmic agents in patients with increased ventricular ectopic counts has been shown to be beneficial ; in the case of the Cardiac Arrhythmia ( CAST ) trial it has proven detrimental .
9 Indeed , in many studies epidural analgesia has been shown to be beneficial .
10 Endoscopic treatment has been shown to be beneficial in bleeding patients .
11 Some roads have been lost , whilst others have been created or moved , and features previously thought stable , like village greens , can be shown to be recent additions to some plans .
12 It seems that public concern is mostly raised when the pollutant is easily observed and can be shown to be due to some organisation flouting the law .
13 The creatine kinase increase in all nine infants has been shown to be due to the muscle isoenzyme .
14 In contrast , if the supplier undertakes to use reasonable care to manufacture the machine in accordance with the agreed specification , it could be argued that the supplier is only liable for any departure from the specification if it can be shown to be due to negligence .
15 As the plaintiff had not been shown to be guilty of contributory negligence , he was entitled to recover damages , on the grounds of negligence .
16 We are a , an innocent man until we are shown to be guilty .
17 In particular , can the utility function be shown to be separate between these two types of goods ?
18 On Nov. 9 the International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) was reported to have indicated that it would consider halting the shipment if it was found to be unsafe or shown to be vulnerable to accidents and piracy , as claimed by some IMO member states .
19 A variety of phosphorylcholine treatments have been tested and shown to be non-cytotoxic .
20 First , the benefit attributable to the patent must be shown to be current at the time of the employee 's application ; the prospect of future benefits such as royalty payments from foreign sub-licensees is only relevant to the quantum of compensation awarded should outstanding benefit be proved .
21 If it can be shown to be successful at bureau level then there are certainly grounds for extending it throughout the democratic structure of the CAB .
22 Iago 's practice of inversion , by which he destroys Cassio while making him and others believe him to be Cassio 's friend , and by which he turns Desdemona 's purity into a black , viscous liquid that will catch his victims like birds in quicklime , has been fully established by Shakespeare and shown to be successful .
23 Once the project has been carried out and shown to be successful , subsequent written or verbal reports can outline other uses of the microcomputer based in the school library , leading to the acquisition of a library based microcomputer or the reallocation of an existing microcomputer to the school library .
24 The presence of at least some specialist assistance has been shown to be essential for raising the standards of the whole team .
25 Contrary to the official establishment line on fluoride , this substance has never been shown to be essential for body function , and its role in protecting teeth from dental caries is extremely doubtful .
26 A thorough understanding of the way official statistics were collected and of the workings of the administration is shown to be essential for the proper interpretation of these data .
27 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 .
28 The expression of ICAM-1 and two of its counter receptors , the lymphocyte function associated antigen-1 ( LFA-1 , CD11a/CD18 ) and the complement receptor type-3 ( CR-3 , MAC-1 , CD11b/CD18 ) was shown to be essential for most of the lymphocyte/lymphocyte , lymphocyte/phagocyte , and leucocyte/endothelial cell interactions in the immune response .
29 We found that the length of time transported chickens spent in this catatonic state matched that which researchers elsewhere have shown to be typical of the very highest levels of fear .
30 Originally , the lymphocyte function associated LFA-3 ( CD58 ) glycoprotein was identified as the CD2 ligand ; these were the first two molecules shown to be involved in heterophilic adhesion and their interaction is likely to be a paradigm for adhesion interactions within the IgSF .
  Next page