Example sentences of "it showed [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The LBS report was uncompromising ; it showed that even with full trains , there was little or no money at the bottom end of the market , whereas with first-class and full-dining trains , there was considerable profit potential . |
| 2 | It showed that the Maronites constituted 29 per cent of the population ( 229,378 ) , the Sunnis 22 per cent ( 175,925 ) and the Shias 19 per cent ( 154,208 ) . |
| 3 | It showed that despite the Chancellor 's unopposed re-election as chairman of his party and his tactical victory over leading rivals , voters are unimpressed with his performance and that of the CDU . |
| 4 | The work was heart-breaking because of the shortage of homes and it showed that many old people were living in distress . |
| 5 | I had a second X-ray on my injury last week and it showed that the crack had healed . |
| 6 | But at the same time it showed that there remained a solid contingent of the defence force loyal to General Noriega , who is wanted in the US on drug-trafficking charges . |
| 7 | Labour 's new environment spokesman , Mr Bryan Gould , attacked the price of shares in the water privatisation , saying it showed that the Government was prepared to accept on behalf of the taxpayer a loss of at least £1.3 billion in order to sell off the water industry . |
| 8 | It showed that only 35 per cent of the survey sample intended to pursue careers as engineers in industry . |
| 9 | It showed that the bulk of job gains came from enterprises employing five to 19 people — some 290,000 compared with only 20,000 from firms with more than 20 people . |
| 10 | It showed that only 35 per cent of the survey sample intended to pursue careers as engineers in industry . |
| 11 | It showed that lighthouses can be — and typically have been — provided by private enterprise . |
| 12 | The census of 1930 revealed the the state of affairs when it showed that more than twenty-two per cent of the population were ethnic and linguistic Germans . |
| 13 | It showed that two-thirds of the top 48 Scottish-based businesses would consider moving south if there were radical changes to the state of the union . |
| 14 | The perversity of the decision should not detract from the flaws it appeared to expose in sport 's crusade to eradicate drug abuse , nor the manner in which it showed that financial considerations were as responsible for the debacle as the gross ineptitude of the DLV . |
| 15 | It showed that family support and child protection were not two necessarily conflicting and incompatible priorities : both required similar attitudes , approaches , and skills . |
| 16 | The most important point to come out of the Crabb affair was that it showed that the intelligence services were prepared to carry out operations contrary to the direct orders of the prime minister who was in charge of them . |
| 17 | It showed that they were ill-fitted to become the leaders of a mass movement , but no more than that . |
| 18 | So there was no place in therapeutics for lysozyme , but it had a more fundamental value : it showed that substances did exist which were lethal to some microbes and harmless to human tissues . |
| 19 | This was important , because it showed that it was not a protein , and so clearly differed from lysozyme . |
| 20 | Like the sulphonamides , it showed that bacteria could be attacked in vivo by single substances of external origin , and , like lysozyme , that such substances could be obtained from living organisms . |
| 21 | It showed that they had an intrinsic musical knowledge . |
| 22 | All the competition had achieved was an examination of the various possible designs , and if Manners was determined to have a Gothic Foreign Office , it showed that Scott was probably the most suitable architect to carry it out . |
| 23 | First , it developed the concept of integrated and comprehensive provision ; secondly , in making a connection between school and wage-earning ‘ it successfully rendered the transition as a social and educational process ; thirdly , it made vocational guidance and after-care appear to be essential features of any youth employment scheme ; fourthly , it showed that the service could offer significant opportunities for exercising a personal influence over the adolescent and his family . |
| 24 | At least it showed that the girl 's mind was working in the right direction . |
| 25 | You know , I was embarrassed to tell my mother that I was pregnant , because it showed that I had had sex . |
| 26 | A survey of the 2,000 or so companies quoted on The Stock Exchange , it showed that less than 5% of executive directors were women ( 428 ) , and that the future did not look much better — when the numbers of men and women in management and on the board were added together , the ratio was one woman to every 35 men . |
| 27 | It showed that it was not going to be a profitable venture over time . |
| 28 | It showed that they were not anxious , that they knew they had a treasure . |
| 29 | It showed that Jesus has a life-giving power no less powerful than that of Elijah before him . |
| 30 | It showed that the German people have learned the lesson of the 1930s . |