Example sentences of "show [pron] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something which is liked by the first person you show it to is likely to appeal to many more people . |
| 2 | The initial results from this implementation show it to be effective in many cases , but rather counter-productive in others . |
| 3 | That control will include switching off heat and lights in unoccupied rooms , regulating heating systems to precise comfort control levels and running air conditioning only when the air sensors show it to be necessary . |
| 4 | I am not , then , when I claim that the existence of God does not need to be proved , denying that we must show it to be reasonable to believe in God . |
| 5 | Thus granted institution of a rule against murder is in general felicific , we should abide by it even when individual calculation of the results of a particular murder might show it to be beneficent . |
| 6 | A cost-benefit analysis would show it to be uneconomical . |
| 7 | The Masai , wrote the District Commissioner of Narok in 1955 , reciprocate the friendship of ‘ all races who show themselves to be worthy , in Masai eyes , of this friendship ’ . |
| 8 | Occasionally long-term contracts have been used , but recent experience has shown them to be uncertain , given the volatility of currencies . |
| 9 | Their Saturday evening concert at the Arts Centre showed them to be individual artists of the highest quality who together produced something greater than just the sum of the parts . |
| 10 | They created machinery to avoid extending them to those whose ascertainable record showed them to be untrustworthy and likely to default . |
| 11 | The satellite intersections with these three events would have been termed ‘ mantle ’ , ‘ cusp ’ and ‘ cleft ’ in a spatial interpretation , but the radar shows them to be similar events seen at different phases of their evolution . |
| 12 | If experience shows them to be wrong , as proved by hard evidence of a growing mountain of unmet need , their only honest course will be to fight for more resources and resign if unsuccessful . |
| 13 | Batteries will also slowly discharge with time so do n't re-use old ones unless a test under load shows them to be okay . |
| 14 | With the publication of what was his most important work apart from the Idées , namely the Extinction du Paupérisme , the Prince showed himself to be aware of the grave socio-economic problems which afflicted the mass of the French people ; to whom he now offered a solution . |
| 15 | Robbe-Grillet showed himself to be willing to embrace this psychological/subjectivist mode of analysis as readily as he had previously accepted Roland Barthes 's imprimatur as the model chosiste . |
| 16 | During his career , the Master of Stair showed himself to be willing and able to flow or turn with the prevailing political tide , changing sides as it suited his purpose or ambition . |
| 17 | In Have I Got News For You he showed himself to be quick , witty and well able to take jokes levelled against himself . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It is correspondingly harder to find something at which one can point , and say , ‘ This shows you to be wrong ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 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 | Quine suggests very plausibly that , even if experience shows something to be wrong with a theory , it can not point a finger at any particular hypothesis . |
| 23 | This dish has a Valencian shape but the crowded design is Malagan ; neutron activation analysis shows it to be Valencian . |
| 24 | The yellow ( red + green ) of the outer part of the streamer shows it to be bright in X-rays . |
| 25 | A sign by the side of the piste showed it to be Timoken , an unmapped hamlet , though there was no sign of any people . |
| 26 | Measurement of the fusion transcript hybridization signal showed it to be identical to that of the ND1 transcript . |
| 27 | This was replaced by Alan Cull , our chief engineer , during the evening at Wick , and a short trial showed it to be satisfactory . |
| 28 | He flicked the light on , and the greenish glow reflecting back from the tiled interior showed it to be empty of human occupation . |
| 29 | Wellcome 's share price lost 85p in early dealing after news that trials of its anti-Aids drug , AZT , had shown it to be ineffective in treating the virus . |
| 30 | Tests carried out by Australia 's CSIRO research body has shown it to be effective against over 30 pests ranging from beetles to nematodes . |