Example sentences of "shown themselves to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Cambridge have shown themselves to be fast starters but Bangert has sometimes lacked the rhythm to capitalise on an early lead , while Oxford , though led in practice races , have rowed strong opponents down . |
| 3 | It seemed to me at the time that the teachers of science at school , who had certainly shown themselves to be opposed to me were , if not actually off their trolleys , a trifle on the demented side and undoubtedly strangers to coolness . |
| 4 | And in thinking of replacing the reverend with a ‘ thrusting businessman ’ , which Waddington believe ‘ is more than suitable for the 1990s ’ , they have shown themselves to be even more out of tune with modern times . |
| 5 | The Scottish Office and its ministers have already shown themselves to be unreliable guardians of our heritage , formulating policies that have — I am told — even been greeted with horror in the Department of Environment in London . |
| 6 | Where loss has been caused by an act or omission which is of a comparatively mechanical character , rather than involving an exercise of business discretion , the courts have , in contrast , shown themselves to be more willing to impose liability . |
| 7 | The Workshop heard reports of Modern Language departments in secondary schools which had shown themselves to be welcoming and useful . |
| 8 | Disease-resistant cultivars at Snowshill have shown themselves to be Rosa rugosa ‘ Roserie de l'Hay ’ , R. rugosa ‘ Frau Dagmar Hartopp ’ , R. ‘ Excelsa ’ , ‘ Felicite et Perpetue ’ and ‘ Felicia ’ , Rosa spinosissima and Rosa rubrifolia . |
| 9 | The trade unions are a problematic force both in and on the uneasy edges of the system of power ; a variety of factors have conspired to produce an upsurge of competing participants and conflicting demands ; elected governments have frequently shown themselves to be weak and vacillating in the face of pressures and problems ; and certain democratic aspects of the British polity have heaped problems on to the capitalist economy in a way that has " crowded out " opportunities for growth . |
| 10 | Science was no longer a programme ; it was a great body of knowledge , parts of which had already shown themselves to be power . |
| 11 | They 've not in the past shown themselves to be very honest erm nor very keen on going into their own archives , and I think it 's , actually takes people like me , who live on the border-lines if you like of the two cultures , to go in and discover erm sometimes embarrassing documents , embarrassing information , to confront them with it , in their own language , so that they have to take stock . |