Example sentences of "[det] be shown to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this was shown to be an unattainable goal for the simple reason that the meaning of an existential proposition can not be made fully clear without making use of some existential proposition or other as part of the explanans . |
| 2 | But all these are shown to be birds of mature woodlands , while some warblers and Yellowhammer emerge as birds of scrub or young plantation and edge . |
| 3 | Once and for all , these were shown to be systems comparable with our Galaxy and right outside it . |
| 4 | Leaving out the copula ( to be ) , using double negative , interchanging subjective and objective pronouns ( he and him ) can all be shown to be rule governed and consistent dialect practices , not evidence for an inability to express logical relations as Greenfield and some of the writers she cites had claimed ( 1972 , p. 173 ) . |
| 5 | The ontological version of the argument involves the claim that existential propositions , in the final analysis , can all be shown to be about certain concrete ontological items and attributes of such items . |
| 6 | That is shown to be wrong by yesterday 's announcement from British Telecom that the cost of calls is to be frozen , although phone rentals are rising . |
| 7 | I made it absolutely clear that , when we know precisely what happened in that case and can draw the lessons from it , we shall be willing to learn them and take note of the need for future action , if that is shown to be necessary . |
| 8 | How did the news media , scientists and governments take on board a claim that made no sense within the laws of physics , was based in part on wrong data and that was shown to be flawed within days of the announcement ? |