Example sentences of "show [conj] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would surprise everyone by getting a new speech right , but then show that it had been at the expense of other sections of dialogue . |
| 2 | The CEGB would perhaps be more fully convincing in its argument on fuel diversity if it could show that it had more real commitment to the development and use over a long time scale of renewable-energy technologies . |
| 3 | A figure of 0.86 livestock units/hectare of permanent grassland in Powys in 1939 shows that it had increased between that date and 1955 . |
| 4 | Examination of the metal showed that it had always been in a clean condition with no evidence of corrosion , suggesting that it had never been buried . |
| 5 | Further investigation showed that it had a large number of actions : so large that the trade name Largactil was coined . |
| 6 | Reference to the actual grant of arms showed that it had a very strange limitations clause , for the arms were assigned to Thomas Magnall and his offspring and ‘ any such of the Descendants of his Father who shall write their Names Magnall and by no Others ’ ! |
| 7 | Instead , by separating transmission from both generation and transmission , the government showed that it had rejected the dangers of efficiency losses due to fragmentation in favour of the potential benefits of competition . |
| 8 | Careful examination of Jones ' experiment showed that it had less in common with that of Fleischmann and Pons than the media advertised : Jones measured no heat and his neutrons were more than a billionfold too few to explain the amounts of heat that the chemists were claiming . |
| 9 | The chastened company admitted that the shock loss showed that it had been guilty of poor financial controls and a badly-timed shareholders letter — Vannotti said the board was convinced up to March 22 when the shareholders letter was sent that it would record a profit for 1992 , but he and the chairman subsequently ordered a special audit , after financial controllers warned of problems with the accounts for Ascom 's cable television and mobile telephone businesses in Germany , and a closer examination revealed the German results had to be corrected by $41m — $28m of extraordinary depreciation and $12.8m of adjustments to inventory values , Vannotti said . |
| 10 | The surviving corner showed that it had at some stage been thickened to 7½ft or possibly , as the plan suggests , extended to form a buttress or column base . |
| 11 | Subsequently , the GLC showed that it had indeed become more marginal than the previous LCC and control fluctuated between the Labour and Conservative parties . |
| 12 | This view had clear implications for the state as actor , but the events of the 1960s showed that it had made a false assumption . |
| 13 | The boy stood up and his expression of mixed defiance and desperation showed that it had cost him something to enter this house . |
| 14 | Closer examination showed that it had been cut out — a row of stitch-holes could still be seen , and in two places there were scraps of the thread that had formed the stitches . |
| 15 | The system of " Red Routes " ( urban clearways with stringent parking restrictions ) , currently under trial in London , would be extended , after initial studies showed that it had proved successful in cutting journey times by up to 30 per cent . |
| 16 | A child under 10 incurs no criminal liability for its acts ; a child over 9 , but under 14 , incurs no such liability , unless it is shown that it had sufficient capacity to know that its act was wrong . |
| 17 | The official Libyan news agency JANA issued a statement on May 14 to the effect that Libya would take three steps in order to comply with that part of UN Security Council Resolution 748 of March 1992 which had called on Libya to take concrete measure showing that it had renounced the use of " terrorism " [ see pp. 38839 ; 38884 ] . |
| 18 | Mr Fowler conceded that a union might not always be able to do this but it would have to show that it had used its best endeavours . |
| 19 | So , for instance , a temple with eight columns might be shown on a coin as having eight , six , four or two ; it was sufficient to show that it had a columned portico . |
| 20 | The strike was continued for another four days , partly to show that it had not been panicked by the killings into throwing up its responsibilities and partly to ensure that persons on unemployment insurance and social benefits received payment for a full week . |
| 21 | Once the client was in a position to show that it had received independent legal advice to the effect that the law was uncertain it went ahead alone to achieve its chosen objective . |
| 22 | It claimed that Ms Oruene had failed to show she was treated less favourably than any other candidate and that there was not a shred of evidence to show that it had deviated from normal procedures . |