Example sentences of "be [adj] to show that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since every coin bears a mint-name , and most hoards containing Charles 's coins are dateable to within a decade or so , it has been possible to show that the coins circulated rapidly , soon after they were issued . |
| 2 | When finally broken down , DEC 's 1992 figures are likely to show that an even greater percentage of its workstation business was carried out on VAX/VMS than in 1991 . |
| 3 | We are able to show that the mixing angle , hw , that follows from the considerations of Hung and Sakurai is consistent with that experimentally measured without any assumption of unification . |
| 4 | For example , we have been able to show that the proportion of time that different species of primate spend feeding , resting , or moving about their home-range or territory , is correlated with body size . |
| 5 | For example , business schools have not been able to show that the Graduate Admission Test ( verbal and mathematical abilities ) correlates with subsequent performance as a manager . |
| 6 | Using early maps , Peter Wade-Martins has been able to show that the present scattered settlements and small fragmentary villages are merely the remnants of former late Saxon settlements and medieval nucleated villages . |
| 7 | In practice , if there is any doubt whether it is appropriate to charge theft or obtaining property by deception , it will be natural to charge the latter ; and in our opinion it would be wise to do so , because this will be a much easier offence to establish than is the present offence of obtaining by false pretences , as it will be unnecessary to show that the owner was deceived into intentionally passing the ownership but sufficient to show that he was tricked into parting with the possession . |
| 8 | If context affects the recognition point of a word , as this result suggests , then it should be possible to show that a context which makes a word very predictable will have a greater effect on fluent restorations than a context which makes a word only fairly predictable . |
| 9 | But if interference effects do indeed operate at retrieval rather than on the formation of the CS-US association , it should be possible to show that an apparently weak association formed after conditioning with a pre-exposed stimulus can be revealed as being perfectly strong in appropriate conditions of testing . |
| 10 | However , in the absence of such an exclusion , it might be possible to show that the failure was due to a latent defect present in the car at the time of delivery ( particularly possible in the area of negligent design ) and this could then be the basis for a claim that there was a breach of the warranty of merchantable quality at the time of delivery . |
| 11 | Since a captive insurance company is not economic if the group can not obtain a tax deduction for premiums paid to it , the group must be able to show that the captive has substance and is in a position to meet its obligations under insurance policies . |
| 12 | The point of introducing averages is to be able to show that the ideal type is relevant to the actual world . |
| 13 | ‘ In both cases it is an essential first step for the wife to be able to show that the husband was acting as agent for the creditor in procuring her signature . |
| 14 | It would not be difficult to show that the phrase ‘ the Rule of Law ’ has become meaningless thanks to ideological abuse and general over-use . |
| 15 | If a person is clearly described as a " broker/dealer " in the context of a widespread practice of dual capacity in the market it may be difficult to show that the " substance " of the relationship is that he is an agent . |
| 16 | They were able to show that a high proportion of the buildings that still front the main street leading from the church to the market place were retail shops , public houses and other commercial properties whose owners lived on the premises , usually above or behind the shop . |
| 17 | In both studies , then , we were able to show that the results for Group treatment were just as good as those for Individual treatment — and , thereby , more cost effective in use of worker time . |
| 18 | They investigated the rate of autoshaped pecking controlled by the first of two keylights presented serially and were able to show that the rate was elevated when the first element was an inaccurate predictor of its consequences . |
| 19 | By analysing element of the calls back at the laboratory , the biologists were able to show that the prairie dogs distinguished between them reasonably well , effectively creating a distinctive call for each person . |
| 20 | I have been anxious to show that the nuclear family may lead not to satisfaction but to frustration and disappointment . |
| 21 | Inside particle accelerators it is possible to show that the weak force and electromagnetism are two parts of a single ‘ electro-weak ’ force . |
| 22 | By calculating the arrival time of photons reaching the distant observer it is possible to show that the energy in the signal fades away quickly . |
| 23 | It is straightforward to show that the threat of minimax punishment forever is always capable of enforcing a collusive agreement which gives a firm a higher profit than its security level for some set of interest rates . |
| 24 | It is easy to show that no algorithm that always prefers one source to another can be adequate . |
| 25 | Only a comparatively limited amount of data , plus actual experience obtained from visiting parts of the Auvergne LFA , is available for the French uplands but sufficient is available to show that no significant losses of semi-natural vegetation or habitats has occurred . |
| 26 | It is insufficient to show that the brakes were regularly maintained . |
| 27 | Where there is a non-pecuniary interest it is not necessary to establish actual bias but it is necessary to show that the decision has given the appearance of bias . |
| 28 | To take the example given earlier , it is necessary to show that the statement about the toothache can indeed be paraphrased into a statement about the corresponding neuro-physiological event ( and hence that the occurrence of the latter event is a logically adequate criterion for ascribing the experience in the given instance ) , and this can not be done without making use of the premisses which such a proof might be expected to underpin . |
| 29 | In order to accept that the data from speech errors are contrary to the Full Listing Hypothesis , it is necessary to show that the fate of inflections is different from that of other word-final fragments . |
| 30 | this decision confirmed in the Lords 5.3.92. to succeed in such a claim it be necessary to show that an injury had been received before death occurred . |