Example sentences of "show themselves [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | The Workshop heard reports of Modern Language departments in secondary schools which had shown themselves to be welcoming and useful . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The all-powerful International Cricket Council showed themselves to be wobbly jellies of men by shaking uncontrollably under pressure from the tainted tourists . |
| 9 | THIS group of youngsters from Durham Sixth Form Centre showed themselves to be canny consumers when they won the county heat of a national competition this week . |
| 10 | The village of Uppercross in Persuasion ( 1818 ) , for example , ‘ had been completely in the old English style ’ , two houses only showing themselves to be superior to the dwellings of yeomen and labourers : the squire 's mansion with its high walls and great gates , and ‘ the compact , tight parsonage , enclosed in its own neat garden ’ . |