Example sentences of "has shown [pron] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since winning the super-heavyweight gold at last year 's Olympics , the London-born but Canadian-raised fighter has shown himself to be anything but another pugilistic stereotype . |
| 2 | Over and over again in the past few weeks he has shown himself to be leading a rudderless , aimless Government . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Bradburn has shown himself to be a fine teacher and a popular colleague . ’ |
| 4 | William Waldegrave , Secretary of State for Health , has shown himself to be no friend of the tobacco industry over the past few weeks . |
| 5 | During the last few months as we have got to know him better , he has shown himself to be exactly the sort of person we had hoped Annabelle would marry — charming , sincere , reliable — with a clear idea of what he wants from life and how to achieve it . |
| 6 | Here now is an Arab leader who has shown himself to be capable not only of standing up to the mightiest military force in the world , but also of retaliating . |
| 7 | Recently he has shown himself to be too easily swayed by Mossadesq " a threats … " |
| 8 | Occasionally long-term contracts have been used , but recent experience has shown them to be uncertain , given the volatility of currencies . |
| 9 | Once again , Steffi Graf has shown herself to be the best player in the world by far — in more than one sense . |
| 10 | The Government of Sri Lanka has shown itself to be increasingly sensitive to the outcry over its appalling human rights record over the last decade . |
| 11 | LOSERS : The Financial Times , which was slow off the mark in exposing Labour 's tax plans and by declaring for Labour has shown itself to be as pink as its paper . |
| 12 | Market related pricing has shown itself to be effective in ensuring that consumers are aware of the real value of the resources they use , not only as it affects energy consumption but also in the realms of energy efficiency investment . |
| 13 | Even the Morning Star which is the paper closest to a political party ( the Communist Party ) has shown itself to be anything but a servant of its political masters . |
| 14 | YTS has been a major provider of new opportunities and through its funding mechanism , its special assessment and age exclusions , and its provision of special equipment and services , it has shown itself to be responsive to the needs of very many young people with disabilities and learning difficulties . |
| 15 | Picketing in various forms has shown itself to be one of the most effective forms of industrial action . |
| 16 | Experience here has shown it to be highly successful . |
| 17 | The theoretical advantage of this technique is that it deals directly with the oesophageal varices without affecting liver perfusion : a prospective study has shown it to be superior to standard and distal splenorenal shunts in patients with portal hypertension secondary to schistosomiasis . |
| 18 | Tests carried out by Australia 's CSIRO research body has shown it to be effective against over 30 pests ranging from beetles to nematodes . |
| 19 | I have seen a kingfisher here and a survey of the pond has shown it to be very important for invertebrates as well as amphibians . |