Example sentences of "shown [prep] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to its biological activities in stimulating platelets and neutrophils , and enhancing vascular permeability , exogenous platelet activating factor has also been shown to be a potent ulcerogen , inducing extensive gastric mucosal damage and hamorrhage associated with septic shock . |
| 2 | This kinase has been purified and shown to be a multicomponent complex consisting of an approximately 350 kDa catalytic subunit and a heterodimeric DNA-binding subunit ( 6 , 10 , 11 ) . |
| 3 | A second and more serious line of criticism is that the empress 's claims to real enlightenment and concern for the welfare of her subjects are shown to be a hollow pretence by the intensification and geographical extension of serfdom in Russia during her reign . |
| 4 | In relative terms , Britain was shown to be a middle-ranking power with her ability to take independent military action strictly limited . |
| 5 | There is a famous sequence of " Going over the top " in the First World War which has been shown to be a staged sequence . |
| 6 | The Colonial Office Circular of 1909 to its employees on ‘ immoral relations with native women , is shown to be a crucial development which involved ‘ a massive and indeed revolutionary intrusion of public authority into the private lives of official classes overseas ’ . |
| 7 | Dictionary definitions constitute a valuable source of semantic knowledge , and the definitional overlap technique has been shown to be a suitable method for applying such knowledge . |
| 8 | Later opium-like activity was found in a group of larger peptides , named endorphins , and of which enkephalin was shown to be a key fragment . |
| 9 | Hotel leisure facilities have been shown to be a worthwhile investment in that they can : |
| 10 | Claims based on procedural unfairness will therefore succeed if the unfairness can be shown to be a serious breach of contract . |
| 11 | The mythopoeic power of music has already been shown to be a decisive force in Greek literary history . |
| 12 | If women are refused credit because of some credit-worthiness factor ( say , not having a full-time job ) which applies more often to them than to men , that is lawful only if that credit-worthiness factor can be shown to be a justifiable reason for withholding credit regardless of the sex of the applicant . |
| 13 | Formation of clusters with unprimed T cells has thus been shown to be a functional feature of dendritic cells ; this may explain the striking appearance of S-100 protein + cells in Peyer 's patches , which are considered important sites for induction of primary immune responses . |
| 14 | This claim has been shown to be a considerable misstatement . |
| 15 | What was clearly stated was that the police have now powers as such to ban an event , unless it can be shown to be a public nuisance , and that they have no desire to fall out with all the local charities . |
| 16 | Sir Roy was a popular choice ; he was managing director of Sainsbury 's , the retail grocery chain , and was shown to be a pragmatic and sensible man accustomed to issues relating to the provision of complex services . |
| 17 | The 1983 Conservative Party manifesto argued ( p. 37 ) that the six metropolitan county councils and the GLC had ‘ been shown to be a wasteful and unnecessary tier of government ’ . |
| 18 | FEARS were expressed yesterday that safety plans for North Sea platforms may put too much emphasis on equipment and hardware , rather than management and human factors , which were shown to be a main contributory cause of the Piper Alpha disaster . |
| 19 | The — s of cows can be shown to be a semantic constituent by the normal test : |
| 20 | It would seem reasonable , in general , that if a sequence of elements AB can be shown to be a semantic constituent , and one of the parts of the sequence satisfies the recurrent contrast criterion , then the status of semantic constituent should be accorded to the remaining part of the sequence , even if it does not satisfy the recurrent contrast criterion . |
| 21 | Garlic extract has also been shown to be a valuable first line of defence against oral thrush . |
| 22 | We describe a patient with Sjögren 's syndrome and an uncommon gastric mucosal lesion shown to be a phlegmonous gastritis . |
| 23 | The centurion is also shown to be a compassionate man , for he cares about the health of one of his servants . |
| 24 | RAP30 has been reported to contain a sequence homologous to region 1b and 2 of σ factors of bacteria , which has been shown to be a binding site for the core component of E.coli RNA polymerase and possibly for mammalian RNA polymerase II ( 19,40 ) . |
| 25 | The drug cyclosporin was then shown to be a particular effective immunosuppressive agent as a result of extensive experiments on mice , rats , dogs and pigs . |
| 26 | Cannabis Teenagers often insist that cannabis is harmless , but it has been shown to be a high risk for certain users . |
| 27 | The labelled probe used in these assays was a sequence derived from the herpes simplex virus immediate-early 1 gene which we have previously shown to be a high affinity binding site for octamer binding proteins ( 18 ) . |
| 28 | However , linear precedence has been shown to be a significant factor affecting the manner in which words associate with each other [ Church & hanks , 1989 ] . |
| 29 | This has been shown to be an effective and rapid method of training but it does require intensive supervision from an adult . |
| 30 | Collaborative problem solving has previously been shown to be an effective stimulus to individual learning in certain circumstances , using somewhat ‘ artificial ’ tasks . |