Example sentences of "shown [pron] to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The general opinion around the paddock when I first started in motor racing was that James had early shown himself to be a driver of exceptional reflexes and considerable competitive temperament . |
| 2 | ‘ Mr Bradburn has shown himself to be a fine teacher and a popular colleague . ’ |
| 3 | He might for example , have shown himself to be a ‘ little hard-nut ’ . |
| 4 | This advocate of the ‘ intelligent education of the hand and eye ’ had after all shown himself to be a resourceful manufacturer . |
| 5 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has always shown himself to be a listening Minister . |
| 6 | Although unsuccessful in his 1990 Senate and 1991 gubernatorial campaigns , Duke had shown himself to be a skilled politician capable of mobilizing considerable support amongst the white working class . |
| 7 | William Waldegrave , Secretary of State for Health , has shown himself to be no friend of the tobacco industry over the past few weeks . |
| 8 | By introducing tough new health warnings and refusing to give in to the tobacco industry 's demands , Mr Waldegrave has already shown himself to be the most effective Health Minister since Sir George Young 's short tenure . |
| 9 | Above all , in his role as final judge and lawgiver , he had shown himself to be an exponent of definition and codification . |
| 10 | A final point : the assimilation of modal legacy to trust implies that the trust had shown itself to be a more useful , perhaps more flexible legal institution . |
| 11 | It also has certain opportunities , for example the University has already shown itself to be a leading research centre . |
| 12 | Miss Dors , who has since shown herself to be a capable character actress , remembers her bubble-bathing days as a cushion for male dreams with amused tolerance : |
| 13 | Once again , Steffi Graf has shown herself to be the best player in the world by far — in more than one sense . |
| 14 | Peter Conrad 's previous books of critiism ismand autobiography have shown him to be a master of a certain style of brilliant , allusive , penetrating prose . |
| 15 | For Forget , who had demonstrated such courage under pressure , ti was a match which , according to Borotra , had ‘ shown him to be a really great player ’ . |
| 16 | Since then , however , two further studies have shown it to be no better than placebo and inferior to 5-ASA . |
| 17 | This is one of the things that some studies have shown it to be the case , other studies have n't . |