Example sentences of "shown [prep] [be] [adj] and " in BNC.

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1 Here is a case for ‘ outreach ’ since , if the library is not shown to be hospitable and friendly by librarians going out to the children , the children are unlikely to make contact with the library in any way other than as vandals .
2 Advantage should be taken of external courses where these can be shown to be relevant and cost effective .
3 The apparent symmetry of this arrangement was rapidly shown to be superficial and delusive .
4 Masculine sexuality is shown to be complex and unstably implicated within the whole social domain .
5 About 20% of care is consistently shown to be inappropriate and only about 15% of medical interventions are based on solid scientific evidence .
6 ‘ but invariably , even when we have needed to correct or update details in our reports , the sad fact remains that the overall portrait of horror has been shown to be true and if anything , understated . ’
7 In spelling out its arguments for the proposed pattern , the Council was once again reinterpreting the balance that had been at the centre of its concerns from the beginning : there was nothing in the Charter and Statutes ‘ which prevented greater recognition from being given to an institution 's own internal procedures where these could be shown to be rigorous and effective .
8 On appeal , this assumption could be shown to be false and the village ends up with a significant new development site ; it is this type of appeal decision which leaves the layman surprised and frustrated at the way in which the system operates .
9 When the Ea transgene expression was normalised to Eb expression instead of to β-actin alone , the Ea transgene expression was again shown to be position-independent and copy number-dependent for the Long constructs ( final column in Table 1 , including Long 11 ) .
10 Liposomes , which in clinical trials have been shown to be non-toxic and non-immunogenic , may be safer than viral vectors which have the inherent risks of immunogenicity , replication and transmission .
11 Where the subtests can be shown to be reliable and valid , such subtests scores may provide a useful profile of the child 's ability in a variety of areas .
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