Example sentences of "show his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His solution to this problem showed his creative intelligence at work . |
| 32 | He was educated at Cardiff Intermediate ( later High ) School , where he showed his academic paces , winning four distinctions in the senior honours certificate of the Central Welsh Board at seventeen . |
| 33 | The experienced Peter Thomson then showed his younger Darlington counterparts the way as he pulled a goal back following a run of sheer determination from his own half . |
| 34 | Flying Scot Colin McRae is third , but Malcolm Wilson showed his highly-rated compatriot that he is not the only Briton gunning for the Pounds 100,000 jackpot being offered by sponsors Lombard for a home winner . |
| 35 | In Didone , Cavalli 's third opera , he had the advantage of a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello who next year provided Monteverdi with the poem of L'incoronazione ; here already Cavalli showed his dramatic power , particularly in the expressive recitative . |
| 36 | It was during this time that Foch showed his unshakeable courage . |
| 37 | The jokes and the conversations end abruptly with ‘ But this is worshipful society ’ and at that point he shows his real toughness and ambition . |
| 38 | And , although Bratfisch in MacMillan 's Mayerling is a dancing role , he , too , is an onlooker who only shows his real self during his final entrance and last gesture as he throws his flower into Mary Vetsera 's grave . |
| 39 | It is in this market-place of buying and selling that the media man shows his real skill and flair . |
| 40 | He shows his usual great concern about the level of service given by the Huddersfield jobcentre to his constituents . |
| 41 | He also shows his usual willingness to exploit every leak that comes to him . |
| 42 | We are made to wait while he shows his new toys ; a scarlet tricycle , a pull-along duck , a space-age gun playing the tunes of eight different police sirens when you pull the trigger . |
| 43 | A revealing passage from Khrushchev 's memoirs , citing a letter written by the Soviet premier to Castro in late 1962 , shows his complete insensitivity to the Cubans ' wounded national pride and barely conceals his irritation at what he evidently believed to be ingratitude on Castro 's part . |
| 44 | There , in the present instance , is the Tilton gallery where Gorchov shows his newest ‘ pure ’ abstractions from 5 to 30 May . |
| 45 | This action shows his psychopathic nature of killing out of a mere whim without reason . |
| 46 | It 's a great chance for the 27-year-old to revive his career — and Halifax could make the move permanent if he shows his fearsome form of three seasons ago . |
| 47 | The God " whose name is jealous " : shows his passionate love for his people : see Exodus 34:14 . |
| 48 | It shows his remarkable powers of orchestration and his unique gift for melody and was played with fire and fervency ; a fine foretaste of the delights of Mozart 's G major piano concerto No 17 K453 . |
| 49 | The artist paints the face and body of the sitter , but in fact he shows his own feelings . |
| 50 | ‘ Dunbar shows his true colours ! ’ |
| 51 | 3.10:TOP weight Shoon Wind has not shown his best form for quite some time , while recent Sedgefield second Galadine is nothing special . |
| 52 | Many punters will convince themselves that College Chapel will reverse the form over Haydock 's extra furlong , but Vincent O'Brien 's Royal Ascot winner has shown his best form on a soft surface and , barring an unexpected downpour , will not encounter those conditions here . |
| 53 | Out of sight , shielded by riot and revelry and now a quarter of a century older , lurks the poet who boasted he had not shown his young mug in Poor People : the sober laborious craftsman determined that his tone shall save everything . |
| 54 | Deng Xiaoping has shown his usual political skill in balancing off rival factions . |
| 55 | ‘ He is a smashing , modest lad who has not shown his full repertoire yet . |
| 56 | If he is back to his best , Haydock racegoers are in for a thrilling contest , but I prefer to wait until Playschool has shown his old sparkle before backing him . |
| 57 | If he is back to his best , Haydock racegoers are in for a thrilling contest , but I prefer to wait until Playschool has shown his old sparkle before backing him . |
| 58 | Benjamin ‘ Bibi ’ Netanyahu , the recently elected leader of the dispirited party , is concerned above all to maintain unity , and has not yet shown his own hand . |
| 59 | This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak . |
| 60 | TOUGH guy actor Charles Bronson has shown his soft side by telling the world of the ‘ beautiful girl ’ who has changed his life . |