Example sentences of "show his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other prints , huge and complex , show his immediate concern for tribal life , as can be seen not only in the The Value of Water but also in the six-part Men are Working in Town . |
| 2 | Two of the most successful television hosts are a man who used to call himself Joan Collins Fan Club and wears skirts that show his bare buttocks ( Julian Clary ) , and the other is a post-panto Dame ( Edna ) in diamante spectacles and aurora frocks . |
| 3 | There is no lack of evidence here for his concern for the welfare of his cathedral church and of the monasteries and churches of his diocese ; but this occasionally confused register suggests , even so , a bishop with political and financial interests which extended beyond routine local and parochial concerns , for it includes many documents which show his close interest in international political developments . |
| 4 | Figures in the annual report show his total package of £3,290,474 for the year to the end of March , compared with £653,886 for the previous 12 months , which included relocation expenses and an annual bonus of £69,160 . |
| 5 | In 1909 he was appointed senior lecturer in inorganic and physical chemistry at the University of Manchester , where he succeeded W. H. Perkin [ q.v. ] as professor of organic chemistry in 1913 and became Sir Samuel Hall professor of inorganic and physical chemistry and director of the laboratories in 1922 , appointments which show his remarkable versatility . |
| 6 | Isaac Walton , Donne 's biographer , relates the tale : ‘ Several charcoal fires being first madde in his large study , he brought with him into that place a winding sheet in his hand , and having put off all his clothes , had this sheet put on him , and so tied with knots at his head and feet , and his hands so placed as dead bodies are usually fitted , to be shrouded and put into their coffin , or grave … with his eyes shut and with so much of the sheet turned aside as might show his lean , pale and death-like face . ’ |
| 7 | Mansell showed his personal well-being yesterday by shattering the lap record on Ferrari 's home track at Fiorano as he tested his car for the two remaining world championship races in Japan and Australia , clipping nearly two seconds off the old record . |
| 8 | And he showed his cynical disregard for the system by suggesting that promotion and relegation should be on an eleven-up , eleven-down basis . |
| 9 | After they had talked a while longer , he showed his young visitors out , through the shop . |
| 10 | Konrad showed his young helpers how to make a simple thermometer , illustrate the Davy lamp principle with a kitchen sieve ; and set a warm , upturned wine glass gliding across a smooth surface like a miniature hovercraft . |
| 11 | One showed his racist tendencies . |
| 12 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend further agree that the Opposition spokesman showed his lamentable inexperience of industry when he talked about poaching ? |
| 13 | The Reichsmarschall also showed his Swedish intermediary maps of the whole German battleline , disposed to enter Poland . |
| 14 | The Chief twitched his famous eyebrows , that stuck out of the flying helmet like two ledges , showed his famous teeth . |
| 15 | In 1692 he published a Pharmacologia , an early work on drugs and medicines , which showed his wide botanical knowledge and where he gratefully acknowledged help from Sloane , Ray , Sherard , Doody and Petiver . |
| 16 | It was in this particular field of difficulty that Balanchine sometimes showed his deep understanding . |
| 17 | A short time before his death Harry Chapman had left his Hampshire rest home to stay at Herbert 's home in Oakwood , Leeds , and the care with which he was attended in his last days showed his elder brother 's family loyalty and devotion . |
| 18 | As party spokesman on Treasury and Economic Affairs he recently showed his political maturity by asserting that the Lloyd 's crisis ‘ gave anxiety for the national interest ’ — a view not shared by many of his colleagues . |
| 19 | He received the help he needed and in the next three months showed his superb generalship by totally subduing the island . |
| 20 | His eyes blazed with a sudden fury , and as she cringed away from him in horror he took a deep breath and ruthlessly controlled himself till nothing but the white-boned knuckles showed his internal rage . |
| 21 | VIV RICHARDS showed his renewed appetite for the game with a fine all-round performance as West Indies beat India by five wickets in the opening Sharjah Cup match yesterday . |
| 22 | Le Tissier twice showed his outstanding ability . |
| 23 | Only the capering Carnelian showed his true , mischievous face . |
| 24 | Then last weekend at Thruxton he showed his true potential when he finished second behind Australian Russ Ingall 's Van Diemen , and ahead of all the other Swift drivers . |
| 25 | The elegant plans , in indian ink on vellum , which he presented to his clients , showed his proposed alterations to the landscape , often with serpentine lakes whose ends were concealed in woodland , with single trees and clumps set in parkland and with tree belts around the boundary , often with a ‘ ride round the Improvements ’ winding through them . |
| 26 | The face was dark for a second , then he puffed again , and the glow showed his own features . |
| 27 | An unedifying dispute with the incumbent of Christ church ( a church built by his company ) over control of local schools showed his uncompromising bent . |
| 28 | By contrast , the Democratic candidate , Franklin D. Roosevelt , radiating confidence and optimism , showed his positive enjoyment of the political battle . |
| 29 | Manolo showed his dazzling choppers again , and took the file . |
| 30 | A spell of what Parrott described as ‘ the best snooker I 've played this season ’ enabled him to take a 6-2 interval lead which he then increased to 8-2 before Taylor showed his renowned tenacity by winning the next four frames . |