Example sentences of "show that [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The potager shows that even the humble cabbage has a beauty all its own when seen amongst flowers . |
| 2 | Official statistics in modern Nigeria show a large majority of the population engaged in agriculture ; observation , I understand , shows that virtually the whole population is engaged in trade . |
| 3 | The storm that had been circling in the distance wandered far off , only an occasional casual flicker of light low in the sky showed that somewhere the enormous battle was going on . |
| 4 | Further analysis regressing log ( male body size ) on to log ( female body size ) showed that overall the partial effect of hunting method ( the effect once the effect of family size has been accounted for ) was highly significant ( species that were sit-and-wait predators exhibited a higher degree of size dimorphism than species that were roving hunters . |
| 5 | The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating the commercial fish species , examination of their stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales were actually feeding on yellowtail . |
| 6 | The final resolution adopted by the congress stressed that the 1980s had shown that neither the free market nor central planning had been able to alleviate unemployment and poverty . |
| 7 | This ( comment ) just goes to show that either the Chinese leadership is totally insensitive to the feelings here or they do n't care what happens anymore . ’ |