Example sentences of "was [adj] show that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The angular resolution of the observations was inadequate to show that the source was definitely located at the nucleus , but the strength and variability of the line suggested that it arose from a compact source . |
| 2 | Milton , as Marvell , was concerned to show that the establishment of a godly republic in England could produce writing which participated in established literary culture , indeed surpass previous achievements . |
| 3 | Working with a series of transparent resin models in polarized light , Marsh was able to show that a step was just as bad a stress concentrator as the equivalent crack , in fact it might be regarded as half a crack . |
| 4 | She produced much better X-ray patterns , and , by introducing methods to control and vary the water content of the specimens , she was able to show that the DNA molecule could exist in two forms ( A and B ) , and to define conditions for the transition between them . |
| 5 | Mayhew ( 1977 ) has attempted to remedy this , and he was able to show that the bone assemblages produced by kestrels differ greatly from those produced by barn owls . |
| 6 | Both by calculation and by experiments with model cells , George was able to show that the process of buckling and elongation absorbed a great deal of energy . |
| 7 | Given the various substances that can activate platelets , it was necessary to show that the platelet aggregating material purified from gastric juice samples was platelet activating factor . |
| 8 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the object of the substituted section 9 of the Wills Act 1837 had been to simplify the requirements for the execution and witnessing of a will ; that the complementary requirements , of a signature and of an intention that the signature should give effect to the will , demanded a practical approach ; that a written name , not being a normal signature , was capable of being a signature for the purposes of section 9 ; but that where a testamentary document was signed before the dispositive provisions had been written , affirmative evidence was necessary to show that the testator had intended the signature to give effect to the provisions ; that by writing his name and the dispositive provisions in one single operation the deceased had provided such evidence ; and that , accordingly , the will had been duly executed ; but that , on the evidence , the deputy judge had been entitled to conclude that the onus on the defendants of establishing the testamentary capacity of the deceased had not been discharged ( post , pp. 588B–H , 589B–F , 592A–C ) . |
| 9 | One glance was sufficient to show that the regular had been right . |