Example sentences of "[is] show by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That there is something he does not know is shown by the fact that if he were to gain his sight , he would come to know something that he previously had not known . |
| 2 | In the United States there is an extensive research programme on neighbourhood policing based at the University of Michigan , and considerable interest is shown by the federal and central governments . |
| 3 | The failure of the Mengistu regime is shown by the success of this uneasy coalition . |
| 4 | In the existing law this is shown by the requirement of reasonable self-control , and by the ( probable ) exclusion of conduct known to be legally justified from the category of sufficient provocation . |
| 5 | The reliability of such evidence is shown by the fact that jurors in other counties swore that John had afforested Hewelsfield in the Forest of Dean , and the wood of Ross in Herefordshire , both of which are recorded in Domesday Book as being then within the royal forest . |
| 6 | The opposite condition is shown by the hamadryas baboon : the male enforces a direction of march through biting the necks of recalcitrant females until they follow him . |
| 7 | That such shifts did indeed take place , is shown by the geological and biological conformity at the edges which once joined together . |
| 8 | The political semi-literacy implied is shown by the fact that the coverage they get is considerably more than that afforded to ‘ real ’ politics which is focused on the party political broadcasts preserved , like flies in amber , from earlier serious political coverage on radio and television . |
| 9 | But standards of teaching were good ; just how good is shown by the large number of South African dancers who won leading positions in British companies before and after the 1939 war . |
| 10 | That such genes exist is shown by the many mutants in the genes of mice that can result in abnormal limb development . |
| 11 | The difference between Cantal and Powys is shown by the farm size distribution based on sheep numbers ( Table 10 ) . |
| 12 | The practical effect of this rule is shown by the case of Council of Engineering Institutions v Maddison ( 1976 ) . |
| 13 | That arbitration may often prove less attractive than was originally thought is shown by the case of Goodman v Winchester and Alton Railway plc ( 1984 ) . |
| 14 | The success of these names is shown by the fact that they have been admired by Chinese scholars such as Dr Lin Yutang , Dr Cheng Te-K'un , Dr Hollington Tong and others . |
| 15 | The year in which the product was made is shown by the number in the middle of the circle . |
| 16 | That the focusing preference here is at most a weak one is shown by the fact that in both cases , the wrong reading is still plausible , so the decision must be made on comparative , not absolute , grounds . |
| 17 | The changing pattern of agriculture in Sussex is shown by the Ministry of Agriculture Annual Returns and is outlined in Table VII ( p. 37 ) . |
| 18 | Winter visitors disperse quite rapidly in April and May , and little through passage in spring is shown by the counts in Fig. 2 , except in 1973 and 1974 when a marked movement occurred in the second half of February . |
| 19 | with all its attendant trivialities , occupied the Royal Society for some time and even King George III was drawn into the argument as is shown by the contemporary jingle : |
| 20 | The supreme example of spiny defence is shown by the porcupine fish , a small inflatable creature that can puff itself up into a prickly sphere , either with an intake of water when under the surface , or with air when it has been caught and removed from the sea . |
| 21 | The importance of schemes like Options is shown by the fact that so many other car makers have rushed to follow Ford 's lead ’ |
| 22 | As an avid collector of folk tales , Robert Burns knew the story of King Coilus and the legend of Old King Cole , as is shown by the opening lines of his poem The Twa Dogs : — |
| 23 | Dalrymple 's evil vindictiveness is shown by the wording of a letter he wrote to the leader of the men who were to carry out his plans — ‘ It is a work of charity to be exact in rooting out that damned sept ( clan ) , the worst in all the highlands … . |
| 24 | The width of the game 's popularity throughout the world is shown by the number of countries to which Kay & Company have sold stones . |
| 25 | That Nafferton is a pleasant place to live is shown by the rapid sale of new houses , both to local people and those from further afield . |
| 26 | But that it may be redirected towards other ends is shown by the way in which labor difficulties become unpopular during war when employers and employees unite against a common foe ’ |
| 27 | I made during my year a number of lasting friendships , some of which have actually turned into professional assistance in different parts of the country , and the fact that people genuinely enjoy meeting each other is shown by the annual reunions which take place , entirely at the personal expense of the individuals , which demonstrate the bond of friendship which our Institute can bring about . |
| 28 | ’ The word cratch was until recently in common use in Yorkshire for a large basket , and its antiquity is shown by the fact it occurs in a gloss in the Gospels written about the time of the Norman Conquest . |
| 29 | The ‘ big six ’ control approximately half of the UK 's public houses , as is shown by the following table : |
| 30 | However , that there is nothing inherently unacceptable in the idea of males performing tending tasks is shown by the established presence of men in nursing and of the increasing numbers employed as care assistants , even in domiciliary care . |