Example sentences of "to show a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major debates after that time have tended to show a split between church leadership and a large section of its laity on the one hand , and a significant proportion of Roman catholic laity , other churches , and secular groups on the other . |
| 2 | We are on familiar ground , since this idealism is none other than his deeper — sometimes he called it deepest , sometimes highest — realism ; but with new implications in that he is beginning to show a sensitiveness to the actual which no doubt existed before but was rarely evident , a sensitiveness which is now coming out like a bruise . |
| 3 | It has yet to show a match this season . |
| 4 | Motoring : The soaring triumph of the exotic Stag : Blow all your savings on a rare classic convertible which has just started to show a major rise in value , says Roger Bell |
| 5 | As delegates continued their debate over the new manifesto and statutes late into the night , the arithmetic in the hall began to show a slight drop in the reformist support , while numbers of the popular democracy platform doubled to more than 200 . |
| 6 | Lowndes is expected to show a £17m pre-tax first half loss this week . |
| 7 | In an upbeat policy speech that marked the opening session of the Legislative Council , Sir David was at pains to show a government committed to building a future for the territory beyond the 1997 handover to China . |
| 8 | Occasionally , when manpower allows , men from the sections are assigned to beat duty and can walk anywhere within the Easton district in order to show a presence and look for minor crime . |
| 9 | The intention is for the policeman concerned to develop a local knowledge of his area , to show a presence and develop friendly and informal contact with members of the public , although one was adamant that his role remained primarily one of crime detection rather than prevention , this being the responsibility of community relations . |
| 10 | Some bishops , notably Jenkins of Durham , Sheppard of Liverpool , and Hapgood of York , have spoken out about deprivation in the inner cities , the miners ' strike , and the need for government to show a greater compassion for , and understanding of , the poor . |
| 11 | The list is long : the government 's decision in August 1985 to lean on the BBC Board of Governors not to show a Real Lives programme featuring interviews with terrorists in Northern Ireland ; its prohibition of broadcasts with terrorist groups in Northern Ireland ; its prosecution of newspapers which revealed the contents of the Spycatcher book of memoirs by a retired MI5 agent , Peter Wright ; its robust dismissal of the dissenting views of senior figures in the Church of England , senior civil servants , and university spokesmen ; its appointments to various quangos and nationalized industries ; and its controls on local government . |
| 12 | Apart from that there was nothing to show a suspect occupancy but two crushed cardboard cases in one corner . |
| 13 | To achieve this , individuals remain awake and seated for a full 24 hours ( the time for the rhythm to show a full cycle ) and the way they spend their time is as constant as possible . |
| 14 | While a collector may be happy to pay over the odds for such interesting issues , an investor would have to be confident of rising gold prices to show a profit on resale . |
| 15 | While a collector may be happy to pay over the odds for such interesting issues , an investor would have to be confident of rising gold prices to show a profit on resale . |
| 16 | While a collector may be happy to pay over the odds for such interesting issues , an investor would have to be confident of rising gold prices to show a profit on resale . |
| 17 | Dowty may be able to show a near £10million profit gain to about £42million , against £32.5million although the shares have been moving uncertainly in the face of the engineering strikes and concern over defence expenditure . |
| 18 | In its need to show a determination to repatriate boat people , the Government decided it could not wait to send the volunteers home first . |
| 19 | But he appealed to the students to contain their passion and to show a measure of reason . |
| 20 | In 1975 , Dr Seiji Ohsumi , senior biologist at the Far Seas Research Laboratory , wrote that ‘ many porpoises were incidentally caught by the salmon gill-net fisheries annually , ’ but he saw ‘ no evidence to show a decline in their population density . ’ |
| 21 | The steady gaze was only just beginning to show a hint of scorn . |
| 22 | During his time at the BBC , when the Home Secretary , Leon Brittan , asked the Corporation not to show a documentary in the Real Lives series dealing with extremist politicians in Northern Ireland , it was Rees-Mogg who led the governors ' demand that the management acquiesce . |
| 23 | Such evidence might be taken to show a much less intense use of coinage in the former than in the latter , a view which could be supported by the calculations based on the material from Bath that very little coinage was available in circulation per capita of the population of Roman Britain ( see p. 47 ) . |
| 24 | It 's not unknown for an American to want to show a dozen video tapes , each of which may cost £50 to transfer to the British system . |
| 25 | Apart from other considerations , that would be to show a degree of involvement . |
| 26 | The move is a morale booster for Forte , two weeks before its results , which are expected to show a profits plunge to about £70 million . |
| 27 | It comes ahead of inflation figures on Friday which are expected to show a substantial drop from 4.1 per cent to 3.8 per cent in the headline rate , as recent cuts in mortgage costs work their way through . |
| 28 | Yorkshire Holly is on a down path over hurdles , but on his best Flat form remains on a workable mark , while good jump winners Bonanza and Marlin Dancer would need only to show a glimpse of that ability to be dangerous off bottom weight . |
| 29 | All streets going from Valga ( Estonia ) to Valka ( Latvia ) are closed by a 6ft fence and inhabitants have to show a pass at the three border posts in the city centre . |
| 30 | Inflation continued to increase after March figures were adjusted to show a rise from 4.3 p.c in February . |