Example sentences of "[noun] to show [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is Luke 's intention to show that the rising of a person to new life in Christ will be completed in the resurrection of the Lord after his life has been ‘ a sign which men reject ’ . |
| 2 | For this they prepared a comparative study to show that the lockout was far more extensively used by German employers than by employers elsewhere ( Schregle , 1981 ) . |
| 3 | The onus is on the defendant to show that the escape was due to the unforeseeable act of a stranger without any negligence on his own part . |
| 4 | In this typical example of scientific doublespeak , the burden of proof is , as usual , thrown on to conservationists to show that a fishing technique has an unacceptable effect , rather than on the fishing nations to show that the method is ecologically sound . |
| 5 | In order to prove the commercial value of his coal reserves in the Rhondda valley , he initiated steps to show that the steam coal of the valley lay at exploitable depths , an act which led to the astounding growth of the Rhondda . |
| 6 | They were seeking throughout their work to show that the concepts on which the edifice of capitalism was built , the concepts of the State , of property , of the nature of men and women , of marriage , of the family , of labour , of trade , and of capital itself , were not unshakeable givens based on such ahistorical phenomena as the nature of man , or logic , or god . |
| 7 | Starting with halogen attack on simple hydrocarbons , Gilchrist used various models to show that the shape and flexibility of molecules affect the type of attack . |
| 8 | With the help of Kit Martin , the architect Bob Weighton and the engineers Peter Dann and partners , SAVE presented a scheme at the public inquiry to show that the building could be stabilized and converted on a commercial basis into seven flats . |
| 9 | It is generally accepted that in order to succeed on a plea of unreasonableness it is not necessary for the covenantor to show that the covenantee had acted oppressively . |
| 10 | What it did was to produce complex mathematical calculations to show that the risk of their happening was so remote as to be discountable . |
| 11 | As with other documents which can be obtained at a large number of different places , the onus to show that the vehicle had a current test certificate rests on the defendant . |
| 12 | Party organisers want the conference to show that the party is united as never before , leaving Mr Kinnock free for the first time to sell the policy package to voters without worrying about splits . |
| 13 | Morgan Stanley , Inc , which required the plaintiff to show that the insider trader breached a duty which was owed to him . |
| 14 | The burden of proof is on the plaintiff to show that the defendant 's breach of duty is a cause and this had not been established . |
| 15 | The requirement of reasonableness under the earlier Act was different in two respects , First the onus of proof was upon the buyer to show that the exemption clause did not pass the test , whereas under the 1977 Act the onus is on the seller to show that the clause passes the test . |
| 16 | She rolled on to her back to show that the conversation was finished . |
| 17 | The difficulty for the disposal authority would lie in providing sufficient evidence to show that the odour emission is causing ‘ severe ’ detriment . |
| 18 | There was in his view no evidence to show that the documents were reasonably required by the administrators for the discharge of their duties . |
| 19 | Nowhere is there any evidence to show that the Countess Marie , Chrétien de Troyes and Andrew the Chaplain ever visited the court at Poitiers — or anywhere else , since Eleanor was certainly not continuously at Poitiers during these years . |
| 20 | In brief , there is enough evidence to show that the ways in which ill health and accidents arise are such that the lower socio-economic groups suffer more than the higher socio-economic groups . |
| 21 | In this case , Lord Denning distinguished Bartlett v Sidney Marcus ( 1965 ) by explaining that if a car does not go for a reasonable time and the engine breaks up , this is evidence to show that the car was not fit for its purpose when sold . |
| 22 | Although there was widespread speculation as to the authenticity of the leaflets , experts believed that for the first time there was fairly solid evidence to show that the group was experiencing internal problems , with the possibility that a moderate faction had appeared to question the cult of leadership of Sendero leader Abimael Guzmán Renoso and his military strategy to bring down the state . |
| 23 | Even if true , there is little evidence to show that the bulk of hospital care is particularly sensitive to meeting the needs of deprived populations . |
| 24 | Segal draws on ample evidence to show that the rates of male violence against women vary considerably among societies , that they are alarmingly high in the US from which most of the disturbing studies of male violence derive , and that they bear a direct relationship to the general levels of violence of all kinds within any given society and period . |
| 25 | The defendants were in breach of their statutory duty in failing to provide safety belts but advanced evidence to show that the plaintiff would not have worn one if it had been provided . |
| 26 | If the courts regard the allegation as relating to a statutory condition which is itself jurisdictional then they will receive affidavit evidence to show that the condition is not met . |
| 27 | There is some evidence to show that the poverty caused by the economic crises of the early 1980s has drawn more women into the labour force . |
| 28 | There is already substantial evidence to show that the wives of unemployed claimants are less likely to work and more likely to stop working once their husbands are unemployed , than other women . |
| 29 | ‘ even if Mr. Shephard had exercised some dominating influence over her , there is no evidence to show that the bank knew that he would or might bring such influence to bear , or that they used Mr. Shephard in order that he should exert pressure on his wife … |
| 30 | Warming to his theme , Salisbury presents evidence to show that the quality of education , judged by performance , is as good as if not better than that in larger schools . |