Example sentences of "[prep] showing [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A FORMER cinema manager was convicted of breach of copyright yesterday after showing the banned cult film , A Clockwork Orange .
2 ‘ Vehicular traffic light signal ’ is defined as follows : ‘ Three lights shall be used , one red , one amber and one green … the lamp showing the amber light shall be capable of showing a steady light or a flashing light such that it flashes at a rate of not less than 70 nor more than 90 flashes per minute etc .
3 I had for a long time being trying to find a way of showing the heat-pain argument to be invalid , because I could not accept the conclusion , that heat exists only as a sensation in the mind .
4 The image of the face is deployed as a way of showing the specific identity of the person .
5 This overview will serve the related function of showing the gradual development during the 1970s and early 1 980s of a climate of opinion , antithetical to trade unions in general and mass picketing in particular , which was conducive to the repressive police tactics deployed during the coal dispute .
6 The move , which doctors have welcomed as a huge step towards showing the true level of smoking-related deaths , follows lengthy talks between the British Medical Association , the Census Office and coroners ' representatives .
7 Marx 's and Engels 's work on pre-capitalist systems is largely taken up with showing the indissoluble link between the type of property and the type of relations of production .
8 The results thus far parallel those of Studies 2 and 3 in showing no overall relationship between risk and recognition performance .
9 So Stephen 's narrative is comparable to Susan 's , in showing a high degree of grammatical and phonological similarity to JC , while at the same time showing distinctively LE features , with a fair amount of inconsistency .
10 In general , the research is clear in showing the critical role of support in the development of depression , but that the relationship between support , crises and depression is far more complex than many researchers have previously conveyed .
11 I 'm sure he 's going to carry on showing the same brand of outstanding leadership he has shown with England for some years . ’
12 The Playhouse Gallery , one of the few public art galleries in the area , is commited to showing a wide range of fine and applied art as well as documentary exhibition .
13 The experimental rig that will be built at the UKAEA 's Harwell base is , ironically , called ACHILLES , The NII agrees that recent work in Canada , West Germany and the United States has gone some way to showing the likely scale of the ballooning effect .
14 How about showing the red card to his dad instead ? — WIN a tenner for your Twit of the Week
15 The penalty for showing a pornographic film is ‘ 500 ’ — oddly , the fine is expressed in pre-colonial currency , not cedis .
16 Late in 1536 Throckmorton was arrested for showing an unwise interest in the grievances of the northern rebels .
17 One way of reassuring the thousands of well-behaved fans , who might well be turned away for ever , is to back up disciplinary action with a publicity campaign aimed at showing the better side of club football .
18 to compete with other retailers who stock similar products ( by showing a wider range of goods , lower prices etc )
19 His crews worshipped him and he responded by showing a genuine concern for their welfare .
20 A professional finish is achieved in part by showing a minimum amount of stitching on the right side of the fabric .
21 Tourists can stay up to a maximum of 90 days in theory but longer is possible by showing a confirmed return air ticket .
22 This was a welcome change from the approach of the House of Lords majority in Home Office v Harman , decided a few years earlier , which held that a solicitor committed contempt by showing the other side 's private documents to a journalist after they had been read out in open court .
23 by showing the good prognosis of small cell gastric lymphomas from MALT origin .
24 More frequently , the decision to take no action over an individual 's request for assistance is influenced by whether or not the individual acts in ways typical of a gouger , in part by showing the wrong attitude .
25 If the Minister were to detail the matters , he would strengthen his position in Europe by showing the massive discrimination and harm that would be done to the Scottish agricultural industry .
26 Over the decades film editors have built up a classical ‘ syntax ’ of editing , which circumvents the lack of three dimensions by showing the same scene from various viewpoints , rather in the way an observer will watch a conversation by switching his attention from one speaker to the other .
27 With videodisc the machine can respond to your answer by showing an appropriate picture .
28 A European director might have made a film explicitly depicting and condemning the chain-gang system and he almost certainly would have suggested that the system was a metaphor for life itself , but Hollywood had made a more accessible and universally popular film by showing an innocent man hounded by a combination of events and social forces of which the chain-gang was the most obviously dramatic .
29 CAR crime in North Wales has bucked a national trend by showing an alarming increase of almost 13pc .
30 Aside from addressing the genre 's habitual racism by showing an Indian fighter who kills red men because of his own savagery and self-hatred , this is one of cinema 's great stories of incomplete redemption and shows Wayne eaten up inside by emotional turmoil , in his best-ever role .
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