Example sentences of "[be] to show that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function of tragic myth is to show that all things , even such ugly discordance , are part of an " artistic game " played at the heart of things . |
| 2 | The specific objective of this paper is to show that these children have the worst mortality record of any social group . |
| 3 | The idea is to show that environment-friendly modes of transport can be just as quick , if not quicker , than the private motor car . |
| 4 | In questioning the assumption that public bureaucracies are apolitical , the point has been to show that public servants are involved and influential in the making of political choices ( Smith 1976 , pp. 100–9 ; Etzioni-Halevy 1983 , pp. 144–58 ) . |
| 5 | It was becoming easy enough to find biochemical changes that occurred when an animal learned ; the problem was to show that such changes were really part of the memory-making process . |