Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] show that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first study we were able to show that clients treated in either mode were significantly less depressed at the end of treatment than those held on a waiting list for the same length of time ( Scott and Stradling , 1990 ) , and that this reduction in symptoms was maintained for up to 12 months post treatment — see Figure 3 . |
| 2 | Clutton-Brock ( 1974 ) , for example , using finer instruments and methods than the earlier work , and applying it to species contrasts , was able to show that differences between two colobus species living in the same forest were functions of their feeding ecology . |
| 3 | He was able to show that fluctuations in union membership appeared to be determined , at least in part , by fluctuations in economic conditions . |
| 4 | In one case it was able to show that tracks of information were being written too closely together , thus partially erasing each other . |
| 5 | The Workers ' Birth Control Group was anxious to show that women were not going to renege on motherhood if they were permitted easier access to birth control information : ‘ the committee of this organisation consists of married women who have children , and they are not in any way out to say it is a good thing not to have children ’ . |