Example sentences of "to show [Wh adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps her greatest achievement with the chimps at Gombe has been to show how astonishingly close they are to humanity — and so to narrow the gap between us and the rest of the animal world . |
| 2 | I have dwelt upon this small piece of local topography in order to show how here and there , and possibly oftener than we think , roads came into existence to serve a special and limited purpose . |
| 3 | All this evidence only goes to show how easy it would be to build up a completely distorted picture of the life of Massalia in the Hellenistic period . |
| 4 | West mercia police are taking this car onto the streets to show how easy it can be for thieves , but also how difficult it can be made for them . |
| 5 | ‘ Just to show how nice I really am . ’ |
| 6 | Bringing a copy of this picture to the instrument for comparison only served to show how right these first impressions were ( illus.2 ) : there were the same keys , the characteristically carved end-blocks , the lockboard batten and the nicely rounded crown on the spine adjacent , the colour of the veneer , the same stop knob in the same place — and leaning against this harpsichord the most revered of all ‘ English ’ composers , Handel himself ! |
| 7 | And with a smile on his face to show how enormously pleased he was . |
| 8 | I had to do something to show how strongly we all felt . |
| 9 | Pygmalion , from which My Fair Lady was derived , attempts to show how easily England 's class system can be subverted by the acquisition of the correct accent and attitude . |
| 10 | It may be that , in his desire to show how little support his findings give for the Blauner and Mallet theses about the determining influence of technology , Gallie underplays the role technology can play . |
| 11 | Here , I shall look at some examples of internal linguistic variation in Belfast in ( roughly ) ascending order of generality in order to show how little we can rely on outside norms in preparing a sociolinguistic analysis . |
| 12 | I am afraid that the remarks of the hon. Members for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) and for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) about market forces only go to show how little they understand them . |
| 13 | Long string of jokes about the funeral , as though to show how well he was taking it . |
| 14 | These tasks are meant to be stressful and to show how well the student can use the languages in difficult circumstances . |
| 15 | It just goes to show how well he 's done , he was playing in the early seventies , but we should win ; what we 've got to do tomorrow is not just win well , but we 've got to pick up those points , we must win . |
| 16 | Two examples will be cited — one from the field of manual work and one from the field of intellectual work to show how socially useful design would result in quite different systems . |
| 17 | The winger 's dramatically improved form has been a key factor in Norwich 's surprise success and Fox believes that a visit to Manchester United , which also sees the return of £800,000 striker Mark Robins to Old Trafford , will provide the perfect stage to show how far he has progressed . |
| 18 | It all went to show how far away she had grown from the life she had been used to lead ; and the marriage , of course , explained Papa 's sudden permission for her own . |
| 19 | Probably the party would come in plain dinner dresses , just to show how far above such things they were . |
| 20 | But its greater significance is as a bench mark serving to show how far the Labour Party , influenced by experience in government and by the pressure of opinion in a political democracy , had revised its prospectus . |
| 21 | The next 40 years were to show how far this ideal would be achieved . |
| 22 | Here the NI draws evidence from around the globe to show how far short of that lofty goal we are likely to fall . |
| 23 | But there is no literature other than in guidance papers produced by , for instance , the National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Headteachers , to show how far a head should consult other members of staff . |
| 24 | But France , perhaps the most heavily governed nation in early modern Europe , serves to show how lightly bureaucracy weighed upon the population of England . |
| 25 | Juliet 's friend had tried not to show how deeply she was hurt , but everyone knew . |
| 26 | Otherwise , he said , congressmen should hand the job over to him — and he snapped his fingers to show how quickly and easily he could cut defence spending by that measly amount . |
| 27 | The target of two-thirds of average earnings was literally pulled out of the air , in order to show how low the pay rates were in Wage Council industries . |
| 28 | Figure 4 Daily counting chart to show how often a child does something within a given period of time Source : M. Herbert , Behavioural Treatment of Children with Problems ( London : Academic Press , 1987 ) |
| 29 | Black Blossom dared to tease him about his height and wiggle her huge breasts in his face to show how much taller she was by comparison . |
| 30 | As part of the process , the BBC also commissioned a confidential report to show how much it could make from broadcasting commercials to supplement the licence fee . |