Example sentences of "to show the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although at times he displayed symptoms of stress and irritation , in general Clinton continued to show the resilience which had maintained his scandal-ridden campaign .
2 A picture intended to show the pulling strength of the tractor will need to be quite different in composition from one designed to show the gradients which it is able to climb or the revolutionary design of a new gearbox .
3 The total number of loaned items is also matched against total loanable stock , to show the proportion of live stock .
4 A very effective use is to show the proportion of costs in the manufacture of a product .
5 One gets the impression that Braque wanted to show the spectator as much of the figure as he possibly could .
6 A chance to show the flag !
7 I take communion too often , Anna thought , I take it to show the flag , Peter 's flag , and I never think what I am doing .
8 ‘ Niki boy , ’ said Bernard , walking round behind him and putting a hand on his shoulder , which Landau did n't like , ‘ in the world today , we 've got to show the flag .
9 ‘ Well , when I 'm at home one has to show the flag . ’
10 Charlie said there should have been markers to show the jockeys where to switch from the steeplechase course to the proper course .
11 * Just to show the brewers how it should be done , CAMRA is producing a bottle-conditioned beer to celebrate 21 years of the Campaign .
12 We are none of us too grand or too sophisticated to benefit from the lessons of the cottage garden and we are fortunate that there are still some skilled practitioners such as Connie Franks to show the rest of us how it should be done .
13 However , Australian conservationists feel that in this , as in many aspects of environmental protection , the onus is on them to show the rest of the world how to cope with the problems .
14 And now Faldo is primed to show the rest of the world 's top golfers that he is the undisputed champion .
15 She lost 7–5 6–3 to Seles in the quarter-finals after disposing of last year 's finalist Jana Novotna , but she showed enough , as he has done before , to show the rest of the watching world that she is a major force waiting to erupt .
16 However , Cézanne very often goes further and tilts up the top of an object even more towards the picture plane , so that it appears sometimes as if seen almost from directly above , while continuing to show the rest of the object from a more normal , slightly lower point of view .
17 A civil servant by day he has given himself a mission : to show the rest of the world just what can be done in a glider .
18 He said : ‘ We want to show the rest of the country just what Merseysiders can do .
19 Nor was I surprised that I often had to show the students how language use might be made meaningful .
20 ‘ Angy took her portfolio of sketches to show the students at her art class on Tuesday afternoon , the day she was murdered .
21 It 's the most important scene in the movie because everybody has sex in life and the movie represents life so you have to show the sex scene .
22 It 's purpose , in thirty five seconds is to show the splendour of Oxford .
23 But , certainly , it is my aim to show the work as it is constructed , the ebb and flow of the tension , the musical line , the many voices , and so on .
24 Martin Kunz , the project 's Swiss director , intends to show the work of artists — particularly Europeans — whom Kunz says the commercial galleries have ignored .
25 Fresh Art , the only fair to show the work of British graduates and post-graduates , will be held for the second time at the Business Design Centre , Upper Street , Islington , London N1 from 17 July to 1 August .
26 Out of the Frame claims to show the work of avant-garde embroiderers , unconcerned with tradition .
27 I began to show the work of these young painters — Robin Dennys , Bernard Cohen , Bill Turnbull .
28 Our solicitors have done everything possible to show the work is not negligent .
29 The appointment of General Seri was supposed to show the government 's resolve to fight the criminals .
30 They are appealing to the nation to switch off its lights for five minutes at 8pm to show the Government the depth of anger at the coal crisis .
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