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

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1 Squid and yellowtail then became the main species fished , but throughout the 1960s and 1970s the pattern was repeated as the yellowtail fishery began to show the familiar signs of overfishing , with catches decreasing despite increasing fishing efforts .
2 To show the tax-inclusive price required to induce producers to produce each output , we must draw the new supply curve SS ' ; that is a constant vertical distance EF above SS .
3 ‘ I got these done when I was sniffing glue , ’ she says , extending her arms to show the impressive display of needle- worked skin .
4 It continues to chalk up record trade surpluses , but the first three months of 1992 are expected to show the second consecutive quarterly fall in gross domestic product , confirming that the Land of the Rising Sun is officially in recession .
5 Emily willed her daughter to show the right amount of gratitude , she prayed that the girl would n't take it for granted .
6 Samantha sank on to her bed to show the helpless state she expected to be in by the evening .
7 Later on , in the episode ‘ The Ambush ’ both Inlay and the extermination effect were blended to show the devastating result of a Dalek blaster on full power .
8 I have tried to show the real gap between Labour and the Conservative party and Government on matters of law and order .
9 The successful birds had two young which were feathered well enough to show the black bar along the grey wings which distinguishes immature kittiwakes .
10 Obviously it had a lot of film and limited time to show the mighty effort of the physicists of 13 countries in overcoming the obstacles to establish the complex , gargantuan apparatus for the experiment .
11 Yet of all the leaders of European Social Democracy , Lenin came to show the greatest sensitivity to the issues associated with the oppression of national minorities , and to the need for dominant nationalities to demonstrate their rejection of this oppression .
12 In areas which appear to show the greatest change the probable effect of the fall of Magnentius has been recognized by Professor Keith Branigan , who has drawn attention to the evidence from Boxmoor , Latimer and possibly Welwyn , High Wycombe and Harpsden .
13 Subsequent studies have not , however , been able to show the stimulatory effect of 5% and 10% ethanol .
14 However , when Mr Hayden stood up and made to show the stranger the way , the figure melted into thin air , leaving the foreman completely mystified .
15 The call , said to show the unhappy state of their marriage , was made in a ship-to-shore chat from HMS Campbeltown two years ago .
16 Furthermore , the fact that the exhibition was organized to show the successive stages through which Cubism had passed indicates that the painters were attempting to make their work as comprehensible as possible to the public , and their purpose must have been further served by the demonstration of the affinities between Cubism and the more readily understandable paintings of other artists who shared only a few of their pictorial concerns .
17 The light , as it grew , began to show the upper field , while the distant hedge and brook remained dark , linear shapes below .
18 A search for " industrialization " must retrieve the 98 books indexed under " industrialisation " or " industrialization " before offering to show the 2,000 books under " industry " The stemming procedure used is substantially that of Martin Porter , split into weak and strong phases and with the addition of a certain amount of spelling standardization at the weak level .
19 interest tax relief , it 's M I D A S right , so let's not start talking about the benefit of public sector housing and to show the financial illiteracy of of of what 's actually been proposed if you understand the government regulation about the ring fencing o of of of the housing revenue account and and the way in which housing benefit is now having to be subsidised by those other council house tenants then what 's actually going to happen when your poor people inhabit those houses , those public sector houses and they need the housing benefit that David 's been talking about .
20 The balance sheet is not intended to show the current monetary worth of the company at the date upon which it is prepared .
21 ww3.pcx Which directories will be searched can be set by pressing the Search button , and then changing the Search path msdos1.pcx Having set the prompt to show the text ‘ What now Fred ? ‘ , the next command sets it back to show the current drive and directory
22 The outcome of our approach has been included in the report to show the current position .
23 a marker to show the current hard copy state of the module .
24 13 With the help of your clock face , draw diagrams to show the following .
25 I decided that , for anything I could measure to be considered part of a memory trace or engram , it needed to show the following properties .
26 It has been sliced longways to show the internal structure .
27 The fresco fragments at Knossos which seem to show the Tripartite Shrine at the centre of the Knossos Labyrinth have rows of sacral horns along the cornices and two pairs of sacral horns inside each cella .
28 The victor settled in the long grass , wings outspread to show the four pairs of conspicuous circle ‘ eyes ’ , scenting the air to attract a female , and to warn off males .
29 Figures 5.8–5.10 have been produced using UNIRAS to show the predicted 1984 population for the Shotgun , Focused and Simple models outlined above .
30 Its object was to show the comparative structure and functions of organs throughout the animal kingdom .
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