Example sentences of "showing [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been operating for a year now , with the aim of showing researchers both the benefits of massively parallel computers and how to use them . |
| 2 | The animal seemed to understand Sir John 's words for it lunged towards him with a strangled growl ; its top lip curled , showing teeth as sharp as a row of daggers . |
| 3 | In contrast to his father , who was once bizarrely pictured as a shy five-year-old formally shaking his own mother 's hand , there are hundreds of photographs showing William enthusiastically throwing his arms around both his parents . |
| 4 | Too weak to resist , the young hidalgo lay quite passive , showing emotion only when Pascoe , on discovering a bronze agnus dei on a chain , wrenched it off and flung it overboard . |
| 5 | I thought of my interest as being in subjects rather than individual works ; showing subjects rather than the summation of an idea made my objective clearer and that meant presenting the complete thought process . |
| 6 | ECONOMIC indicators threw a rosy tint on the prospects for recovery today with polls showing businessmen more confident and consumers taking on more credit , while a leading pundit predicts a further 1pc interest rate cut this year . |
| 7 | Almost non-existent at the beginning of the 1980s , rail carryings of this commodity had assumed significant proportions by the end of the decade , showing Railfreight both eager and able to adapt to new opportunities . |
| 8 | pointed out that ‘ The Embalmer ’ did not currently use exclusive material and technical articles showing bodies etc. and the members present agreed that this should now be done . |
| 9 | Are all the artists showing works specially created for ‘ Documenta ’ ? |
| 10 | Prints showing life backstage during last year 's York Theatre Royal pantomime are to be sold to raise money for its restoration appeal . |
| 11 | Again , when the L.G.U. was asked to send a party of four to compete in the team event run in conjunction with the Canadian National Championship , it , too , sent four players showing potential rather than four who had made it . |
| 12 | The South East , the South West , East Anglia and the East Midlands were again the regions showing increases less than the national average for unemployment as a percentage of the working population . |
| 13 | The fact that the priest is showing tourists rather than the illiterate the paintings is only half the point that Mac Caig is trying to put across . |
| 14 | With polls showing voters overwhelmingly in his favour , Mr Clinton scheduled stops in Missouri and Ohio while Vice President Al Gore made the rounds of breakfast chat shows urging viewers to ‘ belly up to those tough decisions ’ . |
| 15 | This comes in the wake of a Labour Party survey showing fundholders nationally making profits as high as £100,000 and being given four times the amount non-fundholders are for spending on computers . |
| 16 | It is not simply one of scenes showing children excitedly unwrapping and playing with their new presents — or of shots taken at the party later in the day . |
| 17 | Wherever possible we should try to make provision for children ( perhaps by showing videos etc. to keep them amused while a class takes place ) Please consider this as a possibility when planning an event or rally . |
| 18 | Occasionally I glanced at the TV screen that was showing events already taking place . |
| 19 | It is VITALLY IMPORTANT that ALL fees are paid promptly , particularly P.A.F. and Insurance as the Sports Council Grant Panel will expect us to prove that we are measuring up to their requirements in the Autumn and we can only do this by showing monies actually received and in the Bank . |
| 20 | But she also devotes some of her time to showing schoolchildren just where their food comes from . |
| 21 | It 's as simple as that , he 's showing interest so let him have it if he wants it . |
| 22 | He glared down at her for eternal seconds and then his mouth descended and Robyn felt the anger and fire , still there , but focused this time in the searing heat of his kiss , the grip of his embrace , the rough glory as his hands roamed her body , conjuring desire and need out of nowhere , moulding her to him , showing Robyn just how much she wanted him , how much he desired her . |