Example sentences of "has shown a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENGLAND flew to Poland yesterday with reliance placed in a defence that , like Bobby Robson , has shown a talent for confounding the critics . |
| 2 | When these chambers have been maintained in constant conditions , the electrical activity from slices of the SCN , but not from other regions of the brain , has shown a daily rhythm . |
| 3 | The volume of beer sold through Greenall 's pubs over the last couple of months has shown a fall on 1988 levels , said the group financial director , Mr Michael Davis , as he unveiled profits up 10.5 per cent to £52million for the year to September . |
| 4 | At its best the religious life for women has shown a sure and thorough knowledge of the difference between function models and role models . |
| 5 | He has not won it since he demolished John Parrott in 1989 — and he has shown a total commitment and desire to lift the trophy at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield on May 4 . |
| 6 | A great deal of the argument against central controls has stressed that local government has shown a greater ability to reduce spending than the departments of central government and even the Audit Commission — in the early 1980s — has acknowledged that the operation of central rules may actually have encouraged increased levels of spending and a reduction in the accuracy of information feeding into the centre ( Audit Commission , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | Birds have been noted regularly into April , and sea-watching has shown a passage in March and April , which is sometimes also reflected on inland waters . |
| 8 | ( It is curious that Mr. Cleaver is at pains to accuse Israel of war crimes , when his previous correspondence in the press has shown a soft spot for Nazi war criminals who may still be living in Britain ) . |
| 9 | Recently an intact chemoreceptor system has shown a rapid response to amino acids in a biosensor , using the olfactory organ of the blue crab . |
| 10 | Little of scholarly value has been written on crime in colonial South Asia , but the work which is available has shown a strong positive relationship between property crime , including robbery , and depressed economic conditions . |
| 11 | We are also dealing with a man who has shown a marked inability to ever grow up . |
| 12 | For a man painted as a heartless thug last week , Blissett himself has shown a lot of character . |
| 13 | For the past century , the global chemical industry has shown a tendency to arrange itself as a cosy club , and ICI has fitted the pattern . |
| 14 | Beer consumption in the early 1980s has shown a decline . |
| 15 | You should try to prevent this situation arising , possibly by exercising the dog on the leash for a day or so if it has shown a tendency to behave in this fashion in the past . |
| 16 | In a post-imperial age it has shown a vitality more than sufficient to live to itself . |
| 17 | Belser have previously published facsimile editions of books and manuscripts in the Vatican.The Archbishop of Cologne has shown a keen interest in the refurbished ‘ Archbishop 's ’ museum and is supporting the new director , Joachim M. Plotzek , in his efforts to gain international recognition for the museum . |
| 18 | Latterly his painting has shown a new freedom of expression , developed through a complex series of preliminary works to final canvas . |
| 19 | ‘ Carnelian has shown a perverse attraction to you too , Jaq . |
| 20 | On evidence ( to date limited ) , Gorbachev , like his patron , has shown a strong interest in the East German reforms , which strengthen the centre ( the State planning Commission ) and enterprises at the expense of intermediaries ( ministries ) — rather than the Hungarian reform , which strengthens markets . |
| 21 | These strictures apply specifically to financial services ; an important and different case is that of tourism where the UK 's world share has shown a marked improvement particularly since 1974 [ ibid ] . |
| 22 | If Lotus has shown a total lack of imagination in developing 1-2-3 for Windows , maybe it 's because all its innovative effort has been poured into Improv . |
| 23 | Other prospects include Cligga Head , a greisenised granite on the north Cornwall coast which has been examined by adits and drilling , and Redmoor , where drilling has shown a large , low-grade sheeted vein swarm up to 80 m wide and several hundred metres long . |
| 24 | The GMC 's policy on advertising services to patients is inconsistent , and in this case it has shown a regrettable reluctance to deal with the issue of treatments that are not scientifically validated . |
| 25 | ‘ In recent years the investment-linked scheme has shown a better return — around 15 or 16 per cent over the past five years , ’ says Feek . |
| 26 | The flaws in some of the ideas put forward by the Board have been cogently exposed , but it has shown a welcome willingness to take account of criticisms and alter its position accordingly . |
| 27 | Within AEA itself , an accident costing scheme has shown a failure of a lifting cable on a reach truck to have cost the company £4234 , and a crane cable failure ( 25kg weight ) £114 651 . |
| 28 | Michael Chisholm , in discussing the siting of settlements , has shown a general consistency in the use of land around settlements , with paddocks close at hand , arable immediately adjacent , and resources such as pasture and woodland at some distance . |
| 29 | To keep juries for all crown court trials including fraud — the Commission 's own research has shown a high level of satisfaction with the jury system and their ability to understand the evidence . |
| 30 | ‘ All our research has shown a general lack of awareness of AEA which we have to overcome if we are to break into new markets at the rate determined by our ambitious sales targets , ’ added . |