Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] to show that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is then some evidence to show that Japanese workers do indeed work for longer periods with each employer , but only 20 per cent of labour in the private sector stay long enough to get close to the peak of the wages profile . |
| 2 | The technique was used in a previous study to show that three members ( blood relatives ) of a duodenal ulcer family did indeed harbour clonal variants of the same strain of H pylori . |
| 3 | Evidence exists from the period before the First War to show that some women were choosing not to have sexual relations with men as a political act . |
| 4 | In a general sense the evidence examined in Chapter 2 ( that in many parts of the world , soil erosion , floods , soil degradation and deforestation were probably getting worse ) could be used in a crude sense to show that conservation policies have not succeeded . |
| 5 | If the sitting incumbent — or his bishop — was obstructive , a writ of quare impedit would assign the matter to a local jury to decide whether the living was void or not ; there is convincing evidence to show that such juries were often packed and demonstrably found falsely for the king 's clerk . |