Example sentences of "show how [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Political maps of the time show how complex the situation really was when Rodrigo began to exercise an influence .
2 What television can not do is convey the rise and fall of the holes and show how undulating the land is .
3 The figures are good news and show how successful the company has been in a competitive market .
4 The figures in the table below show how grim the situation was .
5 All religions show how difficult the path is to embodying their high moral ideals — they acknowledge a high failure rate , the majority do not come anywhere near achieving what they should , and the more saintly or holy within the religions see this the most clearly .
6 Mr Maclean replied : ‘ The fact that we do have a full investigation of what has been a small emission does show how rigorous the inspectorate systems are in this country . ’
7 At last November 's election in North Carolina , Senator Jesse Helms showed how emotive an issue quotas could be among white voters .
8 The significance of this event was not so much that it was government interfering in artistic freedom , as liberal would-be martyrs would have it , but that it showed how frightened the President was of the populist , anti-intellectual feeling which has developed in the US over the last few years .
9 The quantitative and qualitative analyses of teacher-pupil interaction showed how vital a part it can play in children 's learning , yet how easy it is to waste the very limited time teachers have to interact with each child .
10 The re-arrangement of the New Zealand slip field showed how shaky the home side is in a department which was even more vital than usual in this Test .
11 Although the recent tightening of the anonymity provision for the rape survivor will probably curtail the practice of photographing the victim 's residence , the Brixton gang case showed how difficult the problem of anonymity is .
12 This single example shows how powerful the ideal of collectivism can appear , as it seems to connect in a very real way with commonsense ideas , in this case about Japan as a classless society .
13 Principal environmental officer , Bernard Cribbs : ‘ We used to get lots complaints about dog packs but this year we have only had about two which shows how effective the scheme has been . ’
14 It should be noted that Friedman 's explanation shows how misleading the metaphor of ‘ surrendering one 's judgment ’ can be .
15 Such a philosophy is wholly unacceptable and shows how stupid the tax was .
16 Apart from that , it also shows how wide a gulf had opened up between this sort of natural religion and classical Christianity .
17 Matza ( 1964 ) , whose ‘ soft determinist ’ position approximates the one under consideration , shows how arbitrary the answer to this question can be — in his case it seems to be when you have finished reading his book !
18 ‘ It shows how shallow the council 's commitment to the environment really is . ’
19 The failure to set up a working system for filing and recovering information shows how defective the organization of the Secretary 's office still was at the end of the Tudor period .
20 A recent oral history of schoolchildren shows how close an eye the police kept on ‘ larking about ’ .
21 This aerial shot shows how extensive the site was when Erinoids occupied it .
22 The sample list of libraries at the end shows how serious the phenomenon is and forestalls criticism of the kind I have already heard : ‘ The situation is wildly exaggerated .
23 The continued argument about transport development shows how important a part it still plays in the economy of the US .
24 This quotation from the Muslim News shows how important the distinction is , and what misinterpretation is possible if pupils are not helped sufficiently to see it :
25 Theories of maternal instinct and mother-child bonding are emotionally loaded , and constantly being reappraised ; although lack of consistency in approach brings its own problems , at least this shows how vital the issue is .
26 I think this is about our physical boundaries again , as it was in Alison 's story , showing how fragile the self-image of girls can be , how easily invaded by others — and also , how difficult it is to like your body if it is curvaceous , if you are naturally fleshy , fat , large-breasted or pear-shaped , as many of us are .
27 This fact merely needs stating to show how absurd the law is .
28 Which just goes to show how strong a hold The Birthday Party still has on the public imagination .
29 That 's actually in two parts , as you heard , and the first part is very much trying to paint a picture , I think , trying to show how beautiful the country is , and we do n't , I have n't told you yet which country it is .
30 When the MIGS flew into Fairford yesterday they were accompanied by a general to show how important the display is to them .
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