Example sentences of "show [pron] [prep] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The finder of goods is entitled — except only against one who can show himself to be the owner — to legal protection against all the world . |
| 2 | Frank shows himself to be the only ventriloquist to move his lips but not his teeth . |
| 3 | By introducing tough new health warnings and refusing to give in to the tobacco industry 's demands , Mr Waldegrave has already shown himself to be the most effective Health Minister since Sir George Young 's short tenure . |
| 4 | Once again , Steffi Graf has shown herself to be the best player in the world by far — in more than one sense . |
| 5 | Such demands failed , however , to quell the discontent , which increasingly focused on Michael Heseltine as the only serious alternative to Mrs Thatcher , a view supported by polls that showed him to be the voters ' overwhelming choice to replace her . |
| 6 | Experience at home and abroad shows it to be the responsibility of the governor of an independent central bank , not of a party hack . |
| 7 | This is one of the things that some studies have shown it to be the case , other studies have n't . |
| 8 | All I can do now is praise the NME for finally showing him to be the xenophobic shit that he really is . |
| 9 | We have , of course , developed many other ways to show ourselves to be the masters of all creation — fox-hunting , fur-wearing , bull-fighting , and perhaps even scientific vivisection , to name but a few . |