Example sentences of "[noun pl] shows a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the figures for any of the four main channels shows a significant increase in the number of people offended . |
| 2 | Analysis of the health service performance indicators shows a large drop in the proportion of night visits performed by deputising services . |
| 3 | The 1991 figure of 585 casualties shows a marked reduction of 65 or 10% compared with the 1990 total of 650 casualties . |
| 4 | Preliminary evaluation of the newly available regional geochemical data from stream-sediment samples in the Southern Uplands shows a striking correlation between chemical abundances and the distribution of the discrete lithostratigraphical turbidite formations , the granite plutons and the mafic and ultramafic rocks of the Ballantrae Complex . |
| 5 | This cluster of side chains shows a pseudo-twofold symmetry , and the protonation pattern of the side chains is consistent with this symmetry . |
| 6 | Indeed a recent collection of essays shows a remarkable convergence of opinion among contributors supporting the propositions that Max Weber himself had an eminently post-Enlightenment and ‘ post-metanarrative ’ idea of modernity ( Whimster and Lash 1987 ) . |
| 7 | As one would expect , the organization of book provision within the new authorities shows a wide variety of approaches . |
| 8 | That is true , I suspect , at every level : a recent survey of the responsibilities of secondary deputies shows a disturbing tendency to use them as administrators , and not as managers at all . |
| 9 | Whilst the demand for buildings shows a considerable variation around the movement of the economy , the most violent swings may be felt by the manufacturers of specific products like bricks , concrete , roof-tiles and the like . |
| 10 | A comparison between the 1972 and 1983 studies shows a large increase in the numbers from all social classes gaining O-level qualifications . |
| 11 | Part-time work to help pay for studies shows a positive attitude , resourcefulness , hard work , discipline and valuable experience of the working world . |
| 12 | A sample of thirty Oxfordshire parishes shows a progressive decline in the number of communicants from 911 in 1738 through 896 in 1759 to 682 by 1802 . |
| 13 | For example , the fighting ability and reproductive success of red deer stags shows a pronounced peak between the ages of seven and ten years ( see Fig. 23,2 ) . |
| 14 | In fact analysis of the records shows a steady decline since about 1956 . |
| 15 | One of the New Forum posters shows a well-drawn man addressing a largely faceless crowd , one of whom is holding up a placard that reads ‘ Keep it short ’ . |
| 16 | Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify . |
| 17 | One group of cells shows a particular diversity in its developmental pathway . |
| 18 | But for the rest the similarity in the descriptions of station encampments shows a remarkable continuity between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries . |