Example sentences of "[vb pp] to show [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pluralist arguments , on the other hand , are designed to show that the possibility of such criteria is ensured by the existence of logically irreducible relations ; or by the existence of irreducibly relational , and hence essentially " pluralistically committed " , properties . |
| 2 | His article is designed to show that the situation was similar on 31 January , 1950 , when President Harry Truman ordered an all-out effort to develop the hydrogen bomb or ‘ Super ’ . |
| 3 | The Long constructs contain the Ead gene , in addition to 23 kb of 5' Ea sequence and 4.5 kb of 3' Ea sequence ( Figure 1c ) and was designed to show whether the presence of the upstream regions containing DH groups III-V were of functional importance to position-independent , copy-dependent expression of the Ea transgene . |
| 4 | But enough has been said to show that the world of vernacular literature in 1200 was a much larger , more diverse , more interesting world than in 1100 . |
| 5 | To convince the reader of my findings in any subsequent report on the study I would have had to show that the points made by my informants did produce a coherent and logical pattern . |
| 6 | But the campaigns they inspired have helped to show that the forms and practices of literacy can never be ‘ neutral ’ — they always have a political or ideological bias . |
| 7 | A survey record had been falsified to show that the Manchus were not entitled to the protection of citizenship — that in fact they were aliens possessed of only minimal intelligence . |
| 8 | In his view , the letter should be used to show that the Board 's policy in the one county in which it had been implemented for at least two years was a misconceived , divisive one . |
| 9 | The word ‘ appears ’ is used advisedly because , although computers have been used to show that the equation does not work for values of n up to several thousand , no one has yet been able to prove for certain that there is no number n greater than 2 for which suitable values of x , y and z can not be slotted in to produce a valid equation . |
| 10 | It is aimed either at the external hacker of which there are far fewer than press reports suggest or at the employee who though they have legitimate access legitimate lim limited access to a computer , nevertheless go beyond that authorization , but in order for the act to be successful , in order to get a successful prosecution , the prosecution have got to show that the access was unauthorized , and in the absence of clear codes of conduct , clear on-screen messages , that can be quite tricky . |
| 11 | Ample evidence is provided to show that the structure of the labour force in post-war United States has shifted towards service employment . |
| 12 | The use of the word accidental places the onus on the Insured to show that the injury , loss or damage , was accidental . |
| 13 | Apart from indicating past , present , and future reference , each past or future reference is marked to show whether the event in question is immediately connected to the present , is separated from it by a period of time but taking place on the same day , or is separated from the present by at least one night . |
| 14 | Conversely , a high P/E ratio is presumed to show that the market expects high and/or non-volatile earnings from the company . |
| 15 | This is sometimes taken to show that the process of monopolisation has come to a halt . |
| 16 | But in a few cases careful evidence must be gathered to show whether the attachment falls within Cox v Harrison at ( B ) 7 above . |
| 17 | The gathering was intended to show that the government , besieged by a rebellion started by the most elite units of its own armed forces , could still rely on ‘ people power ’ for support . |
| 18 | Crucial to the arguments of Bailey and Bickerton is the scaleability of their data , which is intended to show that the rules are added in a set order ( reflecting the historical development — the " decreolisation " of the language ) , and resulting in a systematic ordering of lects from bottom to top . |
| 19 | 3 The existence of an interest which merits protection The employer will be required to show that the restraint protects a valid interest : see Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 " a proprietary right " . |
| 20 | The SCFW is required to show that the change in financial wealth represents the difference between the entity 's opening and closing equity for the period , after taking into account prior period adjustments and contributions from owners . |
| 21 | There is quite clearly a loss of information , so we have failed to show that the interpretations of bank are the result of contextual modulation of a general meaning . |