Example sentences of "was [adv] show the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , the workers ’ movement was already showing the disintegration which was fully accomplished in the destruction of the empire in the First World War . |
| 2 | The intention was not to show the Alien at full length , if possible , and indeed he is scarcely seen more than fleetingly before the end , when he is ejected from the shuttle craft of the destroyed Nostromo by its last survivor , Ripley ( Sigourney Weaver ) . |
| 3 | He paused to let the effect sink in and to allow the participants to notice that the machine was not showing the correct time . |
| 4 | The bank held an internal inquiry during the first few months of 1988 , for which Mr Reed was questioned , but he was not shown the report , which detailed the late take-up of shares . |
| 5 | He confirms having agreed to take a polygraph test , but says he was not shown the results . |
| 6 | THE man who masterminded Derby County 's escape from bankruptcy was yesterday shown the red card by the club . |
| 7 | Nizan was clearly showing the first signs of a defensive strategy that he would deploy to great effect throughout the remainder of his life . |
| 8 | Mr Reynolds was also shown the ward day-room and introduced to other patients to help him settle down , but his anxiety about his condition prevented him from really relaxing . |
| 9 | No my Lord the idea was simply to show the jury that the police are a reminder . |
| 10 | It was then shown the correct diagnosis in each case , broken into five categories , ranging from flatulence to angina . |
| 11 | He then made a full written confession and was then shown the notes made of the earlier oral admissions ( which he refused to sign ; the police however failed to record the refusal in the pocket book though it was recorded in the custody record . ) |
| 12 | The anthropological excursion which they undertook was there to show the arbitrariness , the contextual , relative nature of these concepts . |
| 13 | Marx 's and Engels 's first concern with anthropological material was therefore to show the variety that exists in the nature of social relations , and the historical peculiarity of a society where one group of people treat others only in respect of the labour they provide , labour which then can be bought and sold as though it was any other useful article . |