Example sentences of "and showed up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brigadier Canford admired the lightning reflexes , the way she adjusted to a not-very-easy pony in seconds and showed up the others as she ruthlessly shoved them out of the way and cat-and-mouse-whipped the ball away just as they were about to hit it . |
| 2 | Law 's campaign against Home Rule also brought the Liberal government face to face with power politics and showed up the hollowness of the reasoned optimism that underlay Edwardian Liberalism . |
| 3 | Maybe it 's a pity that people have n't lost the head a bit ; that they have n't gone berserk and showed up the authorities for what they are — I do n't know , unfeeling , inhuman , unconcerned . |
| 4 | The sunlight shone through the glass of the conservatory and showed up the piece of gold in his front tooth , the little , gingery hairs in the folds of his red cheeks , the grey ones in his drooping moustache . |
| 5 | It was not difficult to find their way , for the faint glow of the many camp-fires guided them and showed up the loom of the burgh 's buildings . |