Example sentences of "shows up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing is invisible to radar , but a stealthy aircraft shows up over the background noise only at so close a range that radar , which has dominated air and combat for two generations , is virtually useless against it . |
| 2 | But the police say they can still prosecute because the real number plate shows up on the negative . |
| 3 | This creates a pronounced visual luminosity and shows up on the X-ray as strong white . |
| 4 | Because the matting is white in colour , the algae shows up against the matting extremely well , enabling quick and efficient cleaning . |
| 5 | It shows up in the way our best run companies now organize their work , regard their workers , design their enterprises . |
| 6 | This tension between economic arithmetic and the prescriptions of economic theory shows up in the discussion that follows . |
| 7 | The special significance of this number is that a similar long-term cyclic pattern shows up in the record of the changing number of sunspots , modulating the stronger 11 year rhythm . |
| 8 | I 've been trying to get through to him in New York for weeks , and when he finally shows up in the office I 'm covered in green face-mask . |
| 9 | The Commodore 64 also offers a similar system but the ZX Spectrum , on which the Light Rifle was tested , does n't and the deficiency shows up in the time taken to calculate the position of the rifle when the trigger is pulled . |
| 10 | When the heroin shows up in the flour , Gary wants to return it to the mob . |
| 11 | Sometimes it shows up in the application of particularly conventional designs to these subjects . |
| 12 | In many pregnant women , this shows up in the form of food aversions — a strong dislike for dishes or drinks previously enjoyed . |