Example sentences of "[prep] showing [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's their reward after showing so much patience since last autumn , ’ said Gerry Anderson . |
| 2 | When the regression was over , Barry was able to see that , because of his past experience , he had become terrified of showing even the slightest sign of aggression in this lifetime in case he once again lost control and reverted to his former self . |
| 3 | Certainly , we have neither the design nor the actual possibility of showing here the full truth of dialectical materialism … |
| 4 | It is , however , a very personal and supportive communication and , from a historian 's point of view could have the advantage of showing more about the people writing the letters than the scientific work under discussion . |
| 5 | Appreciable variations between subjects , combined with the small numbers investigated in these invasive and time consuming studies , compound the difficulties of showing statistically significant differences and establishing a normal range of values . |
| 6 | It is hard to deny , from a commonsense reader 's point of view , that texts differ greatly in their degree of stylistic interest or markedness ; or that some texts are more transparent " , in the sense of showing forth their meaning directly , than others . |
| 7 | Tallis sets himself the task of showing that much of the structuralist and poststructuralist enterprise is based on a misreading of Saussure . |
| 8 | One important contribution of these essays lies in showing just why this is necessary , with particularly helpful and clear accounts in essays by Anne Phillips , Moira Gatens and Michèe Barrett . |
| 9 | Engels re-echoes The German Ideology in showing that far from the State being the repository of justice , it is the repository of exploitation , but here he does this by use of genuine anthropological materials . |
| 10 | She also felt a commitment to those artists whose blatant and subjective rather than allegorical treatment of the subject matter may have excluded them from showing elsewhere . |
| 11 | The consummate silliness of Beerbohm 's sneer , quite apart from showing just how brittle and thin was that famous ‘ wit ’ of his , has alas a representative significance also , as we see when we put beside it Maurice Bowra , another famous ‘ wit ’ , saying of Pound that he was , not just a bore , but an American bore' . |
| 12 | The forces of Chaos fought on showing neither weakness nor mercy . |
| 13 | WHY does BBC Northern Ireland insist on showing almost an hour 's ‘ highlights ’ of meaningless Northern Ireland matches ? |
| 14 | The success of entitlement theory depends , however , on showing precisely that . |
| 15 | In addition to showing simply that the factors occurred together , Weber was also able to show that there was an understandable connection between the Calvinists ' beliefs and their actions . |
| 16 | One consequence of the bleak winds sensed is that the advocates of these disciplines turn to showing just how useful they really are ; or could be , with a little tinkering of the curriculum , with a little information technology here , an element of ‘ transferable skills ’ there . |
| 17 | But then again , the Golden Höfner was the flagship of the company 's electric hollow-bodied range between ‘ 59 and ‘ 62 and naturally became a platform for showing just what could be done . |
| 18 | A box with beautiful decorations inside — e.g. shiny garland , tinsel strand , a silver star and a Christmas candle ; also a nativity scene for showing later in the session . |
| 19 | Opinion over Dixon 's handling of the riots was divided between those who criticized her for showing too much restraint towards law-breakers , and those who cited her cautious approach as instrumental in calming the disturbances . |
| 20 | Hence we can think of DD as showing also the marginal utility of the last unit of films which consumers purchase . |
| 21 | By showing clearly such relationships between the structures , the memory load for the student is lightened and the total configuration of the language pattern becomes clearer . |
| 22 | Video recording of police station interviews with suspects — this should help the court by showing exactly what took place during the interview . |
| 23 | The man was toying with him and treating him with contempt , by showing just how little he rated him as an opponent . |
| 24 | Care had been taken to avoid sex stereotyping by showing both boys and girls at computer keyboards , leading practical science activities , engaged in cooking and also in ‘ home corner ’ play . |
| 25 | Trying to present that impossible chimera , ‘ a balanced view ’ , the series in fact reflected the existing power relations in the industry by showing predominantly White , Western , heterosexual films , but clearly an effort was made to complete the picture with some lesbian films and with work ( especially documentaries and shorts ) from outside the familiar Eurocentric tradition . |
| 26 | In The ale of the Flopsy Bunnies , Beatrix Potter ( 1909 ) indicates the presence of Mr McGregor in two illustrations by showing only his boots ( pp.27 and 28 ) and by only his hands in another ( p.31 ) . |
| 27 | If the main leak could be concealed by showing only at low tide , Willis thought that the equally serious problem of rain — for the weatherboards were particularly weak in one place — could be solved if he stood directly under the drip , wearing a sort of broad waterproof hat . |
| 28 | Thus Hourcade felt that an artist could convey more clearly the real nature of an object by showing as many aspects of it as possible , and guided by intelligence rather than by his eye , would resort to geometric forms . |
| 29 | The results of the special analysis of the After Redundancy study reported here add to previous research by showing that early retirement must be seen , not only as an alternative to secure employment , but as economic insecurity as well . |