Example sentences of "may prove to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A simple leaflet routinely given out to patients before admission to hospital for common , straightforward operations , explaining the operation they are to undergo , common after-effects , the discomfort and temporary impairment of function likely to be experienced , and so on , may prove to be helpful in the sense of increasing feelings of control and might well aid their recovery . |
| 2 | SuperShow is an excellent example of Shareware at its very best and may prove to be invaluable to both the business and educational user . |
| 3 | Part of the point of selling state businesses is to raise hard cash , and taking on more debt to fund worker buyouts in return for low or non-earning equity stakes ( which may prove to be worthless in the long run ) is not a real option for the government . |
| 4 | For a career mother , the three roles of mother , career woman and spouse may prove to be impossible without considerable domestic help . |
| 5 | To maintain the high level of accuracy required , a video of the uses of accident data may prove to be valuable in reassuring police officers that their efforts in collecting so many details about each accident really do help to prevent accidents . |
| 6 | What may prove to be important for future generations of elderly people in terms of care and living arrangements , is the numbers who will have experienced a divorce . |
| 7 | Under such circumstances speculative capital movements can not be relied upon to offset any temporary deficit on the current account because capital flows may prove to be volatile in an uncertain world . |
| 8 | First , I want to comment on some features of the hereditary mechanism which may prove to be characteristic of all living things , whether on this planet or elsewhere in the universe . |