Example sentences of "[verb] prove to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some doubts were raised over Britain 's real motives for encouraging the foundation of , and entering , EFTA : economically , the smaller members were likely to benefit far more , which indeed did prove to be the case in the 1960s . |
| 2 | But if naval patronage did prove to be of considerable value to the Elphinstone family interest , reinforcing the impact of the Indian patronage distributed by Keith 's brother , William Elphinstone , the fleet could only provide patronage for those officers fortunate enough to be employed in a command in a suitable station far from Great Britain . |
| 3 | Although John felt that we were pulling a rather large practical joke his sense of humour did prove to be a lot better than most we had encountered recently . |
| 4 | ‘ But it did prove to be a very safe option — and the team did n't even have to get their feet wet ! ’ |
| 5 | Officers ' concern to avoid the risk of losing evidence if the death does prove to be homicide can have unintended consequences in the vast majority of cases where death is natural . |
| 6 | If this does prove to be the case , then the Main Wall area will be closed to climbers for an unspecified time . |
| 7 | And , indeed , on close inspection there does prove to be an overlap between different levels of conflict . |