Example sentences of "but [pers pn] proved to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she proved to be a natural and her performance won rave reviews . |
| 2 | But she proved to be a highly effective change master in her organization , responsible for many successful new projects , because she is a superb coalition builder , drawing hardly at all on her relationship with the CEO . |
| 3 | The Community Programme also met with some suspicion when it was first introduced by the MSC in the early 1980s but it proved to be a boon for many bureaux to expand their services and broaden their workforce . |
| 4 | The immediate aim was to open the roads to and from the temple to untouchables , but it proved to be a symbol of the movement to eliminate discrimination against untouchables in all spheres of life and a pointer to the need to abolish the caste system . |
| 5 | They married on 15 October 1753 , but it proved to be a short-lived union for she died only two years later . |
| 6 | I did n't realize what I was saying but it proved to be true . |
| 7 | At first I thought it was some ague but it proved to the Sweating Sickness . |