Example sentences of "had proved [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas Hardy , of an older generation , had implicitly claimed to be , and in the event had proved to be , a profoundly Virgilian poet . |
| 2 | Outsiders had proved to be ‘ crooks and liars who covered their positions with empty slogans ’ . |
| 3 | As a youngster Kylie had proved to be a wizard with a needle — amazing friends by being able to run up an outfit in under two hours . |
| 4 | MDC noted that the Retirement planning seminar held on 31 May 1991 had proved to be very successful and agreed to hold a similar event in Manchester on 21 February 1992 . |
| 5 | Chevrolet pick-up with two-wheel drive , painted a mixture of pink and light green , which had proved to be the best camouflage . |
| 6 | Indeed , it was the ‘ anti-social ’ focus of the obscenity test which had proved to be its singular virtue , since when juries drew the line , they did so on grounds of morals , not manners . |
| 7 | Their encounter the previous day had proved to be somewhat tedious , her most thoughtful conversational gambits earning only strange , disconnected replies . |
| 8 | Vera Pinder had proved to be a formidable mountain of a woman , verging on caricature , who refused to listen to a word , but kept aggressively repeating , 'Are you arresting him ? |
| 9 | Mrs Hart was delighted that this tribute to the pupils and to all of the staff working in every section of the school community had proved to be a successful entry . |
| 10 | During haytime and harvest , the four horses bought from his father-in-law had proved to be a boon . |
| 11 | In , his reading aloud had proved to be successful except for a couple of occasions when he had had a particularly stressful day and had found it exceedingly difficult to relax . |
| 12 | Its excellent PR and the enthusiasm of the press might simply have set it up for a great fall if the use of its powers had proved to be weak or ineffective . |
| 13 | The dressing gown had proved to be a long , stylish , ankle-length duster coat which was loosely woven from a delicate white cotton . |
| 14 | His own choice , Mikhail Vologsky , had proved to be the most promising candidate of the three . |
| 15 | Recording had proved to be useless , because if a skater fell or was late on an entrance the sound of his or her voice carrying on the dialogue with unaware insouciance was pretty bizarre . |
| 16 | Other daemons , which he confronted subsequently , had proved to be — if anything — even less appealing . |
| 17 | Although I had been under no real illusions that an amazing secret would suddenly be revealed , I was nevertheless disappointed that my theories had proved to be groundless . |
| 18 | Graham still bore the mental scars of his tragedy but he had proved to be an excellent operative and Philpott had no intention of letting him go . |
| 19 | Rosie Fortinbras had proved to be of minimal use as a source of information . |
| 20 | Not all the specks of pallor in the shattered brow had proved to be splinters of bone . |
| 21 | The cottages had proved to be a very fruitful searching ground . |
| 22 | In fact , it had proved to be a triumphant event . |
| 23 | The day had proved to be a fine one . |
| 24 | Eudo Tailler , however , had proved to be one of their strongest victims . |
| 25 | The exhibition was opened on 1 August by Dr Finlay MacLeod , whose enthusiasm for Hebridean maps had been the inspiration behind it , and by the time the exhibition closed on 31 October it had proved to be the most successful exhibition ever mounted by the Library , with an attendance of over 20,000 visitors . |
| 26 | She was about to tell him that was his own stupid fault and that she was n't here to wait on him — particularly since he had proved to be so inhospitable . |
| 27 | Secretary reported that the first set of four photographs had proved to be very popular and sales to date had covered costs . |
| 28 | Interviewed on RTE Radio , Mr Spring said the killings underlined the need for inter-party political talks to resume , while Mr Hume said the use of internment had proved to be counter-productive in the past . |
| 29 | The Million Sterling had proved to be powerful bait . |
| 30 | But the Burgermeister , usually so jovial and noisy , had proved to be exceedingly sound , never saying anything at all at the rehearsal other than to praise the faint-hearted at the very end . |