Example sentences of "proved [prep] be [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Renault offers a 1.9-litre diesel for its roomy 21 , and I was particularly impressed by the 2-litre non-turbo diesel in the well-made Toyota Carina , which proved to be one of the best medium-sized diesels I have tried . |
| 2 | Aminopterin had disadvantages , and the normal process of making and testing a series of closely related compounds led to a better drug , amethopterin , which differed by a single additional substituent but proved to be one of the most effective drugs for the treatment of blood cancers . |
| 3 | When the Grand Junction Canal was commenced to create a shorter route for trade in coal and other freight between the Midlands and London , the construction of a tunnel through Blisworth Hill proved to be one of the biggest engineering problems . |
| 4 | This proved to be one of the most difficult tasks . |
| 5 | The battle proved to be one of the most long-drawn-out takeovers ever , involving many twists and changes of fortune . |
| 6 | This proved to be one of the major highlights of the event , and a first for the SVR . |
| 7 | Cosloy , impressed , invited the band over to play at this summer 's New Music Seminar in New York , where they pulled apart the Knitting Factory with a glorious show that proved to be one of the most talked about of the week . |
| 8 | This proved to be one of the sources of its downfall : there came a point when failure to come up with the goods , rationalised by ‘ the need for more research ’ , began to sound a little hollow and begged the asking of more fundamental questions . |
| 9 | The new county borough proved to be one of the shortest-lived local authorities in local government history . |
| 10 | First introduced in 1976 , the 405 proved to be one of Quad 's most successful products and was the first of their amplifier 's to use the famous ‘ Current Dumping ’ circuit for which the company was awarded the Queen 's Award for Technological Achievement . |
| 11 | It proved to be one of the most spectacular diplomatic misjudgements in history . |
| 12 | In the event the plot ratio proved to be one of the major devices whereby the city was prevented from turning into a miniature New York ( Cherry and Penny , 1986 ) . |
| 13 | The Buchanan Report , Traffic in towns was published in 1963 , attended by extensive publicity ; it proved to be one of the major planning documents of the decade . |
| 14 | This proved to be one of the most significant aspects of PNP , and one which had , and has , considerable potential . |
| 15 | Smiling , the Archimandrite invited them to his cell , which proved to be one of the tiny dwellings built hard against the outer wall of the church . |
| 16 | A Code of Practice for Project Management has been published and proved to be one of the most successful Institute publications in recent years . |
| 17 | And of course , the next year , the Austin Seven came on the market and proved to be one of the most popular cars in the market . |
| 18 | By this time I was settled in one of the staff residences in Marlborough ( Hillside ) to begin what proved to be one of the happiest interludes of my life . |
| 19 | It completed the 4-0 sweep and proved to be one of the key moments of the whole match . |
| 20 | As it turned out it proved to be one of my better decisions ! |
| 21 | Catalytic Systems Division proved to be one of the main engines for growth in the year and was the largest contributor to group profits for the second year running . |
| 22 | As the theatre approached its first anniversary , this proved to be one of its most successful plays . |
| 23 | It proved to be one of the most important interventions of his reign . |
| 24 | As the stone free interval proved to be one of the most important predictive factors for gall stone recurrence , this imbalance introduced a potential bias towards a greater recurrence rate in the ursodeoxycholic acid group , than in the placebo group . |
| 25 | In financial and administrative terms the reform proved to be one of the greatest successes of the 1860s . |
| 26 | John Cunningham in ‘ The Guardian ’ , referring to coverage of the mortar bomb attack on Whitehall wrote : ‘ Whitehall 's scariest 60 minutes proved to be one of radio 's finest hours , effortlessly making the case for an all news channel ’ . |
| 27 | It proved to be one of the best attended due to the work of the sub committee in increasing the numbers of visitors . |
| 28 | Today 's lesson proved to be 10 x 10 = 100 . |
| 29 | Scraping away the yellow clay , I discovered a metal drainage pipe , and the dam thing proved to be eight feet long when I finally wrested it away from its niche . |
| 30 | The new car body weighed 9.55 tonnes , and the unladen weight of the complete car proved to be 17.29 tonnes . |