Example sentences of "[verb] to prove " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attacks , all using an explosive base of fertiliser rather than Semtex , seem designed to prove the IRA 's ability to infiltrate even the most protected areas . |
| 2 | That might seem like the wackiest of wacky ideas but it becomes ever more fascinating as it is explored in a barrage of speculation , invective and anecdotes , all designed to prove that money , in a practical rather than puritanical sense , is the root of all evil . |
| 3 | There will be serious dangers , however , if the information that is set out in performance tables is clouded by footnotes and qualifications , which sometimes are advocated because they are designed to prove that whatever the differences between examination performances there is no such thing as a good school or a bad school . |
| 4 | Their entire case has been designed to prove that Hitler was some kind of freak event that had no links with the German past . |
| 5 | The other element of group violence is of course , if there are a group of people throwing bricks at the police , or chanting or swearing at people wanting to go to work from a picket line , the law , the criminal law is designed to prove guilt against an individual for an individual 's conduct according to the preordained laws , whether they be statute law or common law . |
| 6 | He wants to prove that he is a new man — but still one of the greatest football talents in the world . |
| 7 | She wants to prove him wrong so she can slap me down . |
| 8 | He 's innocent and wants to prove it . |
| 9 | This has considerable practical importance , since this is all that the prosecution has to prove in order to obtain a verdict of guilty of murder . |
| 10 | Lisa B says again and again that she knows as a model going into music she has to prove herself . |
| 11 | The prosecutor merely has to prove the technical offence of walking on grass . |
| 12 | She has to prove that she is equal to a man in any and every sphere . ’ |
| 13 | Often a widower has to prove that he was dependent on his wife before he can receive benefit . |
| 14 | If a boy has to prove himself a man by his performance , then a girl has to prove herself a woman by her attractiveness , her desirability . |
| 15 | If a boy has to prove himself a man by his performance , then a girl has to prove herself a woman by her attractiveness , her desirability . |
| 16 | ‘ Frank has to prove himself by really beating someone in the top ten . |
| 17 | However , it has still to be spelt out , for instance , whether and how an applicant has to prove that an object was legally and lawfully located in or dispatched from a country . |
| 18 | Without readers , no newspaper can survive ; with sufficient readers , and willing advertisers , the chances of survival are greater but the medium still has to prove itself . |
| 19 | It has to prove , for instance , that the task is a simple recompile . |
| 20 | The essential differences are ( 1 ) the shift in the burden of proof : in defamation the defendant has to prove that the defamatory words were true ; in malicious falsehood the plaintiff must prove that the words are false . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) In an action for malicious falsehood the plaintiff has to prove malice as part of his cause of action ; this is not so in the case of defamation. ( 3 ) Damage is not presumed in the case of malicious falsehood as it is in libel . |
| 22 | If the landlord of an Assured Shorthold Tenant wants possession of the premises he only has to prove to the Court the following three things : |
| 23 | The whole is complicated by the fact that , by virtue of section 6(3) , the prosecutor has to prove a degree of mens rea that was probably not a requirement of the previous law . |
| 24 | From the consumer 's point of view , there is a considerable drawback to an action in negligence ; he has to prove that the manufacturer ( or one or more of his employees ) was negligent . |
| 25 | Agnew knows that he has to prove to manager Kenny Dalglish not only that he can make a comeback but also that he can do his stuff at the highest level . |
| 26 | Under that section , the prosecution has to prove mens rea in respect of ’ knowing ’ , whereas , under section 22 , the handling provision , it has to prove a case in respect of ’ knowing or believing ’ . |
| 27 | Under that section , the prosecution has to prove mens rea in respect of ’ knowing ’ , whereas , under section 22 , the handling provision , it has to prove a case in respect of ’ knowing or believing ’ . |
| 28 | The defendant has to prove that he was not in , or in the immediate vicinity of , a car rather than the prosecution having to prove that he was . |
| 29 | The BG-BASE system has to prove itself by being actively promoted to its target users . |
| 30 | What have we come to in this country when a man has to prove his innocence against some fluid , movable charge ? " |