Example sentences of "[noun] proved [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Supreme Court 's ruling , the normally conservative Sandra Day O'Connor , the only female justice , voted with the liberal minority ; the decisive vote proved to be that of David Souter , Bush 's only appointee to the Court , whom abortion rights advocates had long suspected of harbouring anti-abortionist views . |
| 2 | The high acoustic quality of the recordings proved to be critical in such cases . |
| 3 | Conventional schooling in preparation for the show ring proved to be impossible . |
| 4 | The stone free interval between stone dissolution and trial entry proved to be important — those stone free>nine months had a recurrence rate of only 12.7 ( 6.0 ) % at 42 months compared with 55.4 ( 12.5 ) % in those stone free |
| 5 | In multivariate analysis , chromosome 17p deletion proved to be independent of Dukes 's stage or grade . |
| 6 | The mining industry proved to be another technology-intensive industry of the type favoured by the IDA . |
| 7 | O'Faolain 's prediction proved to be accurate . |
| 8 | The new county borough proved to be one of the shortest-lived local authorities in local government history . |
| 9 | The 10-week period of clinical practice proved to be invaluable . |
| 10 | While this latter disqualification had not prevented the marriage of the Duke d'Orléans , son of Louis-Philippe , with Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , it had in practice proved to be inconvenient , as the duchess did not change her faith and had been accused of pushing ‘ the Protestant interest ’ . |
| 11 | The new car body weighed 9.55 tonnes , and the unladen weight of the complete car proved to be 17.29 tonnes . |
| 12 | In Belfast , a small pilot study proved to be helpful in identifying relevant linguistic and speaker variables ( see 5.5 for a discussion of ethnicity in Belfast ) . |
| 13 | Fortunately , the conclusions reached by the feasibility study proved to be accurate : the school has progressed and increased its attendance with each academic year . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Though Shurton proved to be less than fertile ground for Pantisocracy , Henry Poole was quite happy to guide Coleridge and Southey to more promising territory near at hand . |
| 16 | In use , the AEG machine proved to be simple to handle , and adjust — often a bugbear with routers . |
| 17 | Fortunately , the result of this test proved to be negative but , given the temperance of her lifestyle , her decision to take it in the first place would , at the very least , seem as bizarre as Mr Oliver Reed , the thirst , embarking upon an assertiveness training course . |
| 18 | We have already seen how section 76 of the 1944 Act proved to be ineffective at forcing compliance by LEAs to parental wishes . |
| 19 | The battle proved to be one of the most long-drawn-out takeovers ever , involving many twists and changes of fortune . |
| 20 | The return proved to be premature because the new Assembly was uneasy at his presence and , invoking the Law of Exile , which was still in force , invited the Prince to leave . |
| 21 | That was the artificial cloud kicked up by an army , but no troops threatened the Major 's peaceful rest and so he saw no reason to make undue haste , especially as the roast chicken proved to be excellent . |
| 22 | The fundamental question proved to be this : can the job creation and training schemes for West Belfast succeed in turning round the economic marginalisation and discrimination which the area has traditionally experienced ? |
| 23 | Enlightenment soon came — the youngsters proved to be Australian . |
| 24 | The choreographic experience took place at Haughton Comprehensive School , where youngsters proved to be fast on their toes . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure she wo n't , ’ Laura agreed , mentally crossing her fingers and hoping that Ross proved to be right . |
| 26 | Whichever way , Ginsberg 's appearance proved to be significant in the history of the English underground . |
| 27 | For the Labour Party , the inter-war years proved to be successful ones . |
| 28 | The Cripps-Day mourning hood , the only surviving ‘ late sixteenth-century ’ item of its kind , has in recent years proved to be little more than a nineteenth-century pastiche . |
| 29 | In fact the two-over-par score proved to be more than handy when compared to several of Greg 's challengers ' cards . |
| 30 | In financial and administrative terms the reform proved to be one of the greatest successes of the 1860s . |