Example sentences of "[adj] has prove to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twelve months ago in my last Christmas contribution I anticipated a difficult 1991 and that has proved to be the case . |
| 2 | That has proved to be the case . |
| 3 | That has proved to be the case with Racal , the company which Sir Ernest Harrison has headed for nearly 30 years . |
| 4 | This has proven to be a strong deterrent against theft . |
| 5 | This has proven to be the case in all of the uses of to examined to date . |
| 6 | Often this has proved to be so . |
| 7 | This has proved to be a very workable group . |
| 8 | The original intention was that the client teams would be leaderless , but in some cases this has proved to be impractical . |
| 9 | This has proved to be a very proper framework for the analysis of communication . |
| 10 | Most mammalian embryologists have been guilty in the past of using age as a measure of developmental stage ; this has proved to be an inadequate and often misleading criterion . |
| 11 | This has proved to be a great success and is encouraging participation from a wider range of companies than before . |
| 12 | This has proved to be of major benefit to those planning coverage of sport and to those staging the events and seeking publicity . |
| 13 | This has proved to be of major benefit to those planning coverage of sport and to those staging the events and seeking publicity . |
| 14 | This has proved to be a successful exercise with cost and efficiency improvements made in a number of areas . |
| 15 | ‘ This has proved to be completely false as none of the lorries we have seen being used have been sealed . ’ |
| 16 | As you may know , there is a strong self-help element in DIAL UK , as the service that is provided is done so , wherever possible , by people who are themselves disabled or who have a direct experience of disability , and this has proved to be very successful . |
| 17 | This has proved to be over optimistic as Haymarket was forced to withdraw from the purchase after a key investor pulled out . |
| 18 | There were reports that the coal used on the trip of Sunday September 22 has proved to be unsatisfactory and better things were predicted during coaling and watering of the locomotives at Aberystwyth . |
| 19 | So far none of these has proved to be as popular in the UK as the Sigma and it is the function of the class committee to ensure that this remains so . |
| 20 | Since first appearing in the pages of this magazine ( FACE 33 ) , the SAS campaign has developed enormously , and 1992 has proved to be the breakthrough year . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , the same has proved to be true of experiments using Lawrence 's original design . |
| 22 | And as your own has proved to be . ’ |