Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] proved [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexander had certainly done one thing for the Jews which proved to be irreversible . |
| 2 | Words which proved to be unreliable as stimuli for eliciting particular consonants were excluded , as were children who failed to respond to 15 per cent or more of the items . |
| 3 | Everyday conversation is actually highly innovative — as can be seen from the neologisms which proved to be such a major part of the lexicon of the tape recordings . |
| 4 | Bloxham had always been fascinated by regression to what appeared to be past lives , and he would experiment with those of his patients who proved to be excellent subjects for hypnosis ( with their full permission and co-operation , of course ) , recording the outcome of these experiments . |
| 5 | We ordered the Steak Fajitas which proved to be excellent . |
| 6 | Apart from the thousands of common criminals who proved to be such a bane for Siberian society , the nineteenth century also witnessed a steady increase in the number of people who , either by judicial or administrative process , were banished to Siberia for political crimes — committed or suspected — against the state . |