Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] proved [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Fortunately , the conclusions reached by the feasibility study proved to be accurate : the school has progressed and increased its attendance with each academic year . |
| 3 | Initial reports that the local garrison of the ( Serb-dominated ) Yugoslav People 's Army had turned out to assist the Knin insurgents proved to be false ( on Aug. 14 Serbian National Council leader Jovan Raskovic had called for army protection should the referendum be prevented ) . |
| 4 | The mining industry proved to be another technology-intensive industry of the type favoured by the IDA . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | As has been explained previously , the value of the Guinness offer for Distillers depended on the relative share prices of the two shares and the Guinness share price proved to be strong during the final lap of the campaign . |
| 7 | The water conditions proved to be perfect . |
| 8 | In one study , six out of 21 children with toddler diarrhoea proved to be food-sensitive . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | Friction between Russia and Ukraine remained high , and reports that the two Presidents were to hold an extra day of bilateral negotiations after the Heads of State summit proved to be false . |
| 12 | The Low Church bishops proved to be valuable Parliamentary allies to the Whigs . |
| 13 | The new county borough proved to be one of the shortest-lived local authorities in local government history . |
| 14 | Conventional schooling in preparation for the show ring proved to be impossible . |
| 15 | In use , the AEG machine proved to be simple to handle , and adjust — often a bugbear with routers . |
| 16 | Therefore money supply measures proved to be unreliable as an indicator of both money incomes and prices . |