Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] prove [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A regulatory body will have to be empowered by law to administer the new rules ; however , since the proposed Directive allows the regulatory authority to delegate its powers to a private body , there is no reason why the Panel in its present form should not be given the necessary authority with the result that changes in day-to-day practice may prove to be minimal . |
| 2 | Of course , Joanna might get a bit depressed if very little farm work came along , but maybe Robert Sheldrake 's gloomy prediction would prove to be wrong . |
| 3 | Is he aware that such cuts in academic research will prove to be economic short termism with vengeance ? |
| 4 | ‘ The agency were unable to estimate what proportion may prove to be untraceable or otherwise impracticable to pursue and would therefore have to be written off . |
| 5 | The application of the rule in the case of financial loss presents no conceptual difficulty , although in practice the exercise may prove to be complicated . |
| 6 | This transformation of professional climate may prove to be one of the most important legacies of The Primary Needs Programme . |
| 7 | For a career mother , the three roles of mother , career woman and spouse may prove to be impossible without considerable domestic help . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) The date , time and place of the proposed examination must prove to be convenient to our client . |
| 9 | Sue Stocker says she had no idea her husband would prove to be such a good performer in front of the camera … |
| 10 | The effect of this , quite naturally , is for even the most conscientious of organisations not to bring out modifications or amendments and to keep their fingers crossed in the hope that their suspicions of a failure or shortcoming will prove to be unsubstantiated . |
| 11 | The organisation may prove to be inflexible and unable to respond to changing circumstances . |
| 12 | And the final reflection which suggests itself is that if this pattern of behaviour should prove to be normal , it should be assumed — at least until the contrary is demonstrated — that it is beneficial and has been evolved by trial and error as a preservative device or mechanism . |
| 13 | Now to counteract that the only positive one I could find was , while accepting that some development in the open countryside may prove to be necessary . |
| 14 | The object may prove to be genuine , but this is little consolation to the owner if it has been largely destroyed during the authentication process . |
| 15 | Projects where a specific commodity is in international demand will prove an exception to this ; such demand may prove to be strongest in other parts of the developing world , particularly Asia . |
| 16 | Could it therefore be , as the theorist Paul Dirac suggests , that when confronted with these non-local effects , quantum theory will prove to be inadequate ? |
| 17 | The game environment can prove to be useful in providing the vehicle for this purpose . |
| 18 | It is likely , however , that the most potent and effective form of communication will prove to be personal contact — through seminars , workshops , site visits and perhaps through short-term secondments that will feed proven experience from ‘ best ’ sites to others where there is scope for improvement . |
| 19 | The disaster may prove to be cyclical , since the shrimp population , already at risk from heavy fishing , is believed to need the mangroves to reproduce . |
| 20 | Also , other measures of pairwise probe distance/similarity may prove to be better-suited to future applications than the maximum-likelihood distance used here . |
| 21 | The main reason for the backwards trace is that decisions about the optimal labelling on the forward pass might prove to be local maxima . |
| 22 | In the larger weedy pools , the longhandled net may prove to be useful , with captures of prawns , young Corkwing Wrasse , Bullheads , and Sea Sticklebacks Spinachia spinachia the most common in the south . |
| 23 | The map may prove to be inadequate . |
| 24 | ‘ You must give me your solemn assurance on three counts : that you will not seek to discover the identity of my client , that you will not ask for any further assistance if the venture should prove to be unsuccessful and finally that you will not discuss this matter with any other person ; this stipulation to include even members of your own family and your circle of personal friends and acquaintances . ’ |
| 25 | The bad winter weather with no guaranteed snow cover could prove to be this expansion 's downfall . |
| 26 | Jeff Wright of the National Research Council 's Institute for Marine Biosciences ( IMB ) in Halifax , Nova Scotia , believes that the discovery of this toxin could prove to be another useful tool for molecular biologists studying cell regulation mechanisms . |
| 27 | This question of the definition of a knowledge worker will prove to be germane to our subsequent discussion , and we will need to develop the theme in more detail . |
| 28 | Because these systems are not ‘ natural ’ their structure is complex and even the knowledge of English can prove to be unhelpful when markers represent meaning and not form . |
| 29 | N.B. Throughout this book we refer to " schools " and " teachers " , since these are involved in the initial phase of Compact , but we hope that the " Questions Teachers Ask " section will prove to be relevant and useful to college lecturers as well . |