Example sentences of "[vb mod] prove [prep] be more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Board of Admiralty had been well aware since 1955 that the US Navy 's Polaris-armed submarines might become the capital ships of the future , and might prove to be more invulnerable as mobile launch platforms for the nuclear deterrent than the US Air Force 's Skybolt , if it too was successfully developed . |
| 2 | A large C. bifasciatum or C. maculicauda would also look good , but could prove to be more boisterous . |
| 3 | Indeed , the whole issue of how and why employers ( and trade unions ) formulate policy towards the employment of older workers requires much more detailed investigation than it has so far received , and it is an area in which economic analysis may prove to be more fruitful than radical political theory . |
| 4 | But the Mallia site ( Plates 10 and 11 ) may prove to be more complicated than this , in view of the fairly recent discovery made to the west of the ‘ Second Temple ’ site ; there was a large building , at least 1,700 square metres in area , with at least 60 rooms and open light-wells or courts , although no great courtyard , the distinctive feature which typifies the Minoan temple . |
| 5 | Their agnostic approach may prove to be more robust than the more rationalistic and positive vision evolved by the Christian West . |
| 6 | If there is an existing pipe organ and it is of good quality , it may prove to be more economical in the long run to restore rather than replace it . |