Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] prove [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new car body weighed 9.55 tonnes , and the unladen weight of the complete car proved to be 17.29 tonnes . |
| 2 | Ultimately , this popular support proved to be his greatest resource . |
| 3 | As the stone free interval proved to be one of the most important predictive factors for gall stone recurrence , this imbalance introduced a potential bias towards a greater recurrence rate in the ursodeoxycholic acid group , than in the placebo group . |
| 4 | Fast-fit service proves to be a big hit |
| 5 | Just getting away from the madding crowd proves to be a major feat on the most crowded island on Earth . |
| 6 | Business leaders accepted , however , that there was scope to make changes to the income tax regime , with the most popular option proving to be an increase in the higher rate of income tax from 40 per cent . |
| 7 | It is clear that enhanced staffing proved to be the single most potent strategy in the Programme , though it was not without its problems , and the potential of some PNP appointments was frustrated by attitudes and decisions at the school level . |
| 8 | Bernice could see Thomas trying to prise his hands apart , but his broken arm proved to be a burden . |
| 9 | That was the artificial cloud kicked up by an army , but no troops threatened the Major 's peaceful rest and so he saw no reason to make undue haste , especially as the roast chicken proved to be excellent . |
| 10 | The steam excursions on the Cambrian lines proved to be highly successful — they will be featured in the autumn Railscene Video — but they involved a lot of train movements and were expensive to operate — light engine to Salop , the trip and return to Machynlleth late evening . |
| 11 | In the medium term prove to be more cost-effective . |
| 12 | Nobody was more surprised than Neeld when his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly £1 million , mostly in cash . |
| 13 | A month later , a similar air-naval battle proved to be a turning-point in the Far Eastern war . |
| 14 | For the left , the Spanish Civil War proved to be something of a crisis . |
| 15 | Mike Michaels the Mechanical Magician proved to be the best novelty act the show has unearthed in years . |
| 16 | The chief connections proved to be anti-semitism , anti-socialism and a patriotic espousal of the cause of the British Empire . |
| 17 | In the event , these gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded . |
| 18 | Time and again this simple formula proves to be a constructive starting point for detailed discussion . |
| 19 | This may be true for the nuclear industry and for the utility that owns the Three Mile Island ( TMI ) power station , but in terms of the physical harm done to the public , the TMI accident proved to be virtually a non-event . |
| 20 | Contrary to popular misconception , Britain received more than any other Western European country , yet its subsequent economic record proved to be less impressive . |
| 21 | But the successful intervention of the communist Chinese in the Korean War proved to be the start of a period in which the British , while they clung of necessity to the Atlantic alliance , were often fearful of some impulsive or extreme action by the United States which would lead to an unnecessary intensification of East–West conflict and even , possibly , to the Third World War . |
| 22 | The Pussy Posse accepted a four-day challenge to road test this new friend , but the hard part proved to be finding a hard part . |
| 23 | Whether she would in fact have opened the door and tried to jump out of a moving vehicle proved to be an academic question . |
| 24 | This basic point proved to be a key to understanding the story of perestroika as it unfolded . |
| 25 | The tissue-wrapped contents proved to be a skirt , romantically full and swirling , and matching low-necked top in a silky print of tiny black and white flowers . |
| 26 | Among the schoolchildren questioned in the ICI poll , Greenpeace , the World Wide fund for Nature and the National Trust proved to be the most popular environment and conservation groups . |
| 27 | The Limited 's Q-car appeal and superb under-the-skin dynamism proves to be an irresistible combination . |
| 28 | Equipped with floats , these dependable aircraft proved to be the lifeblood of the community . |
| 29 | Gardner suggested that there was nothing wrong with apparent idleness , since it could often in the long run prove to be ‘ the true seed-plot of thought ’ . |
| 30 | As we saw in Chapter 4 , the logical schema proves to be a useful stage for database design and separates the conceptual model , which is independent of any hardware/software factors , from the physical model . |