Example sentences of "[be] proving to [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new shows , despite being on at rather awkward times , are proving to be more wholesome affairs and are even starting to include interviews with session guests . |
| 2 | The new shows , despite being on at rather awkward times , are proving to be more wholesome affairs and are even starting to include interviews with session guests . |
| 3 | Meanwhile — and here is a term that is proving to be particularly confusing — we have had a veritable flurry of activity in the area , or more precisely areas , designated as ‘ information management ’ . |
| 4 | Firstly , the proportion of teachers who , having successfully completed the first year , stay on into the second in order to obtain the Certificate in Education ( FE ) is proving to be extremely high : for example , of the 1,128 candidates for the first year courses being offered in 1979–80 , no fewer than 1,024 moved into their second year in 1980–1 . |
| 5 | The trouble is that the problem is proving to be more intractable than even the most cynical Democrats had feared . |
| 6 | Knowing when to get out is not easy , particularly when the external environment is changing and/or the competition is proving to be more successful . |
| 7 | In 1981 there were 480,000 18-year-old girls : 30,000 entered nursing 6.25% In 1986 there are 400,00018-year-old girls : 25,000 have entered nursing 5.635% By 1994 there will only be 300,000 18-year-old girls : HOW MANY WILL ENTER NURSING ? — In recent months , recruitment is proving to be more difficult and many of the London hospitals are experiencing severe staff shortages . |
| 8 | The cost of implementing EC standards is proving to be very serious for Britain 's small and medium sized firms . |
| 9 | It is , perhaps , a tribute to the privatisation structure that the market is proving to be very volatile , and industrial customers will not be tied to their suppliers unless they so wish . |
| 10 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
| 11 | Another strategy — and one which is proving to be very popular in schools with a history of open decision-making — is for the governing body to establish a structure of sub-committees which bring together LEA governors , parent-governors , teacher-governors , co-opted governors , the headteacher and teachers in the making of decisions . |
| 12 | The Free Voucher scheme is proving to be very popular . |
| 13 | In Nottingham city centre you 'll find space to park at the Broadmarsh Centre and Fletchergate you wo n't have to queue for the Victoria Centre car park but Trinity Square that 's proving to be fairly busy so expect a short wait to park there . |
| 14 | The cap had a childproof seal , and it was proving to be pretty Lucasproof as well . |
| 15 | The Lord Coroner was proving to be as difficult a problem as the dreadful deaths they were investigating . |
| 16 | Mercifully the Long Island Expressway , which Mrs Meadows had warned them might well be one long traffic jam , was proving to be relatively uncrowded . |
| 17 | This conversation was proving to be unbearably painful . |
| 18 | Why , almost right from the start she 'd known she was playing with fire , and the rest of the cliché was proving to be disastrously right . |