Example sentences of "proving to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1990 winners , Credit Suisse First Boston ( Men ) and Bank of England ( Ladies ) , both seeded one this year , are joined by new entrants , Sainsburys and Midland Bank , in what is proving to be an even keener contest than last year . |
| 2 | In every way , the submarine cable was proving to be ‘ … one of the great technical adventures of the 19th century , something akin to exploration of space today ’ .9 |
| 3 | Football : ‘ Jacki ’ is proving to be a video nicety : Celtic 's Polish import sounds the alarm bells for England as that crucial World Cup encounter in Chorzow beckons : David Livingstone reports on the Scottish liberation of a footballer who has enlivened the Parkhead terraces |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Among many poor performances was the Chichester Cup , a wet race at Goodwood in which Reg Parnell 's V16 , its ridiculous torque curve and dreadful roadholding proving to be a hopeless combination on a slippery track , was humbled by an unsupercharged two-litre Maserati driven by Baron de Graffenreid . |
| 6 | Elsewhere , however , Britain 's imitation of Hollywood was proving to be built on ground more insecure than the area around the San Andreas fault . |
| 7 | This kind of collection , though usually available individually , is increasingly and intelligently proving to be a marketing ploy . |
| 8 | Open years are proving to be open wounds for Lloyd 's . |
| 9 | It may lack a certain flair , it may have a garish badge , it may still be cheap and cheerful inside ( there are now some very attractive leather-look plastics about ) but it is proving to be a reliable , easy-to-drive family car with lots of equipment as standard and rock bottom prices . |
| 10 | Having been rare for many years doubles are now much more widely available and many are proving to be good garden plants . |
| 11 | Easing inflation is proving to be a painfully slow process and yesterday 's small fall must make any thinking Chancellor wonder whether it is safe to cut interest rates further . |
| 12 | The lanky Ormondroyd was proving to be a nuisance and when he chested the ball down to Thompson he was unlucky to see his shot flash wide . |
| 13 | The cost of implementing EC standards is proving to be very serious for Britain 's small and medium sized firms . |
| 14 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 15 | John was proving to be a good friend as well as brother-in-law . |
| 16 | It seems that our pursuit of happiness is proving to be much more radical than we bargained for . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | In many cases the annual crops planted in the first few years are rapidly being replaced by pasture which itself is frequently proving to be uneconomic and environmentally detrimental . |
| 19 | Most of those leaving the cities have had to buy their way out if they wanted to live in environmentally more-attractive areas that , particularly in the south of England and — to some extent — increasingly elsewhere , were proving to be the most economically active . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | So it is proving to be with the National Curriculum . |
| 22 | Some of the most successful war artists were appointed from combatant ranks after proving to be inept soldiers . |
| 23 | Mean speeds have been reduced from 27 to 22 km/h ( a 20 per cent fall ) , with the most effective measures proving to be road-humps ( less than 60 metres apart ) and mini-roundabouts . |
| 24 | Meanwhile the Church of England was proving to be a nuisance to the government . |
| 25 | With the South Koreans proving to be serious challengers , the Japanese obviously do not want to contend with another team for Asian supremacy . |
| 26 | Now , with the new movie under his belt , he is proving to be a worthy successor to his father in the business . |
| 27 | For this Christmas , the battery-operated WWF Wrestlers are proving to be the best-sellers . |
| 28 | The environment is proving to be a recession-proof issue for UK business managers . |
| 29 | The single ranks as one of ‘ 92 's finest , receiving huge club play from a limited white label pressing and proving to be the stand-out tune on the first ‘ Movin' On ’ British soul compilation album . |
| 30 | The timeless ‘ marcel wave ’ is proving to be a big hit with clients at Paul Nath hair |