Example sentences of "have proved to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain features of the House of Lords scrutiny system have proved to be well suited to the effective exercise of influence . |
| 2 | Exhibitions such as those that we have mentioned have proved to be outstandingly successful , both in terms of the numbers of visitors attracted , and in terms of the manifest satisfaction that most visitors experienced . |
| 3 | They have proved to be most useful in identifying bands due to metal-ligand vibrations in complexes , in the same way that samples containing isotopically-substituted ligands allow identification of ligand modes [ 21 ] . |
| 4 | The report clearly shows that Opposition warnings about what would happen after the reforms have proved to be completely false . |
| 5 | The schemes have proved to be both financially and environmentally unsatisfactory . |
| 6 | Despite these changes , some of which have proved to be environmentally degrading , there is still a food crisis because population growth is rapid ( 2–3 per cent per annum ) and farming systems are failing to provide the necessary increase in productivity of c. 4 per cent per annum ( Okigbo 1985 ) . |
| 7 | The latest figures replace 1990 estimates that have proved to be reasonably accurate except for an overestimate of the number of heterosexual exposures ( 355 vs 255 ) and an underestimate of cases among homosexual males ( 910 vs 1165 ) . |
| 8 | In a previous issue , Guitarist ran an article on callisthenics , in which I invited readers to submit exercises which have proved to be particularly useful . |
| 9 | I think we must recognise that the five GRIST days have proved to be very useful and much appreciated by all . |
| 10 | It provides a reality orientation programme , reminiscence therapy and the very much higher levels of staffing needed there have proved to be very important for the successful working of that project . |
| 11 | These methods have proved to be very effective in policy design . |
| 12 | In addition the infrared detectors have proved to be much more stable than anyone had dared to predict . |
| 13 | Conventional methods of adduct detection such as high pressure liquid chromatography ( HPLC ) or antibody techniques have proved to be too insensitive unless large quantities of DNA are analysed . |
| 14 | As it is , some aspects of the field , notably that of dealing with the proceeds of crime , have proved to be technically difficult for the legislator and the courts alike . |
| 15 | The vast majority are specimens of stony meteorites , types already abundant in the world 's museums ; but a few have proved to be entirely new species . |
| 16 | Attempts have been made to offer formulae for determining the ratio decidendi of cases , but few have proved to be really satisfactory . |
| 17 | In the past few years the advent of AIDS has introduced a number of parasitic , bacterial and fungal diseases , some previously little known , that have proved to be highly pathogenic in immunocompromised patients . |
| 18 | In the past few years the advent of AIDS has introduced a number of parasitic , bacterial and fungal diseases , some previously little known , that have proved to be highly pathogenic in immunocompromised patients . |