Example sentences of "proved to [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report clearly shows that Opposition warnings about what would happen after the reforms have proved to be completely false . |
| 2 | ‘ This has proved to be completely false as none of the lorries we have seen being used have been sealed . ’ |
| 3 | Some of the fossils uncovered proved to be previously unknown and this aroused great interest at the time of the publication of Darwin 's ‘ Origin of Species ’ . |
| 4 | FORECASTS from the Treasury have been proved to be hopelessly wrong which is one reason why the economy now seems to be in Freefall , leading to the closure of hundreds of Factories . |
| 5 | We saw in Chapter 2 how the classical economists rested their belief in the inherent tendency towards a state of full employment upon an analysis of the functioning of the labour market which has proved to be both durable and compelling . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The cycloaracylation process has also proved to be exceptionally useful for synthesising highly effective antibacterial 1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-quinolone-carboxylic acid derivatives ( temafloxacin ) and 1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-azaquinolone-carboxylic acid derivatives ( tosufloxacin ) . |
| 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 | TAC SPELLS TRANSPARENCY IN ACTION An old-style committee has proved to be particularly good at meeting the requirements of openness and accountability |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 ] . |
| 12 | Lindsey recognised the medication as one having been proved to be most beneficial in cases like Mr Baker 's where it was a matter of offering relief rather than a cure . |
| 13 | The monopoly over the initiation of proceedings has proved to be most contentious in relation to claims assessors who deal with accident claims on a contingency basis taking part of the compensation as remuneration . |
| 14 | Thus crime would be prevented by modifying those who can be modified , segregating those who can not be so modified , correcting in advance of crime those who are proved to be most likely to commit crime , and attacking and eliminating the social situations which are most conducive to crime ( ibid. , p. 608 ) . |
| 15 | Gravity data are expressed relative to a base 5km from the summit which has proved to be gravitationally invariant with respect to other stations further down the volcano flanks and off the volcano . |
| 16 | The major disadvantage of the textual materialist perspective is its complete failure to confront the autobiographical dimension in more recent examples of nouveau roman writing , which has proved to be increasingly fertile in the 1980s . |
| 17 | THE Passion Flower ( Passiflora caerulea ) is the most popular of this large family of 500 species , because it has proved to be remarkably hardy in many parts of Britain . |
| 18 | More importantly , the existing upper floor of this outshot proved to be too close to the lean-to roof to give a habitable room-height , so rather than raise up the roof level of the entire extension , it was decided to reduce the level of the upper floor to create adequate headroom . |
| 19 | ( If it appears to be too gross and simple to the library and information professional , I can assure you that it has already proved to be too complex for many busy executives to take the time to grasp ! ) |
| 20 | One is that the cradle to grave provision of welfare , implicit in the Beveridge proposals , has proved to be too expensive and that the demand for welfare has grown faster than has the national income to pay for adequate comprehensive services and benefits . |
| 21 | The Korean rearmament programme soon proved to be too ambitious for Britain 's fragile economy and fatal to Attlee 's Labour Government . |
| 22 | These tools have often proved to be too language-specific and have often highlighted our need to re-evaluate concepts of language and communication . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Colonisation schemes in many tropical American countries for example , have also proved to be extremely expensive ( e.g. $US6000 per family in Bolivia , Curtis 1979 ) , as is also the case of Indonesian policy of migration from Java to the outer Islands ( see Booth & McCawley 1981 for detailed accounts of the failure of these schemes ) . |
| 25 | The particular bridge shown in figure 7.8(a) that was first suggested by Schering has proved to be extremely versatile and capable of high accuracy with respect to measuring capacitance . |
| 26 | Bowling at Dundonald International Ice Bowl has proved to be extremely popular . |
| 27 | Our accommodation in Alsopahok is at the Hotel Pansio Heviz , which has proved to be extremely popular with New Millennium passengers over the years . |
| 28 | The first few years of floating proved to be fairly successful , especially in the light of the prevailing economic conditions . |
| 29 | The Scania soon proved to be seriously defective and not of merchantable quality . |
| 30 | Unfortunately this legislation has proved to be totally ineffective both as it was drafted and as it has been put into practice . |