Example sentences of "proved [adv] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some shipowners proved particularly receptive to a suggestion that their craft employ a technique used during the Second World War by British aircraft to confuse enemy radar and later influenced by the Royal Navy 's experience in the Falklands campaign : tankers were supplied with equipment to discharge clouds of aluminium chaff at the approach of an AS missile like Exocet , in order to divert it . |
| 2 | Nijinksy was then retired to stud at Claiborne Farm , Kentucky , where he proved equally brilliant as a stallion , siring such good horses as Golden Fleece , Ile de Bourbon , Shadeed , and in 1986 , he completed the Kentucky Derby/Epsom Derby double with Ferdinand and Shahrastani . |
| 3 | In the mens final Annadale/Queens proved too experienced for a young All Star team winning by 71–61 . |
| 4 | ALL-IRELAND Division 1 side Greystones proved too strong for an under-strength Malone team at Gibson Park . |
| 5 | When Mr Shamir 's government fell apart , it was closer than ever before to accepting the American terms for talks with the Palestinians , even though in the end Mr Shamir proved too much of a hawk to start talking . |
| 6 | Appearing on the tape proved too much of a millstone for most bands and The Wedding Present were the only ones that carried on developing at a reasonable pace . |
| 7 | But relations between the quiet , let's-get-on-with-it Cooder and the not entirely sane Captain proved too much of a strain , and after this brief walk on the wild side Ry immersed himself in session work — much of it bread-and-butter stuff , although he did play for Randy Newman and Phil Ochs , began to learn about music for films , and became a friend of The Stones , a period he does not generally discuss . |
| 8 | A routine straight sets quarter final victory looked on the cards for Edberg but his serve began to misfire badly while unseeded Morgan 's own delivery proved too much of a handful for the world No 3 . |