Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] prove to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The McGhee decision has proved to be controversial as the plaintiff never established that the defendant was a cause of his damage . |
| 2 | This guitar has proved to be a favourite of everyone here . |
| 3 | Anton Rogan ( central defender/full back ) : Brought a few smiles when he revealed his ‘ grandad ’ vest at Stamford Bridge , but his switch to the heart of defence has proved to be an inspirational decision by Malcolm Crosby . |
| 4 | The plan to mark the silver jubilee by a co-ordinated programme of highlights of the normal year 's activities has proved to be very successful . |
| 5 | Santerre has proved to be a most loyal subject of the King but Hopkins served him as a chaplain and Buckingham came here looking for those relics . ’ |
| 6 | Allen ( 1983 ) argued that provided treatment is directed at the underlying cause , most leg ulcers will heal spontaneously , which experience has proved to be true . |
| 7 | The reorganisation of DTI away from sectors has proved to be successful . |
| 8 | Paul , who commutes daily — a weekly total of 630 miles — from his home town of Dundee has proven to be an excellent draughtsman both manually and on CAD , gaining expertise on CADvance , AUTOCAD and Microstation Intergraph systems which are supported throughout FWWG . |
| 9 | Epidemic disease has long fascinated historians , and its study has proved to be only too relevant to the present day . |
| 10 | Belbin 's description of team roles has proved to be very useful , especially in creating teams for specific purposes . |
| 11 | Ramon Mitra has proved to be a competent Speaker in the House of Representatives . |
| 12 | Moreover , the commercial spin-off from defence research has proved to be nothing like as great as the gains made from comparable expenditures on industrial research [ Peck , 1968 ] . |
| 13 | The dating of the various phases may be brought about by a study of the archaeology of the district , such methods having proved to be very valuable in the Fens . |
| 14 | But if naval patronage did prove to be of considerable value to the Elphinstone family interest , reinforcing the impact of the Indian patronage distributed by Keith 's brother , William Elphinstone , the fleet could only provide patronage for those officers fortunate enough to be employed in a command in a suitable station far from Great Britain . |
| 15 | After leaving the Navy , it took a little time to become used to a normal bed again , as the hammock had proved to be such an ideal sleeping arrangement . |
| 16 | Rosie Fortinbras had proved to be of minimal use as a source of information . |
| 17 | As a youngster Kylie had proved to be a wizard with a needle — amazing friends by being able to run up an outfit in under two hours . |
| 18 | The WRAC recruits have proved to be excellent shots and many of the scores achieved would be the envy of their male counterparts . |
| 19 | These methods have proved to be very effective in policy design . |
| 20 | The Astra range has proved to be a tremendous success , with the launch of the new model after a £200m investment a year ago . |
| 21 | The relationship between votes and seats in Ireland has proved to be usually inaccurate , and inconsistent also . |
| 22 | TAC SPELLS TRANSPARENCY IN ACTION An old-style committee has proved to be particularly good at meeting the requirements of openness and accountability |
| 23 | His work has proved to be perhaps the most widely influential cultural criticism of the 1980s — and it has direct bearing on photographic image-making and diffusion . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , philosophy has proved to be a poor guide in this respect . |
| 25 | Vera Pinder had proved to be a formidable mountain of a woman , verging on caricature , who refused to listen to a word , but kept aggressively repeating , 'Are you arresting him ? |
| 26 | The items I have found on such sites have proved to be of great interest , and I have been logging them down very carefully . |
| 27 | For most of these young mothers , their parents have proved to be a more sustaining source of support than their baby 's father . |
| 28 | One third of the disputes brought to the centre in the first year of operation could not be resolved because the ‘ other side ‘ would not agree to meet , although home visits have proved to be a way of overcoming this hurdle . |
| 29 | One of the authors , Phil Hanson , who is IBM 's consultancy team leader , commented : ‘ While few of our manufacturing companies have proved to be world class , it is good to see we have a significant number of strong contenders . |
| 30 | High resolution n.m.r. has proved to be a particularly useful tool in the study of the microstructure of polymers in solution , where the extensive molecular motion reduces the effect of long range interactions and allows the short range effects to dominate . |