Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] prove to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can prove this for yourself , in fact , by re-reading any good whodunit where you can remember who the murder eventually proved to be . |
| 2 | The Korean rearmament programme soon proved to be too ambitious for Britain 's fragile economy and fatal to Attlee 's Labour Government . |
| 3 | Consequently , some first performances also prove to be the last . |
| 4 | Some pupils expressed strong negative views on having to deal with the two systems , and several tasks were tried out in two versions , one with metric units and one with Imperial units , the version with Imperial units often proving to be easier . |
| 5 | Other information provided on the provision and maintenance of travellers ' sites also proved to be a damning indictment of official neglect and racism . |
| 6 | The mountains also prove to be a tourist attraction as some of the mountains experience alpine conditions which leads to ski resorts . |
| 7 | Human error often proves to be a major contributor to overall levels of risk and many deserve specific consideration . |
| 8 | Thus , wrongful dismissal sometimes proves to be ‘ all or nothing ’ litigation . |
| 9 | The torrential downpour initially proved to be a great leveller , putting the skids under the big seeds as well as the minnows . |
| 10 | In some cases this is true , but Milan fared well , and the Viscontis especially proved to be very able rulers . |
| 11 | Trinity Square still proving to be very busy so expect a few minutes wait if you want to get yourself parked in there and have a couple of minutes wait if you want to get into the Victoria Centre that 's at the York Street entrance . |
| 12 | The right to preach within the Mass is jealously reserved to the clergy , whereas members of the laity often prove to be endowed with this charism . |
| 13 | Because the authors have kept so many different cichlids over the year , the normal run of filters often prove to be unsuitable in a given situation . |
| 14 | Joseph Bédier , the French scholar whose book published exactly a hundred years ago proved to be the inception of modern fabliau studies , inferred from the number of known authors and the number of anonymous fabliaux that only about one-eighth of the original corpus survives . |
| 15 | Wine too proved to be a good stimulant of acid secretion , although not as good as beer , whereas 10% ethanol had no effect . |
| 16 | The use of three strategies also proved to be popular , followed by one , and finally by four or more strategies . |
| 17 | Floroscopy in these circumstances has been previously reported to be inaccurate , detection of impacts on the lithotrite also proved to be inaccurate , and ultrasound immediately after the procedure was non-contributory , showing diffuse echogenicity throughout the gall bladder lumen . |
| 18 | Memory of such discussions often proves to be rather selective . |
| 19 | Seasonal dummies also proved to be necessary — eurodollar issuance follows a seasonal pattern , with a marked trough in December . |
| 20 | That commercial television then proved to be popular is beside the point . |
| 21 | The Scania soon proved to be seriously defective and not of merchantable quality . |
| 22 | Beginning as an ordinary mechanic , Murdock soon proved to be an excellent worker and rapidly rose to be Boulton & Watt 's most trusted worker and adviser . |
| 23 | As the following extract illustrates , breaking a transcription of spoken language into sentences often proves to be impossible ( the + in the transcript indicates where the speaker made a short pause ) : |
| 24 | SALFORD JUNIORS again proved to be the giant killers in last weekend 's quarter-finals of the Burtonwood Brewery Lancashire Cup . |
| 25 | On the trade unions too , the Thatcher government again proved to be more cautious than its language might imply . |
| 26 | Prost 's observations need to be weighed against his mounting paranoia as Senna continually proves to be the faster of the two but , when you see only one member of the McLaren-Honda management standing by Prost 's car on the grid in Spain while five key people fussed around Senna , Prost 's fears would appear to have substance . |
| 27 | This year 's Milk Cup competition actually proved to be the most successful ever for Northern Ireland teams with Co Armagh finishing fourth in the Premier Milk Cup U-16 section and Co Down and Co Fermanagh contesting the Plate final . |
| 28 | If the fringe soon proved to be rather tattier , the services more underhand than the original promotional copy made out , well , that was only to be expected of an enterprise left to run itself without Capellan supervision . |
| 29 | The Dooby Doo show also proved to be very popular . |
| 30 | These results later proved to be highly relevant for the development of the industrially important carbon fibres . |