Example sentences of "it have proved " in BNC.

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1 Although the report did not allude to the possibility of fraud , it has proved to be prophetic in a number of respects .
2 Freedom is valuable and is valued by the public as an end in itself , but as a means to an end it has proved a failure .
3 Control of money supply ( M3 ) has been erratic , and it has proved difficult to establish a relationship between the changes in M3 and the fall in inflation .
4 It has proved convenient for Conservatives and Labour parties and will probably continue to be so as long as one of them holds office .
5 While justified in reaction to the dominance of foreign investment at the time of independence , it has proved to be a very expensive strategy .
6 It has proved to be a great grace for the Church .
7 It has proved possible to reach agreements that eventually ended atmospheric pollution caused by nuclear tests , that prohibited environmental modification and kept Antarctica free of nuclear weapons and military establishments .
8 It has proved remarkably effective .
9 Yet it has proved more stable than any other 20th-century system in Europe .
10 It has proved its worth for the church and the state and it is supported by the leadership of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats .
11 The establishment has taken over and the more wrong it has proved , the more it has stifled the dissent that might have saved the economy .
12 But it has proved costly and difficult to isolate receptors .
13 It has proved reliable , and the fact that it is four-wheel drive is very handy if you 're coping with a greasy slipway or launching off a beach , ’ says Peaks .
14 This is the primary reason why it has proved so hard to achieve structural change in many areas .
15 Osmium tetroxide forms 1:1 and 2:1 adducts and , by using carbon 13 NMR it has proved possible to discern C60 's two types of C-C bonds ( J. M. Hawkins et al , J. Am .
16 In a number of ways it has proved an attractive metaphor .
17 Unfortunately , although not surprisingly , it has proved difficult to devise a suitable control discrimination .
18 In such cases as the United Reformed Church at Headingley Hill , Leeds , it has proved possible to retain not only the galleries and organ , but also the pulpit and rostrum arrangement at the west end .
19 Also , it has proved very difficult to reproduce the events which led to Fleming 's famous observation , and it is clear that many versions of the story which were published 15 or more years later , after penicillin became famous , drew on faded but vivacious memories and are more or less imaginary .
20 It has proved impossible to grow the treponeme in the laboratory on normal growth media , and this has hampered research into the organism .
21 Productivity has been maintained , as far as possible , by the increasing use of artificial fertilizers , but it has proved very difficult to keep up the humus level on which a good soil structure depends .
22 He obviously enjoys the medium and , at times , it has proved to be a superior form of communication than the records themselves .
23 It has proved impossible to determine whether the French LFA farmer is better off financially having loans compared with his UK counterpart receiving a capital grant ; the indications are that the UK system has been a greater incentive , especially towards land improvements .
24 It has proved excellent in South Africa since 1903 , especially in cooler areas with a higher rainfall where the Brahman and Africander are not successful .
25 It has retained the strong legs and good feet of a draught animal , so that it can travel long distances over rough terrain on the range , and it has proved able to withstand the stress of drought better than other Bos taurus breeds .
26 Despite its demise in Britain , the Red Poll ( like other red breeds ) is more appreciated overseas where it has proved tolerant of both cold and hot climates .
27 Its coat colour and pigmented skin are valued in hot climates where it has proved resistant to eye cancer and also , to some extent , to ticks .
28 Moreover , as Maynard has demonstrated ( Maynard , 1984 ) , it has proved to be effective in enabling health authorities to live within their means .
29 With a few exceptions , insectivores are much less commonly represented in pellet assemblages , and lagomorphs even less so , and it has proved impossible to obtain large enough samples of these species to provide numerical data .
30 In 1977 , the State of Oregon launched its famous resource conservation scheme , and it has proved highly popular for the state politicians in Oregon .
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