Example sentences of "be proved [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glasser 's prose is sometimes declamatory and sententious in an old-fashioned sort of way , and sometimes awkward ( ‘ Hidden in the near future , he was to be proved right ’ ) . |
| 2 | Widnes ............ 30 Canberra Raiders .. 18 FOR 20 minutes at Old Trafford last night , it looked as if Graham Lowe might be proved right . |
| 3 | One day , if only by the laws of probability , the rumours will be proved right . |
| 4 | In truth , the full non-payment picture will not emerge for several months yet — but those who argue that Scotland is now experiencing the calm before the political storm could well be proved right . |
| 5 | She was to be proved right , as we had been taught a Spartan routine for our babies at ‘ Alderbourne Arches ’ the pre-natal training unit . |
| 6 | They want to be proved right . |
| 7 | He told one correspondent that Eliot owed his best poetry to Pound — he was convinced that there would eventually be a vogue in favour of Pound which would take the form of a reaction against Eliot ( in that he was to be proved right ) . |
| 8 | I sat back expecting to be proved right and watched as people joined in the discussion and debate . |
| 9 | The history of previous attempts to reduce the prison population by introducing alternative punishments suggest that NAPO is likely to be proved right . |
| 10 | Sometimes I think he wants me to have an affair just so he can be proved right . ’ |
| 11 | And my , how wonderful it was to be proved right once again ! ’ |
| 12 | I know that we will be proved right and that trust status will be good for my constituents and for those of my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon . |
| 13 | Bobby Simpson 's judgement was to be proved right … |
| 14 | In the end his taking the words literally will be proved correct . |
| 15 | ‘ Your grandmama will be proved correct , Miss Dawson , if you do not watch your use of that knife , ’ Auguste pointed out quickly . |
| 16 | ( But it would be a mistake to bring it back — we are bound to hang some unfortunate youth who would later be proved innocent by Ludovic Kennedy . ) |
| 17 | Information from unconventional sources not related to the industry carries the extra burden of having to be proved relevant or urgent . |
| 18 | However , such naive views , as we shall see later , were to be proved incorrect . |
| 19 | Indeed , most of the popular traditions associated with Constantine can now be proved erroneous . |
| 20 | It would be delightful if this pessimistic and disappointed paragraph were to be proved false by subsequent activities . |
| 21 | It was a sign that , today , was to be proved false . |
| 22 | My release may come any day , since Victor has but to re-appear among the living for the accusation to be proved false on all sides . |
| 23 | But the fact of the matter is , he wrote , that none of it is right , or rather , that what has so far been accomplished is wrong and what has not yet been accomplished is only right because it has not yet had the chance to be proved wrong . |
| 24 | He says he is prepared to be proved wrong — suggesting he would raise his offer if DRG produced a higher valuation . |
| 25 | Throughout there was a joyless kind of determination never to be proved wrong . |
| 26 | Air Staff 's confidence lay the belief that Sandys would be proved wrong by events and that the days of manned aircraft were still far from over . |
| 27 | His bust , crowned with fresh bay leaves , presides at the side of the stage , and if he is looking down from Valhalla , let us hope he is pleased to be proved wrong . |
| 28 | In other words , can Beckerman or Simon on the one side , or Eckholm or Lester Brown on the other ( as examples of leading protagonists ) be proved wrong ? |
| 29 | I may be proved wrong , but I think they will be surprised at the change in the pace and intensity of international rugby since they 've been away . |
| 30 | Are you the sort who ca n't bear to lose an argument , or to be proved wrong ; or do you mentally creep away from the conflict and experience all its discomfort within yourself . |