Example sentences of "be proved right " 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 … |