Example sentences of "prove to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , the reader can be made to feel that , on closer inspection , the country 's politics might prove to be antics too . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , most people learn about towing trailers by trial and error , which can prove to be a very expensive way of doing things . |
| 3 | Furthermore , if your level of aggression is increased by drugs , you may very well prove to be a danger to the opponent and lose anyway ! |
| 4 | The durability of the Royal Scotsman over five long seasons of operation , with the top tour price now only a short step away from £3,000 was proven by 1989 , but even as this book was being prepared for press , there were changes in the wind which may prove to be a sterner test of the depth of the elitist train-tour market . |
| 5 | Fast , zero wait state sram is expensive and since many DSPs have 24-bit data buses , can prove to be quite costly . |
| 6 | Such optimism may still prove to be justified : but the bets are much riskier , now that China 's leadership has shown its continued reliance on the mailed fist and its continued vulnerability to factional disputes . |
| 7 | In Leeds , local councillors have been sheepish about releasing plans to local people for what might just prove to be one of the most inspired and humane post-war city centre redevelopments masterminded by the architects Terry Farrell and Rob Krier for the Dutch developer MAB . |
| 8 | JUST possibly Cordoba ( 3.10 ) may prove to be the biggest talking horse since Mister Ed , the supernag of American television fame . |
| 9 | Looking at those lists provides interesting reading and bears out the used-car trade 's view that having a lead-only car could prove to be a liability . |
| 10 | Perhaps the only mistake I made all those years ago was not realising what an anti-democratic medium television would prove to be . |
| 11 | And the final reflection which suggests itself is that if this pattern of behaviour should prove to be normal , it should be assumed — at least until the contrary is demonstrated — that it is beneficial and has been evolved by trial and error as a preservative device or mechanism . |
| 12 | Projects where a specific commodity is in international demand will prove an exception to this ; such demand may prove to be strongest in other parts of the developing world , particularly Asia . |
| 13 | While Judith , Rachel and Karen are sure their partners are happy to go along with the little alterations they try to make , Zelda says that interfering too much can prove to be very dangerous to a relationship . |
| 14 | Lily was on the point of having what might yet prove to be only the first stage of a thoracoplasty . |
| 15 | Some pundits were , rather foolishly , speculating that he might prove to be better than all of them . |
| 16 | Bruce Springsteen will return to smaller venues , having realised that the Born In The USA tour was a big mistake , and Madonna will prove to be as durable as Bette Davis . |
| 17 | It could prove to be a good roll of the dice , for Mr Hughes has also written a book on the mathematics of five-dice games and devised special packaging to exploit the game 's addictiveness by allowing it to be played while it is hanging from the supermarket shelf . |
| 18 | And if first-night reaction is any indicator , Prince Of The Pagodas will also prove to be successful . |
| 19 | But the clear intelligence failure which let Gen Noriega escape , to organise what could prove to be a prolonged guerrilla resistance , threatens to turn this latest military adventure into a political embarrassment . |
| 20 | Such a trial , however , could well prove to be a double-edged sword for the administration , since the general once boasted that he possessed information that would prove highly embarrassing to President Bush . |
| 21 | There is also a Radio One show in the pipeline , so tomorrow 's event may well prove to be one of Reeves 's last nights out in his adopted home of Deptford . |
| 22 | Part of the point of selling state businesses is to raise hard cash , and taking on more debt to fund worker buyouts in return for low or non-earning equity stakes ( which may prove to be worthless in the long run ) is not a real option for the government . |
| 23 | Immigration , however , may prove to be a banner around which only the rightwing can rally . |
| 24 | RECEIVERS were yesterday appointed to the brewing businesses of the Australian yachting tycoon , Mr Alan Bond , in what may prove to be the first step towards the world 's largest corporate collapse . |
| 25 | In order to make the radio series , over 30 interviews were recorded exclusively , although only 5% could be used in the finished production , which is why I decided to produce this book , which will prove to be an excellent documentation on the life of David Bowie — an insight into this enigma of the rock world — told by those who really know . |
| 26 | It continues to change , and probably very rapidly , so any gains might well prove to be short-lived . |
| 27 | But its reluctant , even remote , tone is that of bureaucrats anxious to distance themselves from what might prove to be no more than fashionable scientific nonsense . |
| 28 | It may well prove to be an impossible task . |
| 29 | It was generally assumed that they would probably prove to be complementary to each other , but what the optimum mix would be was far from clear . |
| 30 | The Board of Admiralty had been well aware since 1955 that the US Navy 's Polaris-armed submarines might become the capital ships of the future , and might prove to be more invulnerable as mobile launch platforms for the nuclear deterrent than the US Air Force 's Skybolt , if it too was successfully developed . |