Example sentences of "[noun sg] prove [prep] [be] one " in BNC.

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1 The new county borough proved to be one of the shortest-lived local authorities in local government history .
2 The battle proved to be one of the most long-drawn-out takeovers ever , involving many twists and changes of fortune .
3 In financial and administrative terms the reform proved to be one of the greatest successes of the 1860s .
4 As the stone free interval proved to be one of the most important predictive factors for gall stone recurrence , this imbalance introduced a potential bias towards a greater recurrence rate in the ursodeoxycholic acid group , than in the placebo group .
5 In the event the plot ratio proved to be one of the major devices whereby the city was prevented from turning into a miniature New York ( Cherry and Penny , 1986 ) .
6 Catalytic Systems Division proved to be one of the main engines for growth in the year and was the largest contributor to group profits for the second year running .
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