Example sentences of "be proving to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Open years are proving to be open wounds for Lloyd 's . |
| 2 | Having been rare for many years doubles are now much more widely available and many are proving to be good garden plants . |
| 3 | For this Christmas , the battery-operated WWF Wrestlers are proving to be the best-sellers . |
| 4 | How interesting these Oscars are proving to be . |
| 5 | Recent introductions from America such as N. Charlene Strawn and N. Texas Dawn are proving to be promising and therefore becoming popular . |
| 6 | The new shows , despite being on at rather awkward times , are proving to be more wholesome affairs and are even starting to include interviews with session guests . |
| 7 | The new shows , despite being on at rather awkward times , are proving to be more wholesome affairs and are even starting to include interviews with session guests . |
| 8 | Club sailors in the one-design classes have long been proving to one another just who 's best . |
| 9 | " I 've been proving to Graham I really did have some wine and it smashed . " |
| 10 | Most of those leaving the cities have had to buy their way out if they wanted to live in environmentally more-attractive areas that , particularly in the south of England and — to some extent — increasingly elsewhere , were proving to be the most economically active . |
| 11 | The support operations in the gilt-edged market were proving to be an awkward commitment for the authorities . |
| 12 | It is to these factors , rather than to artillery itself , that we should turn if we wish to see which arms were proving to be of the greatest significance in the war . |
| 13 | The increase in the dividend and presumably the optimistic implication about the bank 's future earning ability or the possibility that past investment policies were proving to be injudicious ? |
| 14 | But the first public glimpses of the charter were proving to be a disappointment . |
| 15 | The 1990 winners , Credit Suisse First Boston ( Men ) and Bank of England ( Ladies ) , both seeded one this year , are joined by new entrants , Sainsburys and Midland Bank , in what is proving to be an even keener contest than last year . |
| 16 | Football : ‘ Jacki ’ is proving to be a video nicety : Celtic 's Polish import sounds the alarm bells for England as that crucial World Cup encounter in Chorzow beckons : David Livingstone reports on the Scottish liberation of a footballer who has enlivened the Parkhead terraces |
| 17 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
| 18 | It may lack a certain flair , it may have a garish badge , it may still be cheap and cheerful inside ( there are now some very attractive leather-look plastics about ) but it is proving to be a reliable , easy-to-drive family car with lots of equipment as standard and rock bottom prices . |
| 19 | Easing inflation is proving to be a painfully slow process and yesterday 's small fall must make any thinking Chancellor wonder whether it is safe to cut interest rates further . |
| 20 | The cost of implementing EC standards is proving to be very serious for Britain 's small and medium sized firms . |
| 21 | It seems that our pursuit of happiness is proving to be much more radical than we bargained for . |
| 22 | Meanwhile — and here is a term that is proving to be particularly confusing — we have had a veritable flurry of activity in the area , or more precisely areas , designated as ‘ information management ’ . |
| 23 | Another strategy — and one which is proving to be very popular in schools with a history of open decision-making — is for the governing body to establish a structure of sub-committees which bring together LEA governors , parent-governors , teacher-governors , co-opted governors , the headteacher and teachers in the making of decisions . |
| 24 | So it is proving to be with the National Curriculum . |
| 25 | Now , with the new movie under his belt , he is proving to be a worthy successor to his father in the business . |
| 26 | The environment is proving to be a recession-proof issue for UK business managers . |
| 27 | The timeless ‘ marcel wave ’ is proving to be a big hit with clients at Paul Nath hair |
| 28 | The database is proving to be a powerful tool during the initial stages of mineral exploration programmes , and database products have been purchased by public- and private-sector organisations . |
| 29 | The database is proving to be a powerful tool during the initial stages of mineral exploration programmes , and database products have been purchased by public- and private-sector organisations . |
| 30 | As Hooper wrote in 1985 , ‘ China 's current educational system is proving to be a highly elitist one . |