Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] proved to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be asked how a person could be proved to be ‘ aware that his conduct may be disorderly ’ when he genuinely but thoughtlessly is unaware of the existence of a bystander . |
| 2 | Imported products which failed to meet these standards could be subjected to extra duties providing that : the environmental standards had a scientific base ; the same standards must be applied to all competitive domestic production ; and imported products could be proved to be causing economic damage to competitive domestic industries . |
| 3 | That will be proved to be so because of the dogged , persistent and brilliant negotiating work by the Prime Minister , the Foreign Secretary and his two Ministers of State , especially my good friend the Member for Watford ( Mr. Garel-Jones ) . |
| 4 | Cropper looked for support from the African Institution for the removal of the West Indians ' financial advantage in the sugar trade , privately assuring Zachary Macaulay that the introduction of free-labour sugar was opposed by the planters because they knew it ‘ will destroy their System of cultivation , tho ’ it can be proved to be the only means of establishing West Indian property on a lasting foundation . |
| 5 | Once a logical contradiction is admitted to a system of propositions any other proposition and its negation can be proved to be true by virtue of the rules of formal logic . |
| 6 | These difficulties have resolved themselves into the question : is the comment " fair " , in the sense of being one which the commentator could honestly express , on the strength of such of his facts as can be proved to be true ? |