Example sentences of "prove to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first loves — to make use of Klima 's title — prove to be his last , but prove as engrossing to him as the lyrics in which his emotional development is encoded . |
| 2 | Such a measure would be an insult to our Faith ; it would without question prove to be gravely damaging to morality , private and public ; it would be , and would remain , a curse upon our country . |
| 3 | Many of the pubs which are passed off as ‘ historic ’ to the visitor and tourist prove to be only film-set facades on what are now little more than youthful amusement arcades or glorified fast-food cafes . |
| 4 | These labels prove to be wholly inadequate , not to say misleading , for a film-maker who managed to bring together Indian mythological symbolism , folk and musical traditions in order to raise questions about identity , nation , race , and class in a unparalleled way . |
| 5 | This means that any of those experiments in plant association which prove to be unsuccessful can be scrapped without too many regrets . |
| 6 | Gardner suggested that there was nothing wrong with apparent idleness , since it could often in the long run prove to be ‘ the true seed-plot of thought ’ . |
| 7 | But new categories can in turn prove to be exclusive . |
| 8 | German confidence will also depend on how robust Europe 's other structures prove to be . |
| 9 | But will Dublin 's insularity prove to be its downfall ? |
| 10 | foods rich in fat or refined sugar might seem very attractive but usually prove to be far too tempting for our own good ; it is far too easy to over-indulge in these kinds of food . |
| 11 | Mr Wilson-Brown said : ‘ Radio 1 is not perfect because some of the breakfast-time quizzes prove to be unsettling , as the hens do not like the sound effects . |
| 12 | Dice were exactly the same ; there is even a fragment of a wall bearing electoral slogans , which prove to be more civil than ours : ‘ I ask you to elect Holconius Priscus duovir . |
| 13 | ‘ We buy 50 to 60 cars a year , and if they prove to be as good as they are at the moment at the end of the year I think we could be in the market again for more diesels . |
| 14 | For example , the past trend towards centralisation of educational facilities may in future prove to be more expensive than the use of new methods of distance learning and of aiming education at smaller local units . |
| 15 | If two uncontrolled groups prove to be different in some respect , we can only treat this as evidence of a causal relationship if we are convinced that they are not also different in some other important respect , as we shall |
| 16 | Whatever the drawbacks of genetically engineered organisms ultimately prove to be , and as yet there is very little evidence available , there are a number of possibilities that , at least in theory , could prove to be environmentally beneficial . |
| 17 | There is also the possibility that genetically released organisms might , while being beneficial to some plants and animals , prove to be harmful to others , including humans . |
| 18 | They should be sure therefore that any outside contractor can offer high quality , safe work at a sensible price , to an agreed time schedule and with a willingness to return should any of that work prove to be unsatisfactory . |
| 19 | When portions of present-day Indian pueblos occupied since that time are uncovered , their walls prove to be laid up of long pours of puddled mud . |
| 20 | Such vacillating fortunes of harvest were to become the norm for Champagne and , perversely , prove to be one of the reasons why this region is able to produce a sparkling wine superior to any other . |
| 21 | For one thing it is for the Holy Spirit to tell us in that hour what we are to say , and for another thing the people we prove to be in that hour will be determined , not by our thinking about that hour , but by our thinking and living in this hour . |
| 22 | In the subsequent show report , I proclaimed that it was love at first sight and when I heard that a new model was in the offing which would , the company told me , prove to be their most eye-catching to date , I pestered them for weeks until they sent me one for review . |
| 23 | The bleakest moments prove to be highlights after several listens ; the obtuse spoken narrative of ‘ Belong ’ possesses a strange macabre quality , while the tortuous vocal of ‘ Country Feedback ’ could be Neil Young at his most psychotic . |
| 24 | And will this recovery — rather like our festive firs — prove to be rootless and temporary , lasting no longer than Twelfth Night and the January sales ? |
| 25 | Where a company supplies estimated figures which prove to be unreasonable , this will not invalidate the return for the purposes of s 11 , but may render the company liable to penalties under s 96 for submitting an incorrect return . |
| 26 | For my benefit , and other young impatient artists everywhere , here 's hoping that journalists and art critics prove to be a bunch of gossiping Hilda Ogdens . |
| 27 | Although this proposal has at present not the slightest chance of being implemented , nevertheless as the rate of inflation and growing unemployment prove to be intractable problems so people will be forced to seek solutions which work in practice even if that means constraining both government and its officials . |
| 28 | In the medium term prove to be more cost-effective . |
| 29 | Alas , smarts drinks prove to be non-alcoholic cocktails of fruit juice , lemonade and lurid food colourings being brazenly mixed mere yards away by absurd waiters in blue radiation suits . |
| 30 | How effective the ‘ make do and mend ’ changes which it now seems will be all that the USTA will be able to carry out , prove to be , must be a matter of serious doubt . |