Example sentences of "has proved a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this form of investment has proved a dangerous risk for clients . |
| 2 | The Contemporary Art Society 's idea of shopping for art at low prices and in an informal environment , has proved a great success over the past nine years . |
| 3 | The Independent Living Fund has proved a great success in giving severely disabled people an opportunity to live in the community . |
| 4 | This residential healing centre has proved a great blessing to many of my friends . |
| 5 | Motorway and road construction has proved a major incentive to industrial and commercial growth and the dispersal of economic activity away from major urban centres into the surrounding countryside . |
| 6 | Getting Government bureaucrats to take local problems seriously has proved a major headache for a group of village campaigners . |
| 7 | Debut in the victory over France in Lyons and has proved a real success in both tight and loose . |
| 8 | Shipwreck treasure ( in particular porcelain ) has proved a strong seller at auction over the past few years , witness the Nanking cargo of 150,000 pieces sold in 1986 for £10.1 million . |
| 9 | In fact , very large numbers of villages have this sort of plan , and the idea of polyfocal centres in villages has proved a useful concept in village plan analysis . |
| 10 | Although this technique was originally introduced to investigate the relevance of linear stability theory , it has proved a useful way of controlling flow development and ensuring that the same features are to be observed repeatedly at the same place . |
| 11 | A ‘ users group ’ meets about once a month to consider any problems over access to the signal and has proved a useful forum for discussion of wider and longer-term issues . |
| 12 | He invented a diagrammatic technique for marrying quantum mechanics to special relativity which has proved a powerful source of insight and employment for many of us . |
| 13 | Many types of informational failure have been suggested , as this form of market failure has proved a fruitful source for critics of market allocation . |
| 14 | And although home ownership has proved a profitable investment during most of the decade , with house prices rising by an average of around 12 per cent , it looks far less so now . |
| 15 | Such a threat may constitute a bluff in that the prime minister would have more to lose if an election was called than would most MPs ( the PM could lose office : most seats are safe seats and so most MPs could expect to be reelected ) , but nonetheless it has proved a potent influence in determining parliamentary behaviour . |
| 16 | Instead , unification has proved a mixed blessing for the rest of Europe . |
| 17 | Mexico has the seventh largest oil and gas reserves in the world but the country 's comparatively recent admission to the hydrocarbon élite has proved a mixed blessing in the face of the fall in crude prices and a massive debt burden caused by extravagant , ill-managed and grandiose schemes to kick a Third World country into the twentieth century . |
| 18 | His team has proved a successful nursery for a succession of young drivers who have made the Grand Prix circuit . |
| 19 | While you ponder this month 's challenge , I must admit that the first competition , about the Teddy box , has proved a cathartic experience for me . |
| 20 | Douglas Hurd has proved a reassuring figure in a campaign that has at times seemed to lack confidence and direction . |
| 21 | The development of the market for eurodollar bonds with equity warrants attached has proved a particular spur to activity in London recently , while the rapidly growing swaps market , the outstanding value of which was $1,500 billion at end-1989 , is located principally in London and New York . |
| 22 | THE heatwave has proved a sizzling success for ice cream manufacturer Pendleton 's . |
| 23 | ‘ As these sales have evolved form the original trading of bric-a-brac and home produce to an open market for all goods , this has proved a lucrative marketplace for groups trading in illegal software . ’ |
| 24 | Using a microcomputer for a loans system has proved a valuable introduction to new technology for this school librarian , in that she has gained new skills which can be used to exploit the resources of the school library . |
| 25 | Sarawak , which produces one fifth of the world 's tropical timber , has proved a hard case for the ITTO . |