Example sentences of "has proved a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Independent Living Fund has proved a great success in giving severely disabled people an opportunity to live in the community . |
| 2 | Debut in the victory over France in Lyons and has proved a real success in both tight and loose . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Douglas Hurd has proved a reassuring figure in a campaign that has at times seemed to lack confidence and direction . |