Example sentences of "proves [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And once again the motif is transpersonalized , for in the novel Shatov proves himself more than ordinarily resolute ; his paper Slavophilism does n't touch his human courage as husband and friend — and enemy . |
| 2 | Louis proves himself to be saint as well as king . |
| 3 | The afterlife becomes an alternative heroic arena to the smalltown roadhouse , where Swayze proves himself and still gets the girl , even though he 's dead . |
| 4 | All too often moralists tend to regard a person 's moral life as the story of how he proves himself in the face of moral demands imposed on him by chance and circumstance . |
| 5 | When the story opens the Marquis , Darnay 's father , and his wife are both dead , and the twin brother , Darnay 's uncle , has succeeded to the title and estate ; he proves himself to be even more callous and brutal , beneath a polished surface of ‘ civilization ’ ( his face is ‘ like a fine mask ’ ) , than his brother , and hates his nephew for his liberal principles and determination not to accept the inheritance of the estate whilst the state of French society is still so cruelly inequitable . |
| 6 | More chameleon than Camille , Dustin proves himself just as natural a cougher . |
| 7 | The plot of each book is built on the physical fact of impersonation : the emotional content depends on character , as the Englishman in effect proves himself worthy to be a king in more than mere appearance . |
| 8 | Although the neck pickup exhibits a noticeable drop in output , quality is maintained and here the JT proves itself capable of some sweet bluespower . |
| 9 | Playing at volume , the FGM proves itself capable of dishing out the dirt , the Dual Sound humbucker retaining its tone and not thinning out to a tuneless buzz . |
| 10 | The risk will grow if any of the following should happen : a spike in interest rates ( forward rates already indicate that investors expect higher rates by the end of the year ) ; an unexpected collapse of the dollar ( the Federal Reserve , at the Treasury 's direction , was intervening furiously last week to prevent the already weak currency from sinking further ) ; or , let's face it , if Washington proves itself unable to wrestle down the budget deficit . |
| 11 | That 's why 1993 will be the year in which Tencel proves itself one way or the other . |
| 12 | He 's a world-famous scientist searching for a cancer cure , she 's the spiky assistant who proves herself by falling for him . |