Example sentences of "[vb -s] proved a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence has proved a master of communication and a breath of fresh air to North-East sportswriters . |
| 2 | The student loans scheme has proved a success . |
| 3 | The scheme , which also includes £60 per goal , was only introduced this season and it certainly has proved a success . |
| 4 | The sortie into the English market has proved a success with the London office already having generated nearly £1.5 million of new business . |
| 5 | Mr John MacGregor inherits Transport , which has proved a bed of nails for a succession of Secretaries of State . |
| 6 | In descent the Grand Dru has proved a problem for many , even though the guidebook is both plain and correct in its detail . |
| 7 | The average employee 's grasp of French , let alone Japanese , is n't what it could be … and the language barrier has proved a problem . |
| 8 | It must have been a daunting task to know how to encompass and animate such an extensive and familiar subject , but the Royal College of Art , which was commissioned to organise and design the event , enlisted that most reliable of cultural populists , John Julius Norwich , to curate , and he has proved a model of Dimblebyan dependability , as well as introducing the commendably brief but informative and well laid-out catalogue . |
| 9 | AUSTRALIA 's snap general election , called for early next month , has proved a bonanza for Australian scientists . |
| 10 | Freedom is valuable and is valued by the public as an end in itself , but as a means to an end it has proved a failure . |
| 11 | Competition in the NHS to date , largely in terms of ancillary services , has proved a failure with a major decline in standards and a major assault on the employment rights of NHS ancillary workers , the majority of whom are women . |
| 12 | That would give you the bare bones of The Prince of the Pagodas , but not much idea of the richness of Benjamin Britten 's score which , paradoxically , has proved a stumbling block in the work 's history . |
| 13 | This filter has proved a boom to keepers of sensitive fish by keeping nitrate levels under control but its operation needs to be constantly monitored . |
| 14 | Shyness in this instance has proved a virtue and its resulting insularity and independence a blessing . |
| 15 | CLARE Hardy 's third year option in Serbo-Croat has proved a basis for a satisfying though highly specialised career . |
| 16 | He did n't do badly in F. Ford , but F3 beckoned soon enough , a step which his biographer Eion Young rightly says proved a rite of passage from racing as a hobby to racing as a profession . |