Example sentences of "but it proved [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One computer printout format included incidences of errors and diagnostic information as well as right or wrong codings , but it proved time-consuming for teachers to use and expensive to produce and post , so generally only the simpler right or wrong data were sent to the schools . |
| 2 | Craig Porter made a spectacular goal line clearance from Stephen Galway five minutes from the interval but it proved worthless when the same opponent flicked in number two from the resulting short corner after Andy McBride 's shot had been saved . |
| 3 | Bhilai 's workers were organised by AITUC , the trade union of India 's Communist Party , but it proved indifferent to the conditions of casual labourers — the majority . |
| 4 | I had twenty-four kronor of Swedish money , which I thought a handsome sum , but it proved sufficient to buy only one hopelessly modest open sandwich , like the bottom half of a hamburger bun with a menopausal piece of lettuce and eight marble-sized meatballs on top . |
| 5 | A fund was established to reward headmen for good police work , but it proved difficult to manage properly . |
| 6 | Experienced bar and kitchen staff were recruited fairly easily in Melcaster , but it proved difficult to find restaurant staff of the same calibre . |
| 7 | As the companies grew they came to regard exporting as being essential , but it proved difficult and expensive to unwind hastily entered-into agency agreements . |