Example sentences of "has prove a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But attempts at writing rules of thumb are already underway at the White House , and the task has proven a lightning rod for complaints that politics are corrupting science .
2 Opinion poll-led policy-making has proven a disaster , yet open policy discussion and theoretical debate remains near non-existent .
3 Lawrence has proved a master of communication and a breath of fresh air to North-East sportswriters .
4 The student loans scheme has proved a success .
5 The scheme , which also includes £60 per goal , was only introduced this season and it certainly has proved a success .
6 The sortie into the English market has proved a success with the London office already having generated nearly £1.5 million of new business .
7 Mr John MacGregor inherits Transport , which has proved a bed of nails for a succession of Secretaries of State .
8 In descent the Grand Dru has proved a problem for many , even though the guidebook is both plain and correct in its detail .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 AUSTRALIA 's snap general election , called for early next month , has proved a bonanza for Australian scientists .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Shyness in this instance has proved a virtue and its resulting insularity and independence a blessing .
17 CLARE Hardy 's third year option in Serbo-Croat has proved a basis for a satisfying though highly specialised career .
18 But it has proved an impasse of exceptionally fertile ground , like the oscillating binary system of a computer , engendering infinite programmes and forms .
19 Under that section , the prosecution has to prove mens rea in respect of ’ knowing ’ , whereas , under section 22 , the handling provision , it has to prove a case in respect of ’ knowing or believing ’ .
20 The whole is complicated by the fact that , by virtue of section 6(3) , the prosecutor has to prove a degree of mens rea that was probably not a requirement of the previous law .
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