Example sentences of "proved a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ranulf thought of the Lady Agnes and moaned ; she had proved a fiery lover from the time he had first flung her on her back and lifted her lace-trimmed skirts . |
| 2 | Shipwreck treasure ( in particular porcelain ) has proved a strong seller at auction over the past few years , witness the Nanking cargo of 150,000 pieces sold in 1986 for £10.1 million . |
| 3 | Debut in the victory over France in Lyons and has proved a real success in both tight and loose . |
| 4 | With the Hills team poleaxed by a virus , this season had proved a real struggle for Darryll until his win on 25-1 chance Knifebox a week ago . |
| 5 | However , this form of investment has proved a dangerous risk for clients . |
| 6 | Although this technique was originally introduced to investigate the relevance of linear stability theory , it has proved a useful way of controlling flow development and ensuring that the same features are to be observed repeatedly at the same place . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In short , they are versatile summer trousers which have proved a useful addition to my wardrobe both for use in the UK and on the continent . |
| 9 | To take another example , provenance has also proved a useful method of attributing ‘ sceattas ’ , the small silver coins which circulated in England during the eighth century . |
| 10 | Combining fluorescence microscopy with a transmitted light contrast enhancing technique has proved a useful method when considering the dispersion of fluorescent material through a specimen . |
| 11 | A ‘ users group ’ meets about once a month to consider any problems over access to the signal and has proved a useful forum for discussion of wider and longer-term issues . |
| 12 | In particular , missions led by ministers have proved a useful means of opening doors for companies sending representatives . |
| 13 | So Joel Hall , whose Chicago-based company is currently touring an evening of jazz-derived choreography , might have proved a useful model . |
| 14 | A similarity with living organisms suggests itself , and while there are dangers in taking this analogy too far , it has proved a useful model and one which keeps cropping up in organisational analysis . |
| 15 | And although home ownership has proved a profitable investment during most of the decade , with house prices rising by an average of around 12 per cent , it looks far less so now . |
| 16 | Stress undoubtedly proved a major problem for social workers whose responsibility extended beyond investigation of child sexual abuse referral to a determination of child care outcomes . |
| 17 | Motorway and road construction has proved a major incentive to industrial and commercial growth and the dispersal of economic activity away from major urban centres into the surrounding countryside . |
| 18 | I think they will find that most authorities will agree that it has proved a major obstacle but by no means the only one . |
| 19 | Getting Government bureaucrats to take local problems seriously has proved a major headache for a group of village campaigners . |
| 20 | And , of course , there is no need to learn either a new program or new skills , the latter part of the equation having proved a major stumbling block for many companies eager to improve the quality of their published work . |
| 21 | Although Lendl finished a runner-up at Wimbledon in successive years in 1986–87 , the lawns of SW19 have proved a major stumbling block for the former world number one . |
| 22 | This issue had proved a major stumbling block in recent talks , as equal representation in the upper chamber for every province — the implacable demand of several of the less populous provinces — would mean a reduction in the share of the seats currently held by the country 's heavily populated provinces , particularly Ontario and Quebec . |
| 23 | Tremayne made more than his usual fuss over Fiona , sensing some sort of turmoil , telling her comfortably that Mackie had just come back from Ascot races where he 'd sent a runner for the apprentice race which had proved a total waste of time . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The mud surrounding the building site where Ruggiero Miletti had been murdered had proved a rich source of impressions . |
| 26 | The M25 , M4 , M40 and other road developments have proved a powerful stimulus to the dispersal of economic activity away from traditional urban centres and the emergence of severe development pressures in parts of Kent , Berkshire , Hertfordshire , Oxfordshire and other counties . |
| 27 | He invented a diagrammatic technique for marrying quantum mechanics to special relativity which has proved a powerful source of insight and employment for many of us . |
| 28 | The two Philippes have proved a powerful combination . |
| 29 | With the honourable exception of this last case , the homogeneously broadened laser has so far proved a fertile field for instability and chaos only for the theorist . |
| 30 | As an estimate of the drift of religious change and of what was acceptable to local people , the tactics they adopted proved a hideous disaster whose memories have scarred the country to the present day . |