Example sentences of "proved [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No longer were we ‘ engagé volontaires ’ , who could be treated as nothings — we had proved ourselves to the instructors on our course , and henceforth they would treat us as legionnaires and expect us to behave as such . |
| 2 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 3 | He has proved himself as a coach , and any doubts harboured at Anfield about his judgement have long since been swept away . |
| 4 | Mr Gorbachev has recently proved himself determined to ram through conservative policies . |
| 5 | One of his regrets is that in four series against West Indies his record is very ordinary — one innings in which he took eight wickets , but little else of note — and he is aware that not having proved himself against the best team in the world will be held against him when reputations come to be assessed . |
| 6 | At the wicket he is a Roman general , unquestioning of his own ability to defeat the barbarians ; yet because the pride and haughtiness are justified by having repeatedly proved himself to be the best , one can not resent them , especially since he usually leaves them on the field of combat . |
| 7 | Mike Gatting has proved himself an excellent one-day captain , winning several trophies with Middlesex during the 1980s . |
| 8 | Joyfully and thankfully reconciled with me , and having proved himself in a very arduous campaign , he might well have rested on his laurels in comfort and safety , waiting for the war to end or to be drafted to some new theatre of operations . |
| 9 | But he felt he had proved himself a man , at twenty-three , and , as the returning warrior , had a belief that there would be no parental opposition . |
| 10 | He had proved himself in battle ; he had been of service . |
| 11 | Nathan was at the foot , for he had only lately been promoted to take part in all of the firm 's business , having proved himself well able . |
| 12 | Remembering my conversations with him at the end of 1975 and the beginning of 1976 , it was clear that he wanted fresh fields to conquer , that he thought he had more than proved himself as a racing driver and that he thought he could , with no great difficulty , follow a Bruce McLaren , for instance , and make his own way in cars of his own . |
| 13 | Eric has proved himself a first class performer . ’ |
| 14 | MODEL David Wood has proved himself to be the brave face of '93 by winning a top modelling event — just after a successful fight against cancer . |
| 15 | Somerset 's cricket director Bob Cottam said : ‘ Mushtaq has proved himself as a wicket-taker at the highest level . |
| 16 | Shearer has not proved himself yet and has a long way to go . ’ |
| 17 | Agassi has proved himself extremely capable against Europeans , Australians and at least one Canadian . |
| 18 | Brusilov , who had directed Russia 's southern thrust during the Battle of Lemberg , had already proved himself a redoubtable commander of troops in mass . |
| 19 | And yet , a few years after Gromyko 's death , Marshka had proved himself to be an even greater survivor . |
| 20 | In practice this meant a marked toleration of a variety of extremist ideas provided that the individual had proved himself to be ‘ Jew wise , . |
| 21 | Kim Ku was no longer of any real importance but Rhee had proved himself a formidable politician ; he had rallied moderate opinion , curbed the exuberance of his more militant supporters , and made conciliatory moves towards the Russians . |
| 22 | Bought as a second pony after she had grown out of Buttons , he had proved himself such a marvellous jumper and such a resolute galloper , Artemis could n't possibly imagine life without him . |
| 23 | Fortunately Annellie Clyde was an inspired teacher and Artemis , besides being a very talented rider was also an extremely quick learner , so much so that the principles of riding side-saddle were learned by the end of day two , although without the help of Artemis 's new horse , Hullabaloo , who had proved himself to be somewhat too fidgety and edgy to be included in the preliminary tuition . |
| 24 | In the last year , Henderson has proved himself more than a mere economic indicator by giving Lord Hanson a drubbing before he had even formally launched a takeover bid for ICI . |
| 25 | Young had proved himself such a person as assistant social worker with the deaf in Edinburgh . |
| 26 | By the time he retired in 1917 , Whitelegge had proved himself a hard-working administrator . |
| 27 | And one thing Fen had proved himself to be was very human . |
| 28 | Before the Secretary of State rattles on yet again about European figures , our minimum wage policy and our alleged doom and gloom , and as he has proved himself completely unable to say anything constructive , will he today at least ask the Prime Minister to chuck it in now , call an election and let us get on with the job ? |
| 29 | And as a result of that David Phillips who as I was saying in the first half has proved himself to be a very valuable all-rounder already to Forest has slotted back in at centre back again and that Garry Crosby has come on as substitute and taken up his usual position and Phillips ' first half position on the right wing . |
| 30 | During this eleventh-hour telephonic summit , Murphy Senior had proved himself to be a tower of strength and a fortress of moral rectitude . |