Example sentences of "has proved [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 He has proved himself as a coach , and any doubts harboured at Anfield about his judgement have long since been swept away .
2 Mike Gatting has proved himself an excellent one-day captain , winning several trophies with Middlesex during the 1980s .
3 Eric has proved himself a first class performer . ’
4 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 .
5 Somerset 's cricket director Bob Cottam said : ‘ Mushtaq has proved himself as a wicket-taker at the highest level .
6 Agassi has proved himself extremely capable against Europeans , Australians and at least one Canadian .
7 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 .
8 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 ?
9 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 .
10 ‘ Bobby has proved himself to be something of a medical miracle already by his resilience to the treatment . ’
11 This problem can be overcome by negotiating a long-term arrangement once the agent has proved himself , or by inserting a gradual run-down clause into the agency agreement .
12 Dismissed as a novelty when it first appeared on record over a decade ago , rap has proved itself remarkably durable .
13 This has proved itself with divers who have vomited in their mask or had mechanical failures and have had to remove their mask .
14 However , ownership of the Sussex Cricketer has proved itself a much higher quality asset than a promising ream , and the £62,500 rental from it flows straight through to the bottom line , as do some handsome donations .
15 The tremolo is an Ibanez Lo-Pro Edge system from the Floyd Rose school and , as licensed Floyds go , the Edge system has proved itself to be one of the best .
16 ‘ As a man thinks — so he is ’ — a statement that has proved itself down the years .
17 The successful development of negotiating skills has proved itself as one of the most cost-effective investments in company profitability .
18 What is clear , however , is that the ideal of public service broadcasting has combined with the imposed statutory obligations on the broadcasters to produce a system of broadcasting which has proved itself over many decades .
19 After five years in operation , Channel Four has proved itself on both counts .
20 Unfortunately , molecular evidence , which has proved itself useful in other areas of disagreement , has yet to prove itself here .
21 The North Face Ve 25 is a mountain tent which has proved itself on many expeditions
22 And er once again the Hereford defence has proved itself somewhat leaky , five three .
23 One of the aims of this thesis was to use graph search terminology to clarify certain speech processing problems and the method has proved itself in a number of ways .
24 Since its inception in 1984 the Middlesbrough 10k Road Race and Fun Run has proved itself one of the premier events of its kind in the North-East .
25 YORK City Council has proved itself to be one of the region 's most innovative local authorities .
26 Beating Bowe , whom he defeated at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , is clearly next on his list of priorities and a fight in Glasgow 's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , which has proved itself an ideal venue for world title contests , could be a possibility .
27 He says that Childine must survive because it has proved itself a lifeline for thousands of frightened , lonely and distressed children .
28 So how dare anyone criticise a true champion who has proved herself over and over again .
29 And in doing so she has proved herself a mightier force than the Palace propaganda machine , which suggested that she might not attend because she was too old and frail to make the long journey to Crathie Church .
30 ‘ She has proved herself to me a mere Jilt ’ , he told his diary .
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