Example sentences of "may prove [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The durability of the Royal Scotsman over five long seasons of operation , with the top tour price now only a short step away from £3,000 was proven by 1989 , but even as this book was being prepared for press , there were changes in the wind which may prove to be a sterner test of the depth of the elitist train-tour market . |
| 2 | JUST possibly Cordoba ( 3.10 ) may prove to be the biggest talking horse since Mister Ed , the supernag of American television fame . |
| 3 | Projects where a specific commodity is in international demand will prove an exception to this ; such demand may prove to be strongest in other parts of the developing world , particularly Asia . |
| 4 | Part of the point of selling state businesses is to raise hard cash , and taking on more debt to fund worker buyouts in return for low or non-earning equity stakes ( which may prove to be worthless in the long run ) is not a real option for the government . |
| 5 | Immigration , however , may prove to be a banner around which only the rightwing can rally . |
| 6 | RECEIVERS were yesterday appointed to the brewing businesses of the Australian yachting tycoon , Mr Alan Bond , in what may prove to be the first step towards the world 's largest corporate collapse . |
| 7 | The object may prove to be genuine , but this is little consolation to the owner if it has been largely destroyed during the authentication process . |
| 8 | It may prove to be Margaret Thatcher 's most lasting contribution to her party , for it is changing it irrevocably . |
| 9 | First , I want to comment on some features of the hereditary mechanism which may prove to be characteristic of all living things , whether on this planet or elsewhere in the universe . |
| 10 | In what may prove to be the dying days of the Major government , the controversial merger between the 32 Tory Euro-MPs and the European People 's Party fulfils a key prime ministerial objective in placing Britain ‘ at the heart of Europe ’ . |
| 11 | There was indeed something rebarbative — as there may prove to be about The Manson Family when and if we see it on stage here — about the use of a serious story for a work which struck many as frivolous and even posturing . |
| 12 | With a leadership battle looming in the Labour Party in the wake of its fourth successive defeat , the issue of electoral reform may prove to be the central issue for internal debate , a factor the Liberal Democrats will exploit to the full . |
| 13 | With a leadership battle looming in the Labour Party after its fourth successive defeat , electoral reform may prove to be the central issue for internal debate , a factor the Liberal Democrats will exploit to the full . |
| 14 | This may prove to be the most expensive contest staged in Britain , but I doubt whether it really will be the biggest since the war . |
| 15 | It may prove to be a Pyrrhic victory . |
| 16 | What may prove to be important for future generations of elderly people in terms of care and living arrangements , is the numbers who will have experienced a divorce . |
| 17 | In particular , the Full Moon in your opposite sign of Aries on the 14th may prove to be tense , and even a little tearful , but partners , employers and family members alike must be told in no uncertain terms that you intend to do things your way or not at all . |
| 18 | He will also be stronger which may prove to be a problem during the backing and breaking process . |
| 19 | It might be heartbreaking but the summary plus the recommended actions may prove to be all that is ever needed or read . |
| 20 | Paradoxically , the management implications of the changes may prove to be , as this chapter has suggested , a means of restoring professional self-esteem . |
| 21 | Thus although a marked increase is apparent in recent years it may prove to be due entirely to three freak movements . |
| 22 | The design study notes : ‘ Unfortunately , with only limited geological information available and in the absence of normal site-investigation data , it is prudent to consider construction in what may prove to be adverse as well as favourable conditions , ’ |
| 23 | INORGANIC substances are now rarely used to treat diseases , but one platinum compound may prove to be a powerful new anti-cancer drug . |
| 24 | However , this last figure may prove to be an underestimate if the results of a recent survey by the London Chamber of Commerce are correct , and the KIS estimates do not , of course , take into account the possible impact of a Channel Tunnel Rail Link . |
| 25 | A regulatory body will have to be empowered by law to administer the new rules ; however , since the proposed Directive allows the regulatory authority to delegate its powers to a private body , there is no reason why the Panel in its present form should not be given the necessary authority with the result that changes in day-to-day practice may prove to be minimal . |
| 26 | Neil Kinnock 's gravest mistake as Labour leader may prove to be his decision to announce his departure before the election postmortem had even got underway . |
| 27 | John Smith may prove to be the man to give Labour its best chance in a 1996 general election ( although it can not be good to have had him all but enthroned as leader before the leadership contest was even underway ) . |
| 28 | Their agnostic approach may prove to be more robust than the more rationalistic and positive vision evolved by the Christian West . |
| 29 | Conversely , these paradoxes may prove to be matters more of perception than of reality . |
| 30 | The map may prove to be inadequate . |