Example sentences of "[noun] has proved a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The recently electrified East Coast route has proved a great success … but could such modern technology be adapted to a railway designed more than a hundred and fifty years ago ? |
| 3 | In some ways the German experiment has proved a dead end , a numbing rather than illuminating experience . |
| 4 | However , this form of investment has proved a dangerous risk for clients . |
| 5 | THE heatwave has proved a sizzling success for ice cream manufacturer Pendleton 's . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His team has proved a successful nursery for a succession of young drivers who have made the Grand Prix circuit . |
| 8 | Many types of informational failure have been suggested , as this form of market failure has proved a fruitful source for critics of market allocation . |
| 9 | Douglas Hurd has proved a reassuring figure in a campaign that has at times seemed to lack confidence and direction . |
| 10 | The Europa e Concordia has proved a popular place to stay with many guests who appreciate its well-appointed style . |
| 11 | However , since 1945 , our past has proved a poor guide . |
| 12 | Mexico has the seventh largest oil and gas reserves in the world but the country 's comparatively recent admission to the hydrocarbon élite has proved a mixed blessing in the face of the fall in crude prices and a massive debt burden caused by extravagant , ill-managed and grandiose schemes to kick a Third World country into the twentieth century . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This residential healing centre has proved a great blessing to many of my friends . |
| 15 | The Independent Living Fund has proved a great success in giving severely disabled people an opportunity to live in the community . |
| 16 | Instead , unification has proved a mixed blessing for the rest of Europe . |
| 17 | To date parishioners have been extremely generous in their giving and the scheme has proved a great success . |
| 18 | Using a microcomputer for a loans system has proved a valuable introduction to new technology for this school librarian , in that she has gained new skills which can be used to exploit the resources of the school library . |
| 19 | This new exchange venture has proved a tremendous success , not only improving linguistic skills and cultural awareness , but also in forming friendships which will last way beyond the second leg of the exchange , due to take place in March . |
| 20 | 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 . |