Example sentences of "[adv] turned [adv prt] [prep] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Stan was older and previously dominant , by virtue of being the only dog , he had not turned out to be the natural leader of he pair . |
| 2 | Parental attitudes , like early physical-care practices , have not turned out to be the clear-cut determinants of personality development one had hoped for . |
| 3 | By an incredible coincidence , the day in 1986 when Simon proposed to Hilary also turned out to be the day he got his breakthrough with Radio One . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm relieved to see slow-dancing with me has n't turned out to be the traumatic experience you obviously feared . ’ |
| 5 | Their decision made no sense because , at the end of the day , no solution could be evolved with which she did not agree — as indeed turned out to be the case . |