Example sentences of "it proved a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It proved a major step towards effective supranational co-operation in Europe . |
| 2 | It proved a turning point in the war leading to Lincoln emancipation proclamation liberating the slaves . |
| 3 | It proved a turning point in his luck and his career . |
| 4 | Elsewhere it proved a negative variable , even in areas with a sizeable Jewish presence such as Leeds or Manchester . |
| 5 | It proved a hilarious menage . |
| 6 | It proved a certain hit and shot to number two in the UK before topping the charts in Belgium , Australia , Hong Kong and Finland , and storming top tens all across Europe . |
| 7 | He sold his American artists as well as the English ones , and it proved a successful ploy . |
| 8 | But it proved a complete success and he is keeping out £2m David Rocastle , who was bought to replace him . |
| 9 | It proved a total fiasco . |
| 10 | It proved a splendid medium for the copy books of the writing masters , such as George Bickham , whose best known book , The Universal Penman , is an expensive item . |
| 11 | It proved a complex process to eliminate variables that were related to intelligence without removing any that might be directly related to lead . |
| 12 | It proved a remarkable race for Naali who had been paid by the promoters to act as a pacemaker and drop out at the halfway stage . |
| 13 | Against the timescales set by the government , that contracts for all services be in place by April 1991 , it proved a stern test of general management . |
| 14 | Giggling like a child , rueful self-mockery etched on every line of her face , she applauded when a shout went up , joined in the disappointed groans when it proved a false alarm , commiserated with a rather determined little girl who had wandered into her own area of search and who thought she should have found one by now , and , thoroughly amused , by herself as much as by others , she whole-heartedly entered into the spirit of the thing . |
| 15 | It proved a false hope for Merioneth as Brymbo 's Nigel Roberts ( 78 ) , Stuart Williams ( 35 ) and Mark Jones ( 20 not out ) teamed up with Chris Lloyd of Wrexham ( 63 ) to post a daunting total to Merioneth . |
| 16 | They were so , and it proved a happy choice all round . |
| 17 | It proved a difficult time . |
| 18 | It proved a fitting finale to what had been the first period of sustained fighting in the war . |
| 19 | It proved a close-run thing . |
| 20 | If so , it proved a grave miscalculation . |
| 21 | It proved a painful lesson . |
| 22 | It proved a catastrophic cocktail . |
| 23 | It proved a disastrous union — ‘ Salo ’ , the inferior player , became brutally jealous of his wife 's game , and accused her of flirting with whomever she happened to be playing . |
| 24 | It proved a costly foul . |