Sentence examples for breakthrough proved from inspiring English sources

The early promise of a breakthrough proved illusory, however, and the cycle of violence continued.

Three years before he became the most dashing Robin Hood yet (in "The Adventures of Robin Hood," available on a separate Warner DVD), the young Australian actor, in his Hollywood breakthrough, proved his panache at righting wrongs.

Wide men Yannick Bolasie and Wilfried Zaha were also impressive but the breakthrough proved elusive.

Bayern enjoyed more possession after the break but good ideas or breakthroughs proved elusive.

Might either of these impulsive decisions produce policy breakthroughs, proving the conventional view of both substance and process wrong?

Yet this breakthrough has proved elusive.

Disabled comedian Adam Hills, who presented Channel 4's Paralympics roundup show The Last Leg, winner of the BPG breakthrough award, proved that he had not lost his knack for unpolitically correct humour.

Theranos's claim that it could run the full gamut of blood tests on a microsample from a finger prick using its own breakthrough technology proved to be grossly exaggerated, if not entirely false.

The Gunners forced a succession of corners but, with Lincoln defending frantically at times, a breakthrough still proved elusive.

Among other breakthroughs, he proved that stock prices moved much more than dividend changes - which is unusual because if markets work well you'd might expect less movement.

Meanwhile, new science and technology breakthroughs have proved difficult to translate into drugs.