Sentence examples for had proved much from inspiring English sources

Yet neither had proved much when Solich decided on the spread.

But in the final analysis — and this was Diane's whole point — Plan A had proved much too idealistic.

To Craig Kincaid, though, the cheap seats had proved much better than expected for his first major league game.

If the Higgs had proved much heavier than this week's announcement implies they might have found themselves with a lot of redundant kit on their hands.

The IMF managing director admitted that with the benefit of hindsight, assumptions about growth in Greece had proved much too optimistic.

Earlier attempts failed because pesticide salesmen had proved much more persuasive than scientists advocating sustainable development.The retro-farming approach has the added advantage that it disproportionately benefits the very poor.

By the end of the war, 17 pounders had proven much more effective against German tanks, and 32 pounders had entered development.

The practice has proved much messier.

The outcome has proved much more scattershot.

Armstead has proved much so far this year.

Control orders have proved much more divisive.In this section The crucible of print Last orders?