Sentence examples for have proven weak from inspiring English sources

But the general's policies have proven weak and erratic.

Analysis of his presidency never concludes with policy discussion – on which Zuma has proven weak – but with his sexual lifestyle.

The spirit is always there, but the flesh has proved weak.

Recent eurozone data has proved weak, with inflation falling and unemployment rising.

The ruling coalition (average age, 58) has proved weak and slothful.

Towards America's enemies and rivals, the charge goes, Mr Obama has proved weak, naive and apologetic.

But the plan has proved weak and unable to reverse a trend that started in the summer when oil prices began to tumble.

Far from being tough and intelligent, the government has proved weak and foolish in its attitude to the police – be it at the gates of Downing Street or inside Number 10".

But non-violent action had surely played a large part in ending apartheid.Though the ground was rocky and the plant has proved weak, democratisation moved through Africa in the 1990s like feathergrass.

Tax revenue in the current fiscal year had proved weaker than expected, in part because GDP in cash terms was weaker than forecast, reflecting low inflation.

Prisons in Mexico remain so rife with corruption that many traffickers had been able to manage their illegal businesses from behind bars, and courts have proven too weak to deliver swift, substantial sentences.