Sentence examples for proved big from inspiring English sources
That lost goal proved big when the Canadiens finally scored again late in the third period.
Both the G20 and the G8 have proved big on promises but not so hot on delivery.
American football might be able to get away with this — the Jets and Giants are in Jersey, too — but the Red Bulls haven't yet proved big enough to attract as many city dwellers as they'd like.
No doubt acts like Paul Akister, Andrea Faustini, Jay James and Lauren Platt have proved big hits, but others have failed to live up to their early promise, with Cole evidently upset to see old favourite Amy Connelley fail to progress last week.
The American government and the Federal Reserve engineered a period of steadily falling interest rates in which the banks could buy government bonds and trade their way out of trouble.But the American market has so far proved big and diverse enough to ensure that such favours have not turned banks into a nationwide oligopoly.
Released July 1999, "The Blair Witch Project" proved big gains can be made on small budgets -- in this case, a $60,000 budget netted $140 million domestically.
For Newton, alchemy may also have proved bigger than chemistry.
Commissioner Rob Walsh, in a later interview, conceded that the problems proved bigger than he had realized.
Mayor Giuliani tried to stop the movement, but dance music proved bigger than an illegal warehouse.
It did not please him, he acknowledged, given that he was a proven big leaguer.
Without the exception, the Knicks's chances of acquiring a proven big man to back up Camby are slim.
