Sentence examples for proved greater from inspiring English sources

The town charged them 20percentt of the gate, or $80, whichever proved greater.

Interest in the Orient at first proved greater, however, and, in 1600, London merchants formed an East India Company.

Rarely have football teams proved greater chameleons than this "when we're good we're very good but when we're bad we're frightful" Wearside ensemble.

But Paul's psychic powers proved greater than the sum of his parts, earning him a Facebook page and live global coverage of his unerring World Cup predictions.

But ultimately the pressure forcing the oil upwards proved greater than the force of the mud, which was delivered at a pressure of 6,800 pounds per square inch.

Lyudmila adapted poorly to English life; her shy, spartan husband's grit in adversity proved greater than his husbandly capabilities.But the marriage did produce the author, a legendary hellraiser in Moscow in the 1990s, and now a respectable foreign correspondent.

His Arabic and religion proved great advantages.

Michael proved great company, very entertaining and most gracious.

Two returns to the stage proved great triumphs for Hoffman in the 1980s.

The UK is often written off by UK investors, especially small and medium-sized companies – though these areas have proved great investments over the longer term.

Experimental results have proved great interoperability, connectivity and extensibility of the proposed CPMT.