And, occasionally, methodical experiments find exactly the opposite of what they sought to prove.
For months now, both sides have sought to prove their strength in the streets.
Iran has long sought to prove that it is a victim, not a sponsor, of terrorism.
The show also sought to prove that adults could be groovy too.
"What we have sought to prove," he said, "is that Al Qaeda was involved in Somalia".
Trump has long sought to prove his own religious bona fides to social conservative voters.
The first paragraph is longer here because the prosecution in Buchanan sought to prove only one aggravating circumstance.
The Swiss authorities sought to prove that the funds were the profits of drug trafficking, but their efforts ended inconclusively.
They sought to prove that features of the site Mr. Powell had presented as ominous had more benign explanations.
In the early twentieth century, a new generation of liberal professors sought to prove Christianity's compatibility with contemporary currents in the study of philosophy, science, history, and democracy.
For years, Vladimir Putin has sought to prove his manliness by consorting with tigers, driving jets and tanks, and diving for buried treasure.
