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Meanings of prove so in English

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Usage of prove so in English
1
He is the party whose presence on board will prove so unfortunate.
The Phantom Ship
2
But the Seven and Ser Lucas Longinch did not prove so obliging.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
3
How comes it then that they prove so much stronger than you?
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, with the Hymn of Cleanthes
4
The fortune-telling witch was right; it was destined to prove so.
The Life of Lord Byron
5
Life A DEUX would mean a larger outlay; saving not prove so easy.
Australia Felix
6
It may not prove so, but there is no harm in being prepared.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
7
He may not have expected his remarks to prove so prescient.
The Irish Times
8
The job did not prove so difficult as I had anticipated.
Windjammers and Sea Tramps
9
If it prove so, we shall have the consciousness of having done right.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 / A Magazin...
10
It shouldn't prove so arduous as the quest of the meteor-bird.
Phyllis of Philistia
11
I should quite believe it would prove so in Susan's case.
The Far Horizon
12
To think that one whom I thought so good can prove so immoral.
Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
13
Most surprising of all is that it should prove so hypnotic.
The Irish Times
14
He would prove so docile as to reproduce her very accent.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
15
But to all his pupils he did not prove so helpful.
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1
16
Who could have imagined that being exiled would prove so liberating?
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