Rather the opposite proved, in practice, the case.

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The 1986 Financial Services Act was rushed through parliament, but proved a fiasco in practice.

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In practice, the concept proved to be a surefire path to mediocrity.

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The win for Hamilton came as a bit of a surprise, as Vettel had proved fastest in all three official practice sessions and had won the pole.

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However, the cat (or, rather, subatomic particles that behave like the cat) has proved hard to hunt down in practice because such superpositions of states are fragile and easily disrupted phenomena.

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Many ceremonies that mark national celebrations and religious rituals incorporate the practice and calligraphy has itself proved influential on modern art, architecture and design.

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But it wasn't until 1747, when an English physicist named Benjamin Robins proved that "rifled" barrels performed better, that the practice really took off.

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Data from the portal have proved what many had suspected: that the decades-old practice of releasing music to radio weeks before putting it on sale feeds piracy and saps sales.

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The common practice of using sponsor revenue and club seats to cross-subsidize cheap tickets has fostered goodwill and proved a winner.

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