1.   This approach proved impractical and inflexible and did not allow for innovation or different national traditions.

2.   A more focused approach is proving better for business, she said.

3.   But since the luster of the dot-coms has worn off, his conservative approach has proved sounder.

4.   But that approach proved prohibitively expensive, and, in the end, interactive cable TV never caught on.

5.   For tabloid publisher American Media, however, the discard-everything approach could prove ruinous.

6.   In fact, that approach has already proved problematic in Afghanistan, where the rivalries of local warlords are being carefully watched by its neighbors.

7.   Individual approaches proved equally valid.

8.   Some in South Korea believe the two approaches may prove to be a useful carrot and stick.

9.   Stefansson expressed confidence that his genealogy-based approach would prove more efficient.

10.   Some approaches have proved disappointing.