1.   Failure proved too much for them to cope with, and they sought comfort in false succour.

2.   Edward Yardeni, chief economist for the North American division of the investment firm Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, said the potential computer failures could prove devastating for many companies.

3.   Oddly, those failures proved to benefit Butler.

4.   Such failure would certainly prove disastrous against Germany and Yugoslavia in the World Cup.

5.   The failure proved costly the next inning.

6.   But the outbreaks of violence signaled that new failure now could prove explosive.

7.   Her failure proved a major setback for her husband during his first term.

8.   The huge processions sent a message of growing Palestinian impatience over deadlocked peace efforts, and the outbreaks of violence signaled that a failure now could prove explosive.