But the prospect of reviewing every calculation proved too daunting.

"The prospect of your company proved an irresistible persuasion."

And the prospect of a multigenerational audience for soccer, he said, has proved an effective marketing tool.

Even the prospect of saving real money in a fiscal crisis has not proved a winning argument.

The prospect of financial woes proved too much.

They had thought that mild weather and the prospect of higher mortgage rates would prove an incentive for buyers during the month.

But the prospect of having two bodies kept at about 76 degrees below zero Fahrenheit proved too much for local authorities.

Even the prospect of identifying the appropriate scale on which to manage an environmental problem can prove troublesome.

But for Quincy, this prospect proves far more troubling, and so he strikes out on his own.

Indeed, the economy's grim prospects could prove the Achilles' heel of the new regime.