Example sentences of "not appear [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 with one exception , all [ scholars ] contacted have expressed strongly that the service did not appear to see the practical relevance of university training , did not know how to exploit the benefits gained by the individual and in many cases showed noticeable coolness to those who were part of it .
2 Despite his structuralist methodology ( and abstract style of writing ) , Bourdieu does not appear to perceive the necessary relationship between abstraction and specificity and the contradictory nature of modern culture brought out by Simmel .
3 Unfortunately this does not appear to work the other way ; the shipowners would not be entitled to any share in a windfall profit if the market value of the cargo increased dramatically and was sold for much more than if it had arrived on time .
4 But the rest of the nationalist-minded government does not appear to favour the federal solution that is the only possible answer .
5 Concern was also expressed in some quarters when it became known that Christopher Ball was to be appointed Chairman of the Board , on the grounds that as head of an Oxford College he would not appear to have the intimate knowledge of the further education system that such a post requires .
6 The movement had grown in a climate of free enterprise , and while it remained relatively small it did not appear to threaten the capitalist market or private business .
  Next page