Example sentences of "appears [prep] be [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Team A — a group of students and a civil servant — probably came closest although , as in all things , there appears to be no correct answer , just a selection of possibilities .
2 While there appears to be no immediate threat to Curtis 's position , there is friction between himself and Robins over the size of his income , which rose from £138,000 in the previous year .
3 The only real conclusion that we can draw from such an exercise is that there appears to be no simple relationship between population and the wealth of a nation-state .
4 There appears to be no standard pinouts for p.c.b .
5 There appears to be no standard creation myth but a number of versions within which details may vary and which connect the creation with different gods .
6 There appears to be no consistent relationship between variation in IRS , DRS , SRS and LRS ( see Table 23. 1 ) .
7 For one thing , Rutherford has argued convincingly ( 1996a ) , on the basis of detailed historical and geographical evidence relating to England and Wales , Japan and the Netherlands , that there appears to be no consistent relationship between levels of recorded crime and rates of imprisonment in these countries , which suggests that the latter are largely determined by the decisions of courts in the different countries .
8 The second feature of the offence of causing an explosion likely to endanger life is that there appears to be no distinct fault requirement .
9 There appears to be no other solution than either to conform to the system or to destroy it .
10 The survey says that there appears to be no one explanation why the fees should be so low , particularly as other companies ' fees do relate to their size .
11 Or you can say it the other way round That 'll be a negative correlation Now the alternative would be when you plot them you get a circle almost , you get , there appears to be no systematic relationship between the two So what you 'd be tempted to say is , no correlation Now I 'm gon na try and move towards how we might measure , how might we actually measure , get a measure of correlation because what you 'd be able to say is , well they 're more correlated or less correlated .
12 First , there appears to be no absolute right to such representation .
13 Baldirzade and Ismail Belig , in addition to giving information about Molla Yegan 's burial place , say that he died in 878/1473–4 , for which date there appears to be no firm evidence , though equally there is nothing to show it to be improbable .
14 Both mines are associated with a NW-SE swarm of Tertiary dolerite dykes but there appears to be no genetic connection .
15 Yet there appears to be no eventual change in the relationship between ‘ North South ’ and ‘ urban-rural ’ dimensions .
16 The precise reasons for this apparently surprising appointment are not entirely clear as there appears to be no detailed documentation , but it is almost certain the initiative came from Harold Shearman , then District Chairman .
17 There appears to be no significant risk to women who take it for less than five years but the risk does increase slightly between five and ten years , and taking it for more than 15 years gives a higher risk still .
18 The product still has not reached the market and , while spokespersons for the Australian companies avoid saying that the project has been shelved , there appears to be no clear launch plan or marketing strategy .
19 But where the two groups live together , there appears to be no clear difference in language use , an example being the Protestants and Catholics of working-class East Belfast whose language was analysed during a pilot study designed to investigate possible effects of ethnicity ( see 6.2.2 ) .
20 There appears to be no direct relationship between the level of education spending and examination results .
21 One may deal briefly with Molla Arab 's supposed first period of office as Mufti , simply saying that there appears to be no more evidence for it than for the rest of Katib Celebi 's construction of the facts concerning the history of the office in the early years , which is not , however , to say that the statement ( or the construction , for that matter ) may be dismissed entirely ( cf. below , n. 166 , for example ) .
22 I was astonished to read the article entitled ‘ Soviet military research powers ’ ( This Week , 17 March , p 708 ) which appears to be a tame reproduction of figures given by the Pentagon as to their calculation of the Soviet defence effort .
23 Item No 1 : this appears to be a 17th century cloth fastener though it is much larger than normal .
24 In addition to sounding complex to subjects , this appears to be a two step process , estimating both accidents and traffic flow and combining the two estimates to make a final number .
25 hughesy is renowned as a ‘ hard man ’ although this appears to be a one way thing — he does nt mind dishing it out but if anyone comes within a foot of him he crashes to the turf , usually clutching his face and rolling around frantically in an attempt to get a fellow professional booked/sent off .
26 There also appears to be a strong correlation between depressed BRS and the inducibility of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia at programmed ventricular stimulation .
27 The ultimate source is Sir John Hawkins , who remarks , in what appears to be a personal recollection , that Handel had ‘ a favourite Rucker harpsichord , the keys whereof , by incessant practise , were hollowed like the bowl of a spoon ’ In justice to Hawkins it must be stated that he does have a reputation for being , for his time , a careful scholar , so it is unfortunate that this brief , almost casual remark , should have been embellished with a little fanciful romancing that appears to be added only to enliven his text with some colourful anecdote .
28 Instability of open complexes appears to be a frequent property of Bacillus promoters recognized by σ A -RNA polymerase .
29 There appears to be a bewildering array of choices of software and hardware .
30 It is therefore vital that what appears to be a non-restrictable act is examined in order to find what really lies behind the employee 's ability to compete/ canvass. 1.2 Business secrets The implied duty to maintain confidence in the employer 's business secrets continues after employment ends .
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