Example sentences of "appears [to-vb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no relation between the services consumed and the costs of them to individuals , and the central government appears to wish to introduce a benefit-related tax for local authorities . |
| 2 | Attempted suicide appears to have become an acceptable way of expressing distress among some people , and has therefore been likened to a fashion . |
| 3 | Now Daniel , 10 , appears to have made a remarkable recovery with just chemotherapy treatment and cancer tablets . |
| 4 | ‘ Your ankle appears to have made a remarkable recovery , ’ he said caustically , switching the subject . |
| 5 | ‘ As I say , sir , my father appears to have made a full recovery and I believe he is still a person of considerable dependability . |
| 6 | Also whilst Women 's Studies , particularly in Higher Education , appears to have achieved a certain respectability and is flourishing , Black Studies is on the decline and receives little public support from those concerned about racism . |
| 7 | This betrayal appears to have provoked a large-scale opposition — as it were , an alternative ‘ fundamentalist ’ priesthood , militantly at odds with the established one which had prostituted itself to an illegitimate king . |
| 8 | Mary Leapor appears to have given a great deal of thought to Pope 's ‘ Epistle to a Lady ’ . |
| 9 | Having won the Cabinet 's acceptance ofthe economic strategy , she has been more concerned with implementation and this appears to have given a greater role to her Policy Unit , members of ‘ think tanks ’ , and ad hoc groups of officials , advisers , and ministers . |
| 10 | Some ministers , like some clergymen and bishops in the Church of England , were extremely well paid : Parker appears to have received an annual salary of £1,700 ( nearly £60,000 in 1990 ) while Spurgeon received £1,500 . |
| 11 | If he appears to have produced a static image of Celtic society , as if the Roman impact was not yet to be observed , he must have known what he was doing . |
| 12 | Taxation appears to have taken a higher fraction of profits in the United States than in some other countries ( around one-half in the USA in 1960 as against about one-third in Japan ) . |
| 13 | But small or not , it appears to have left a nasty bite mark on her arm . |
| 14 | He appears to have occupied a middle position , holding that while Gentile Christians need not be circumcised or keep traditional Jewish festivals , they should respect Jewish food laws . |
| 15 | 1.45:KIM Bailey appears to have found an ideal reappearance race for one of last season 's most improved chasers DOCKLANDS EXPRESS . |
| 16 | Most important of all , however , in creating a greater understanding of and attachment to the Protestant message was the regular use of the Elizabethan Prayer Book , which appears to have experienced a gradual increase in popularity as its ceremonies grew in familiarity over the course of the queen 's reign . |
| 17 | Now he appears to have performed a spectacular U-turn . |
| 18 | Behind the desk , the receptionist appears to have had a late night . |
| 19 | Though we can not imagine that Innocent wrote all these , he appears to have had a close relationship with his chancery . |
| 20 | Experience of the complexities of government in a society such as that of the new Soviet Union appears to have had a dramatic effect on his earlier Utopian vision of the conduct of governmental affairs ( Medvedev 1981 , p. 39 ) . |
| 21 | Early in his career Thornton appears to have had a clear idea of the disposition of his circuit . |