Example sentences of "give it the appearance " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the dam is turf Ed on the land ward side to give it the appearance of a gently sloping field . |
| 2 | There are plenty of references to various studies which are pressed into support of this theory , giving it the appearance of authority . |
| 3 | The fighting chair on her aft deck had thick white leather straps giving it the appearance of a padded electric chair , while the dazzle paint gave the boat an oddly military look that was completed by the number 666 that was painted on her bows in silver-edged black numerals like those warships use to display their commissioning numbers . |
| 4 | The shadows around the thing undulated , giving it the appearance of life . |
| 5 | Its habit of growing in dense tufts gives it the appearance of grass growing under water . |
| 6 | Physics is interesting in having connotations of both : as a physical science , its discoveries ( and the skills it gives to its graduates ) have obvious uses for industry ; while its status as a ‘ pure ’ rather than an ‘ applied ’ science gives it the appearance of being removed from the uses to which it may be put . |
| 7 | Its poised , out-thrust head gave it the appearance of a cobra , a white cobra . |
| 8 | Moreover , the functions it took on within the capital — including the setting up of an armed militia , the publication of an uncensored newspaper , the imposition via the printers ' union of its own form of censorship , and above all the coordination of strike action — gave it the appearance of rivalling the authority of the government itself . |
| 9 | The constant streams of traffic flowing past it gave it the appearance of an ocean liner in a sea full of tiny fish . |