Example sentences of "appear [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many ways attitudes and policies at the hospital appear to have followed a fairly typical course , with model behavioural regimes giving way to mass custody . |
| 2 | You certainly appear to have reached a major turning point in your career and must now think about severing unprofitable ties . |
| 3 | During their travels they appear to have developed a black variety which became extremely popular , perhaps because its natural nocturnal camouflage assisted it to become a more efficient mouser and ratter . |
| 4 | None of the others appear to have turned a wheel again . |
| 5 | Some other forces throughout the region , if they even thought about it , appear to have turned a blind eye . |
| 6 | Rising import prices — especially in the early 1970s — appear to have played an important part in the acceleration of price rises [ Blackaby , 1979 ] . |
| 7 | So what a monumental shock to find that with ‘ Ultra Violet ’ they appear to have undergone a massive personality switch and , hey presto ! |
| 8 | Moreover , there is evidence to suggest that by the seventeenth century both literacy and Bible reading were on the increase ; in the parish of Keevil in Wiltshire , for example , only 4 per cent of testators who died during the decades between 1590 and 1630 appear to have possessed a Bible , whereas during the course of the 1630s and 1640s the proportion rose to 18 per cent . |
| 9 | The interchange of routes between operators complicates analysis , but operators in South Wales also appear to have made a net loss of some 12 per cent of mileage since 1939 . |
| 10 | In the half century before the First World War , investors residing in Scotland appear to have made an increasingly important contribution to Britain 's position as the world 's leading capital-exporting nation . |
| 11 | I appear to have strayed a long way from our original topic . |
| 12 | This same guilloche also makes up the border of the saltire , thus enclosing the curved sides of the semi-roundels , all of which appear to have contained a seabeast . |
| 13 | The conditions he encountered in these other counties however , appear to have left a deeper , and darker , impression on his mind . |
| 14 | They appear to have spent a lot of their lives in England , although they have connections in Waterford . |
| 15 | ‘ You two appear to have had a good time , ’ Maggie said with a smile . |
| 16 | The Rhineland potters who now supplied Britain with samian , but on a much reduced scale , appear to have had a limited figure repertoire . |
| 17 | PEOPLE living near a Middlesbrough mosque appear to have resolved a dispute with the local Muslim community . |
| 18 | People living near a mosque at the corner of Bow Street and Princes Road appear to have resolved a dispute with the local Muslim community over plans to extend it . |
| 19 | As for those countries who live under a non-religious dictatorship and are officially atheist , they appear to have learned a few things from the Inquisition . |
| 20 | Consultants Travers ' Morgan appear to have used a 1000 link computer model in the analysis for Serpell . |
| 21 | Over the past six months or so you appear to have taken a leaf out of the Aquarian book and aired your grievances in such a manner that you now face the possibility of a complete break from the past , which in turn would alter so much you have built up and established over the years . |
| 22 | Governments appear to have drawn a purely tactical conclusion from the ERM 's ordeal : never underestimate the strength of the financial markets . |
| 23 | Moreover , the preliminary decisions of the Commission as to the admissibility of two cases submitted by British tax-protesters appear to have dealt a fatal blow to any remaining hopes that the European Court of Human Rights might be used as an additional forum in which to exert pressure for a change in the existing law and policy regarding tax diversion . |
| 24 | ‘ But they appear to have got a bit lax on ( a ) . ’ |
| 25 | Many valued the former Manchester City winger at around £1m , so Derby appear to have got a bargain . |
| 26 | This will have exactly the opposite effect and they will then be able to relax without appearing to have insulted a host 's favourite pet . |
| 27 | They do not cover the Mediterranean , where England does not appear to have played a substantial part in trade until at least after the accession of the Tudors . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , fascism does not appear to have gained a strong or permanent foothold within most Conservative constituency parties . |
| 29 | Dante would appear to have seen a striking clock at least fifteen years before the Visconti clock of 1335 was installed ; he may have seen the iron clock placed in the campanile of the church of Sant' Eustorgio in Milan in 1309 — the first Italian public clock of which we have knowledge . |
| 30 | Thomas Thurland held 1½ but Daniel Höchstetter does not appear to have held a portion . |