Example sentences of "appear [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So I decided that in order not to appear as a bad-tempered harpy , I would agree with everything Shirl said and then add : ‘ But … ’
2 Chilperic 's wish to appear as a cultivated monarch is not in question ; he wrote poetry , however badly , and he showed some interest in such issues as the alphabet , to which he wished to add four letters , and in theology , where he came close to heresy , when he decided to abolish the distinctions between the persons of the Trinity .
3 Although both groups tend to appear as a limited disease , most cases being in stage I-IIE , the morphohistological subtype seems to be a decisive factor in dissemination , as only one case ( 5% ) of low grade/mixed grade compared with 20% of the patients with high grade were classified as stage IV .
4 We are unanimously of the opinion that the settlement was a sham on the facts in the sense that it was made to appear as a genuine gift when it was not .
5 He is due to appear as a Palestinian architect in a Channel 4 drama series The Big Battalions .
6 On the one hand , the state has to ensure the continuation of the accumulation of capital ; on the other , it has to appear as a neutral arbiter of interests , thereby preserving its own legitimacy .
7 Only as the cloverleaf began to appear as a grey shape in the otherwise black wall did I at last fall into a dream-wracked sleep .
8 Also billed to appear as a special mystery guest is Vivacious Val .
9 But the personnel manageress said later : ‘ We may ask him to appear as the real thing next time . ’
10 The computer can check for towns that are missed off signs , those that appear for no good reason or appear only intermittently , to the great confusion of amateur navigators .
11 I have been assisted by Mr. James Munby , appearing for the Official Solicitor as amicus curiae .
12 ( c ) On what chart does the rhumb line appear as a straight line ?
13 Through simple framing and neutral observation these environments appear as a strange , exciting kind of art .
14 A form of words may , in one context , be opinion ( and therefore defensible as " fair comment " ) while in another context appear as a factual statement , consequently requiring proof of correctness .
15 Moore 's verbal recollections of the mines are much more evocative than the drawings themselves , in which the miners appear as a frozen statuary .
16 The Navigation Server , developed with the help of NCR Corp , extends the SQL Server to make large scale and multiple databases appear as a single virtual database .
17 Typically there is a pair of ganglia in each segment of the body , but the members of a pair are usually so closely united that they appear as a single ganglion , the commissure being no longer evident externally .
18 Elementals often appear as a moving light or a change in temperature , or they may take the form of an animal or bird and make it behave oddly for a period of time .
19 by the sea on desolate promontories ; in family compounds — large and small temples appear as a natural complement to the island 's geography .
20 In the last , MacMillan 's choreography makes Bratfisch , the prince 's coachman , appear as the only sympathetic yet helpless onlooker at the sordid proceedings .
21 But the synopsis that he offers of his tale : is unmistakably that of a fabliau , and with the target figure appearing as a regular element within the fabliau it is understandable that the Reeve , a carpenter , should anticipate an attack upon himself : Fabliaux are thoroughly suitable textual weapons for the two churls , the Miller and the Reeve , to beat each other over the head with .
22 When at last I came to the start of the mad little road to Lochinver , I followed it over the bleak moorland , Stac Polly now appearing as a black spire in a halo of sunlight .
23 Sometimes appearing as a beautiful horse , saddled ready to ride , Lutin was better known as a hearth sprite .
24 Thus the cut of a lapel , appearing as a bold and larger-than-life motif takes on an intensified presence , becoming a cypher for the stylistic shifts of fashion that imperceptibly determine our appearance and our reading of the appearance of others rather than ( as Brilliant 's premise would indicate ) a sign for the corporeal presence of the body which is not seen .
25 Capacitor C2 is included to reduce the gain at d.c. to unity whilst appearing as a short circuit to a.c. signals .
26 Although sometimes appearing as a short man covered in hair , it is most often identified as a wild young bogey-horse , or a cross between a horse and a bull displaying two long , sharp horns .
27 Although Baker once earned £58.17 a week at the NME , he is now a millionaire several times over , appearing as a game-show host ( Win , Lose Or Draw ) and asking housewives if they 'd swap their two packets for one on Daz adverts .
28 Its grotesque outline keeps popping into view unexpectedly wherever one walks or drives around Lochinver , appearing as a giant thimble and always seeming to be peering inquisitively to see what is happening .
29 To the Sumerian , Egyptian and Mycenaean peoples lapis lazuli had the added attraction of appearing as an exotic substance .
30 The mystic person who singularly failed to appear during a 20-year span of abuse was my doctor .
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