Example sentences of "as it [modal v] appear " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dichotomy between private and public sector is not so clear cut as it may appear . |
| 2 | Selecting staff to work abroad on two-to five-year postings is not as straightforward as it may appear . |
| 3 | This is not as much of a gamble as it may appear at first sight , there are general principles of how to cope with the system , some of which can be built into automatic safeguards and some of which can be conveyed to the operator as knowledge and instructions . |
| 4 | Detecting the seasons is not as easy as it may appear , because the weather does not vary reliably . |
| 5 | ( a ) Show Grieg 's Bad Debts Provision Account , including bad debts , as it may appear in his ledger for the year ended 31 March Year 14 . |
| 6 | ( b ) Show the entry for debtors as it may appear in Grieg 's Balance Sheet at 31 March Year 14 , assuming it is prepared in good style . |
| 7 | The role of management is not as simple as it may appear at first glance . |
| 8 | ‘ Unlikely as it may appear , Mr Glastonbury , ’ said Milton firmly , ‘ I fear , almost certainly , one of you killed him . ’ |
| 9 | As an example he cites Europe ; his political passion — just as it would appear to be Mrs Thatcher 's bete noir . |
| 10 | All is not as it would appear , however . |
| 11 | It usually dawns on you slowly that all is not as it would appear on the surface . |
| 12 | The view that fat cell proliferation is triggered in infancy is now being questioned as it would appear that there seems to be a critical phase in infancy for this to occur . |
| 13 | The extremely well-britched U2 are about to incur a few expenses as it would appear that they have half-inched some of the NME 's STUART BAILIE 's bon-mots . |
| 14 | From the following information write up his account as it would appear in the books of the hotel : |
| 15 | The letter has caused some concern in the Lower Ormeau area of Belfast as it would appear that outsiders were coming into the area after dark and running a carnival , during the week of our community festival and did n't even invite us . |
| 16 | The effect of apparently cheap capital was not as simple as it might appear . |
| 17 | The Kent County cricketing team came again , beating Henley 20 — 2 although the Standard bravely reported it ‘ not to be as one-sided as it might appear ’ . |
| 18 | There is no such thing in practice as a perfect vapour barrier , though this is not always as serious as it might appear . |
| 19 | Montagu 's notion of ‘ self-government ’ was not in fact as radical as it might appear . |
| 20 | Taking out proper insurance to cover the risks entailed in operating a haulage business is not as easy as it might appear . |
| 21 | It does n't seem to have had as bad an effect on a lot of people as it might appear — they have n't immediately turned round and gone back to the very worst anti-gay feeling . |
| 22 | It is not in my body as it might appear to others ( if they put their tongue in my mouth ) but does appear to me ( who has got my tongue in my mouth ) that I have pains . |
| 23 | Yet , a large number go on and eventually do reasonably well academically , the implication being that sporting involvement may not be so detrimental to education as it might appear . |
| 24 | Batch production work is often of this kind and in general it is by no means as unchanging or boring as it might appear to the casual visitor to the factory . |
| 25 | Fortunately in real life this is not always as difficult as it might appear . |
| 26 | This conclusion is not so unsatisfactory as it might appear at first sight . |
| 27 | The fact that some infringements do not require any form of knowledge may seem unduly harsh , but knowledge is required for some of the remedies and the situation is not as inequitable as it might appear , bearing in mind the need to protect the patent . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not as easy as it might appear , ’ Ballater commented , and then introduced himself . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , the Government is doing not as badly , nor Labour as well , as it can appear amid the heady enthusiasm of a conference . |
| 30 | The font supplier provides one font for the screen so that the user will be able to see the type as it will appear and a second font for the printer . |