Example sentences of "appear to have [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor do the advances in scientific knowledge , which began in Elizabeth 's reign and multiplied during the Stuart period , appear to have caused any appreciable weakening of the Christian belief of intellectuals , or to have created a new elite group of educated non-believers . |
| 2 | Africa , South America and Australia appear to have contributed little or nothing to the pedigree cat world . |
| 3 | The therapeutic possibilities of the inhibitory substance appear to have received little attention from Fleming . |
| 4 | Successful farming in DRAs demands very high levels of skill but an even smaller proportion of farmers in such areas appear to have received any formal training ; opportunities to receive it are considerably less than in the more favoured farming areas . |
| 5 | Meanwhile some in London , apart from any particular worries of their own , appear to have seen this as an opportunity to mount a joint Anglo-American operation . |
| 6 | Nor does codetermination appear to have done much to improve work conditions . |
| 7 | The university 's principal , Sir David Smith , said neither ministers nor Scottish Office officials appear to have given any real thought to some of the practical implications . |
| 8 | For example , despite Odysseus ' twenty years ' absence from home , on his return neither he nor Penelope appear to have grown any older . |
| 9 | The authorities appear to have made little effort to identify the perpetrators of any of these attacks . |
| 10 | It should not perhaps surprise us that trade unions appear to have made less bargaining headway on the issues of job design than on the question of equipment design . |
| 11 | Companies thus appear to have made some strides towards repairing net worth , partly as a result of responding early to signs of recession . |
| 12 | Each of the major kingdoms appear to have had such trading centres in the eighth century ( Hodges 1982a ; Biddle 1976 ) , even an inland centre such as Northampton was a royal centre and is also described as a trading centre . |
| 13 | The stone circles appear to have had some sort of tradition of dancing , perhaps associated with these key times . |
| 14 | Occasionally they appear to have had some direct influence on the formulation of the documents — the particular mention of the Anglican communion in the decree on ecumenism for example , as of the ‘ hierarchy of truths ’ — and their advice was sought , at least by the Unity Secretariat ( whose guest they were ) on religious freedom . |
| 15 | As an artist Robin Winters has left a riotous trail across America and Europe in the past two decades , a path strewn with paintings , sculptures , drawings in all media , writing , installations , performances and events which appear to have combined all of the above . |
| 16 | The people of Ghana appear to have taken this development calmly , but for White liberal friends of Ghana this seemed like the parting of the ways . |
| 17 | The friend said : ‘ Many people appear to have forgotten that . |
| 18 | ‘ Sir , ’ they retort , ‘ it was with some amusement that I read the views … with astonishment … with disgust … self-appointed guardians of the public conscience … fashionable cant … appear to have forgotten those who , in two world wars … ’ |
| 19 | However , other Jacobite demonstrations from this time appear to have lacked much genuine support . |
| 20 | However , economic trends and social security changes appear to have undermined these strategies . |