Example sentences of "appears [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debt-laden Tustin , California-based business systems supplier MAI Systems Corp appears to have hit a credit crunch according to the German weekly Computerwoche . |
| 2 | That is why talks with GM are rumoured to have been more extensive than those with Ford , which appears to have adopted a more aggressive stance . |
| 3 | The Povahs ' predicament appears to have become a common one , and of course there is sympathy , but one does wonder at the borrowings and the strategy upon which they were based . |
| 4 | Judging by the increase in the number of letters we are now receiving from you , the enthusiasm for drawing , painting and other artistic activities continues to grow — in spite of what appears to have become a permanently gloomy economic climate . |
| 5 | Soon after the early death of his father in 1829 , Israel appears to have become a clerk in an uncle 's bank in Göttingen , remaining there for ten years . |
| 6 | For some the holding of one of these posts was just one stage in their careers , for others a succession of such posts appears to have become a career in itself , though one must be careful to emphasize that there is not enough evidence to suggest that there was in the case of the muderris/muftis anything like as clearly defined a career structure as in the case of the muderrises and the kadis , that there was , in effect , a comparable to the and the . |
| 7 | Attempted suicide appears to have become an acceptable way of expressing distress among some people , and has therefore been likened to a fashion . |
| 8 | ‘ As I say , sir , my father appears to have made a full recovery and I believe he is still a person of considerable dependability . |
| 9 | Now Daniel , 10 , appears to have made a remarkable recovery with just chemotherapy treatment and cancer tablets . |
| 10 | ‘ Your ankle appears to have made a remarkable recovery , ’ he said caustically , switching the subject . |
| 11 | If the bookie appears to be offering unfavourable odds , then a gambler will tend not to bet , whereas if the bookie appears to have made a mistake by offering , say , odds of five to one on a horse that you think is a sure thing , then you 'll place your money there . |
| 12 | Also whilst Women 's Studies , particularly in Higher Education , appears to have achieved a certain respectability and is flourishing , Black Studies is on the decline and receives little public support from those concerned about racism . |
| 13 | One such charge appears to have caused an aftermath . |
| 14 | One sees the beginnings of a serious criticism of the very basis of The Lord of the Rings here : the author appears to have presented a set of rules and then observed them only partially , reserving as it were the right to exceptions and miracles . |
| 15 | Interest in this scheme , which can generate big commissions , appears to have spawned a network of introducers and brokers all leading to Daca . |
| 16 | This betrayal appears to have provoked a large-scale opposition — as it were , an alternative ‘ fundamentalist ’ priesthood , militantly at odds with the established one which had prostituted itself to an illegitimate king . |
| 17 | Since no further theory is available whereby the competitors might be assessed , legal theory appears to have reached an impasse . |
| 18 | Indeed , Polybius appears to have gone a step further . |
| 19 | This working party appears to have remained an ad hoc body with a finite life , rather than a major standing committee in the school management structure . |
| 20 | This one appears to have seen a defect and reported a possible cause . |
| 21 | Meredith-Lee appears to have seen a discrepancy of twenty to forty thousand pounds . |
| 22 | Having won the Cabinet 's acceptance ofthe economic strategy , she has been more concerned with implementation and this appears to have given a greater role to her Policy Unit , members of ‘ think tanks ’ , and ad hoc groups of officials , advisers , and ministers . |
| 23 | Mary Leapor appears to have given a great deal of thought to Pope 's ‘ Epistle to a Lady ’ . |
| 24 | 660 if the king , Swithfrith , who appears to have given a foundation gift to the monastery ( CS 87 : S 1246 ) , was a co-ruler with King Swithhelm who died c . |
| 25 | In its location there , on the Atlantic coast of north-western Spain , it appears to have received a constantly renewed nourishment and impetus through the maritime trade routes from Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean . |
| 26 | Some ministers , like some clergymen and bishops in the Church of England , were extremely well paid : Parker appears to have received an annual salary of £1,700 ( nearly £60,000 in 1990 ) while Spurgeon received £1,500 . |
| 27 | Measured in terms of unemployment rates , the intensity of demand for labour appears to have subsided a little by 1970 . |
| 28 | If he appears to have produced a static image of Celtic society , as if the Roman impact was not yet to be observed , he must have known what he was doing . |
| 29 | Taxation appears to have taken a higher fraction of profits in the United States than in some other countries ( around one-half in the USA in 1960 as against about one-third in Japan ) . |
| 30 | Alcester appears to have contained a number of buildings of quality , both inside and outside the fortifications . |