Example sentences of "appears [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Atherosclerosis appears to proceed at a more rapid rate and is more extensive in the diabetic ( Crall & Roberts , 1978 ) , but the process does not differ in its morphological appearance nor in its anatomical distribution compared to the non-diabetic ( Strandness et al , 1964 ; Robertson & Strong , 1968 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Pod ’ ( 60cmx×27cm ) , made from two blocked sheets of gilding metal , soldered together and supported on steel legs , appears to float on a brush of spiky copper wire . |
| 3 | Particularly if the year intended in the lists is indeed 833 — these actual death dates may be an indication that this entry should , however , be dated a year earlier , i.e. 832 -but in any case in view of the general chronological uncertainty , Rajab 834 appears to fall within an allowable margin of error ; and one would therefore be reluctant to dismiss the circumstantial account of a contemporary biographical source in favour of a too-strict adherence to what seems to be the slightly uncertain evidence of the chronological lists . |
| 4 | It happens to be the case that we can not , in our language , refer to the sensible properties of a thing without introducing a word or phrase which appears to stand for the thing itself as opposed to anything which may be said about it . |
| 5 | However , it is less appreciated that in many cases the causality also appears to work in the opposite direction ; that is , the nature of the British housing system tends to form and perpetuate major demographic differentials in terms of fertility , nuptiality and marital breakdown , and mortality . |
| 6 | What appears to work within the carefully structured world of the article seems to have a dubiously partial relation to what it represents about Balinese life as a whole . |
| 7 | In other words , the counsellor must seek the real feelings of the counsellee through careful listening to what is being said , how it is being said , and how this appears to relate to the real situation . |
| 8 | In harbour the rig is usually opened out to its full water width of six metres , and the four independently suspended wheels can be retracted into the main hull , so that it appears to squat on the ground . |
| 9 | Indeed , their aversion to being in a small cage appears to increase during the initial three months of caging , so they certainly do not adapt quickly to these restrictions . |
| 10 | In general … rejection appears to increase with the development of disability and the continuation of caring … only a handful of these disabled mothers would be said to be receiving tending in a context which was predominantly loving … |
| 11 | The probability that a fetus will be aborted appears to increase in a linear or nearly geometric fashion with pregnancy order ( Table A. 12 ) . |
| 12 | Heart rate also appears to increase in the subjectively dangerous situation of entering a motorway ( Rutley & Mace , 1972 ) , however , this is harder to explain purely in terms of increasing attention and expectancies since these would normally be associated with a decrease in heart rate . |
| 13 | What they do see is a high-energy electron ( positron ) that appears to come from the decay of a W - ( W - ) . |
| 14 | It appears to lead to a lessening of the constraints imposed upon the individual by the social way of life . |
| 15 | The presence or absence of signatures on vases , whether epoiesen or egrapsen , appears to conform to no rational system , a matter of whim . |
| 16 | However , it is curious to find , looking at this series of photographs , that biography appears to progress in a manner which is not linear but cyclical . |
| 17 | This duty appears to overlap with the other duties vis-à-vis education which are imposed by the Act . |
| 18 | Intensive NMR studies in collaboration with Kurt Wüthrich have led Walter Gehring ( Biozentrum , Basel ) to conclude that the DNA binding specificity of the homeobox genes he discovered ( which are transcription factors specifying segmental identity in metazoans from insects to humans ) is determined not only by the ‘ recognition helix ’ that sits in the major groove of the DNA , but also by a flexible segment at the amino-terminal end of the homeobox which appears to wrap around the DNA so as to contact the minor groove . |
| 19 | The heading in the manuscript appears to tally with a stage direction in the word-book , ‘ A Chinese Man and Woman dance ’ , printed between the final verse and chorus ‘ They shall be as happy as they 're fair ’ But this direction means merely that the Chinese Man and Woman are to dance to the music of the verse , just as the next printed stage direction , ‘ All the Dancers join in it ’ , which follows the words of the final chorus , means that all of them should dance to its music . |
| 20 | The discontent voiced by reviewers appears to focus on the implausibility of the novel 's plot and on the incongruity of the unsettling elements in it . |
| 21 | The source in question , acquired from a Parisian dealer who knew nothing of its history , appears to belong to a large class of mid-18th-century French manuscript anthologies of favourite pieces copied , usually from printed music , for the use of amateur players , generally women or girls . |
| 22 | The same appears to apply to the strategies of individuals involved in reciprocal collaboration . |
| 23 | The rules contain no provision about standing at the hearing stage , but the basic test of sufficient interest appears to apply at the hearing stage as well as at the leave stage . |
| 24 | The pulse profile appears to consist of a narrow central component flanked by lower-level outriding components . |
| 25 | Though Kasdan appears to disapprove of the Joel Silver style of wham-bam slam-bangers , it 's impossible to tell whether he thinks such films have been instrumental in the decline of western civilisation . |
| 26 | Observe his glasses , his mussel shells for mixing the paint , the fine pencil which he appears to use on a copper base , but most of all note his ‘ bohemian ’ air . |
| 27 | This passage is somewhat unsatisfactory in its lack of certainty and in the wide discretion it appears to leave to the courts . |
| 28 | A. vole premaxilla showing breakage of incisors ( ×15 ) ; B. sutural separation between premaxilla and maxilla ( ×15 ) ; C. occlusal cracking of vole molars ( ×15 ) ; D. enlargement of cracking , which appears to start in the dentine and then causes separation of the inner enamel surface ( ×75 ) ; E. slight chipping of enamel edge ( ×225 ) ; F. longitudinal splitting of incisor enamel ( ×15 ) ; G. slight modification of enamel surface of the incisor enamel ( same specimen as F. ) ( ×75 ) ; H. enlargement of enamel modification , showing it to be caused by splitting and flaking rather than etching ( ×375 ) ; I. femur head showing slight cracking ( ×26 ) ; J. enlargement of cracking ( ×75 ) ; K. splitting and cracking of tibia shaft ( ×38 ) ; L. enlargement of tibia ( ×75 ) ; M. splitting and depression of immature long bone shaft ( 15 ) ; N. enlargement of same ( ×60 ) . |
| 29 | In Japan , structure relates to the hierarchical nature of a collective society ; in individualistic Britain structure appears to rest on a sense of being reasonable ; in Sweden structure seems to have its origins in group perceptions of what is expected , it is an interpersonal process rather than a legal process . |
| 30 | This appears to rest on the view of the United Kingdom position which was expressly rejected in the Westinghouse case . |