Example sentences of "appears [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An education report that appears to support the former theory is a pussyfooting piece of dangerous nonsense , says John Rae . ’ |
| 2 | B AGEHOT 'S phrase comes in a passage in which he appears to propound the dispiriting theory that a politician , if he wants to get anywhere , must appeal to ‘ the average man ’ . |
| 3 | I think that the Noble Lord er wi will know that his amendment in fact as it is wo n't work because it er appears to treat the British Transport Police as an area of England and Wales er which of course would be unsuitable , but I have no doubt at all that his main purpose of his amendment is to explore the questions about the powers and jurisdiction of members of the British Transport Police which of course he did as usual most effectively . |
| 4 | Despite the far greater sophistication ( and cost to users ) of RDS , Carfax appears to remain the superior approach , permitting local traffic announcements to be made as soon as information is available to broadcasters . |
| 5 | One of these young males , hardly 2″ yet , appears to cherish the same hope — he is almost fully coloured and busily chasing the females . |
| 6 | Everyone links arms in a circle and , as they sing Auld Lang Syne very badly [ since nobody actually appears to know the correct words ! ] they all rush forward together then back out again . |
| 7 | The evidence for this assumption seems in the end to be the fact that Taskopruzade uses for the first time in relation to Molla Fenari a distinctly official-sounding title which appears to encompass the entire Ottoman state , namely ; but it must be reiterated that there is no evidence in Taskopruzade 's account to suggest that this appointment occurred in the time of Murad II rather than earlier , perhaps in the time of Mehmed I or even of Bayezid I. |
| 8 | Inclusion of the institutional population appears to increase the overall disability prevalence rate by about 6 per cent . |
| 9 | Fforde acknowledges that all this appears to invalidate the central theme of his book . |
| 10 | 63b ) , meanwhile , is poorly recorded , but appears to exhibit the same , easily recognizable , display of four pairs of interlaced squares bordering a diminutive , central panel . |
| 11 | The school is already oversubscribed , despite fees of 1.2 million yen ( £5,100 ) a year , and appears to reflect the increasing interest in Japan for the various education systems developed in Britain . |
| 12 | The gradual breakdown of the stripes into the prisms or facets of the work since 1986 appears to excite the retinal far less , introducing a spatial dimension which is glimpsed as a fluctuating presence in the previous series of paintings . |
| 13 | He appears to equate the two functions broadly , but does not call himself a batteur de mesure . |
| 14 | The first example describes , and because it does not comment , appears to legitimise the hierarchical organisation of labour in offices , with the majority of workers on lower pay than the minority . |
| 15 | Often their work appears to depict the fleeting moment . |
| 16 | This claim might not unreasonably be held to cover such examples as we see in the following subject phrases : ( 15 ) the bicycles damaged all had red handlebars the line defective is the one to the outside a dose strong enough would put him out all night In all these cases , prenominal position would also be acceptable and appears to give the same cognitive meaning for the sentence as a whole , hence encouraging us to accept a solution to the first question , above , in terms of " emphasis " or " focus " . |
| 17 | Guinness ' decision to withdraw its alcohol-free bitter , Smithwick 's AFB , last February appears to endorse the persistent gloom surrounding a sector that was one described as a dynamic , vibrant and burgeoning niche . |
| 18 | The ‘ untalented , uneducated and ill-disposed louts ’ I described above in rather intemperate language before taking my walk will make much of the ‘ coincidence ’ ( as they will put it , with heavy irony , drawing out each syllable like bubble-gum ) that Miller also appears to share the outward marks of my own alleged ill-health . |
| 19 | Similarly , the dualism which played an important role in Pythagorean philosophy appears to echo the Zoroastrian cosmic opposition of Ohrmazd and Ahriman , although these two ultimates were regarded as personal gods and not as abstract principles like the Pythagorean ten basic pairs of opposites , such as limit versus unlimited , good versus bad , male versus female , odd versus even . |
| 20 | The glycoprotein appears to transform the low-energy corneal epithelial surface into a higher energy surface , via adsorption . |
| 21 | The street grid at Catterick , east of Dere Street and opposite the original settlement on the west ( see fig. 30 ) , appears to represent the best-known example of a later addition . |
| 22 | Unlike the initial expression of gluRs , the second phase appears to represent the localized expression of gluRs near the NMJ as no increase in gluR density is observed in extrasynaptic sites . |
| 23 | As an adult she appears to have the perfect marriage and builds a successful career as a novelist . |
| 24 | Yet within our legal system , Parliament appears to have the legal power to repeal any law , even to act contrary to the principles of international law . |
| 25 | In the case of gastrin , cell lines derived from colorectal carcinomas have recently been shown to contain gastrin mRNA , and some human colorectal cancers in short term tissue culture release a peptide into the culture medium which appears to have the immunological characteristics of gastrin . |
| 26 | Of the two determinants , maternal age appears to have the stronger influence , although the deleterious effect of fourth and higher birth order seems to be very strong at young maternal ages . |
| 27 | The contest is traditionally a brainteaser for the form-book pundit but Highbrook appears to have the ideal credentials to topple the poor value favourite Daru . |
| 28 | Apart from conviction each new voice of authority appears to have the same weight as the one we believe , and every moment of unreality calls in question the reality of all past experience . |
| 29 | In the context of the current UK problem with upland free-grazing sheep , the effective application of any feed additive is extremely difficult to achieve , and the use of boli currently appears to offer the best prospects . |
| 30 | In the case of the managed funds they will be denominated in a leading currency , for example US dollar , sterling , or Deutschmark , although the manager will be free to select the mixture of currencies that , at any time , appears to offer the best prospects . |