Example sentences of "appears [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to the variables of age , sex and status , a further social variable associated with a speaker 's degree of integration into his close-knit community appears to affect the probability of his being linguistically innovative with respect to choice of vowel variants . |
| 2 | This only appears to include the occupancy duty . |
| 3 | This latest open letter from the rebel leader , cashiered Colonel Gregorio Honason appears to confirm the government 's belief that he no longer has the ability to launch another military uprising . |
| 4 | The majority of evidence appears to support the concept that hypertension has an adverse effect on prognosis in the diabetic . |
| 5 | The quotation on page 53 from the Bhagavad Gita appears to support the idea not only that many gods exist but that many gods can be followed and worshipped . |
| 6 | As the night lengthens , the production time of melatonin increases , and this appears to stimulate the production of hormones which transform the appetite , metabolic rate , and colour and growth of fur . |
| 7 | Scobie appears to borrow the connection from an article by Sandra Djwa — ‘ Leonard Cohen : Black Romantic ’ which first appeared in 1967 , where it is more skilfully and roundly argued : ‘ Cohen 's dominant theme ( is ) , ’ she says , ‘ the relationship between experience and art , and more specifically the suggestion that the value of experience is to be found in the art of ‘ beauty ’ distilled from it … ’ |
| 8 | If these records are too selfconsciously trying to please everybody , to sound like they matter to the person he is now , at least he appears to see the problem . |
| 9 | ‘ None of the individual specifications appears to embrace the whole of the mechanical conditions to be dealt with , but there were many good points contained in the specifications of Messrs. Glover and Messrs. Gwynne ; and it would appear that a combination of certain facets of these two schemes would produce a highly satisfactory machine . |
| 10 | There is no individual specification which appears to embrace the whole of the mechanical conditions to be dealt with ; but there are many good points contained in the specification of Messrs. Glover and Messrs. Gwynne ; and it would appear that a combination of certain parts of these two schemes would produce a highly satisfactory machine . |
| 11 | His new Food and Beverage Manager appears to accept the idea as theoretically desirable , but gives it a low priority in practice : privately , he has been urging Winter to ‘ crack the whip a bit ’ , arguing that the whole establishment needs ‘ a good shake up ’ before reforms can be introduced effectively . |
| 12 | The Northumbria decision appears to provide the Home Secretary with additional power under the prerogative to take whatever action is reasonably necessary to preserve the peace of the realm . |
| 13 | The focus on a complex process of negotiations appears to exclude the possibility of structural change . |
| 14 | This appears to relate the inhibition from asking questions , save for the purpose of clarification , neither to the charging of the suspect nor to the time when he is in custody , but to the moment when he is cautioned . |
| 15 | An overall consideration of the data in Table 9.1 appears to indicate the existence in the South of an ‘ inner core ’ of prosperity ( the South East ) and an ‘ outer periphery ’ ( East Anglia , South West and East Midlands ) , compared with the relatively less prosperous regions of the North . |
| 16 | A ‘ like ’ or ‘ do n't mind ’ attitude seems symbolic of a search for satisfaction in housework ; the declaration of ‘ dislike ’ appears to indicate the recognition of dissatisfaction . |
| 17 | Try to ensure that it has relieved itself before the journey , and do not feed the dog immediately before setting out , since this appears to increase the risk of travel sickness . |
| 18 | An attraction of this view is that the notion of the ‘ I ’ or ‘ self ’ appears to bear the character of transcendence and immanence , discussed at length in the previous section . |
| 19 | The overall plan appears to resemble the Benedicite , beginning with a call to all nations and all creatures to rejoice : |
| 20 | Dr McGarry claimed Alliance had been snubbed by the US visitors and said : ‘ Mr Morrison 's credibility as a supposedly independent observer must be called into question when he finds it important to meet Sinn Fein , a party which appears to condone the murder of Irish people , but not the Alliance Party , the foremost advocate of peace . ’ |
| 21 | In addition , the Abu2NH of CsA is hydrogen-bonded to Asn102(CO) in our NMR structure and not to MeBmt1OH as previously reported , and appears to mimic the Ala2(NH)/Asn102(CO) hydrogen bond in the tetrapeptide/cyclophilin complex ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 22 | 8 The total timing appears to reflect the use of the shorter versions of those movements where such exist , adding up to 30 ‘ bonnes minutes ’ , i.e. it includes two timings of ‘ bonnes minutes ’ and one of ‘ petites minutes , matching well the inscription ‘ une bonne demi-heure ’ ( See also note 12 . ) |
| 23 | Often , however , this reluctance appears to reflect the severity of the disturbance in the family . |
| 24 | Last week while Bobby Robson was surrounded by players and coaches , knee-deep in the paranoia that appears to afflict the majority of football managers , Charlton was fishing in Ayrshire , not seeking relief from cumulative tension but simply enjoying life . |
| 25 | It lacks the ‘ glad preamble ’ of the later texts , and by beginning at ‘ Was it for this … ’ ( 1805 Book i , line 271 ) appears to trace the growth of the mind from earliest consciousness . |
| 26 | report , tend to occur when the person is encountered in an unusual context — that is , efficient recall of semantic information appears to require the presence of appropriate contextual cues whereas recognition does not . |
| 27 | This reference once again appears to equate the origin of the fees paid by the sub-licensees with the profits accruing to the taxpayer from the grant of the sub-licensing . |
| 28 | For the record , Fujitsu Ltd 's target flotation price of 225 pence a share appears to value the company at £1,200m , the 80% stake at £960m , the cost of three new chip plants . |
| 29 | Although art 4 appears to apply the test of unfairness at the time the contract was entered into ( like the UCTA ) , the standard of reasonableness does not equate exactly with the unfairness test in the Directive . |
| 30 | The key to 91 appears to fit the lock to the internal doors here , but 1 ( wasted ) round of turning it shows that it does n't unlock them . |