Example sentences of "it appear [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the humanity , strength and potential for fallacy which lies behind the notion of self-esteem makes the idea of training for it appear mechanistic when , above all , it is sensitivity which must be shown towards all levels of expertness among partners in management . |
| 2 | Sources say there were only really four companies behind COSE : Unix System Laboratories Inc , Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc : beyond that , says the source , Santa Cruz Operation Inc had to fight to get in and the Open Software Foundation was not a party to the negotiations ; but the real power behind the throne , although it does n't want it to appear that way , was of course Novell Inc . |
| 3 | The power behind the throne , though it does n't want it to appear that way , was Novell Inc . |
| 4 | It followed , too , from the assumptions that the British made about the Masai 's conservatism , it appearing self-evident to them that because the Masai were so conspicuously uninterested in Western civilization they were in all respects content with the status quo ; so closely were Westernization and agitation linked in the administrative mind . |
| 5 | In recent years there have been many attacks on what is sometimes called the classic realist novel on similar grounds : that far from being a means of communication it is a means of ideological domination and repression , reproducing on the cultural level the processes of industrial capitalism , making its audience passive consumers , reconciling them to their alienated state instead of liberating them from it , by making it appear normal or natural . |
| 6 | The shape of this 30ft by 45ft design seemed to make it appear wider and not all features could be seen at first glance . |
| 7 | These conditioners contain a resin that coats each hair strand , making it appear fuller . |
| 8 | The existence of successful black sportsmen in Britain is not the recent phenomenon it is often considered to be , though the upsurge in the post-war years makes it appear that way . |
| 9 | First he sketched an arabesque design on the dress in white to make it appear décolleté , then he covered her dress with magnificent , multi-coloured flowers and finally sprayed his design with fixative . |
| 10 | Instead of trying to break up the real shape of the animal , it attempts to make it appear flatter than it is . |
| 11 | So I think they 're right to be suspicious , and it 's right for those people who feel they have a role it 's up to them to make it appear interesting and to show them the relevance . |
| 12 | There was a freshness and gaiety about her which lit up the brothel , making it appear dismal by comparison . |
| 13 | A statement may be made in writing , orally or even by contract , for example , by making the goods tell a lie about themselves as in the case where the seller patched up a crack in the barrel of a cannon so as to make it appear unfractured , Horsfall v. Thomas ( 1862 ) . |
| 14 | The shoe should flatter the foot , making it appear narrower and more elegant than it is . |
| 15 | As for the drive towards egoism by withdrawing from emotional awareness , in competitive conditions it appears reasonable to detach oneself from the joys as well as the troubles of others , on the calculation that love or trust is likely to be betrayed , and any generous action may be utilized against oneself . |
| 16 | It appears reasonable to claim that a man without the capacity to put himself in another 's place could not understand a moral appeal ( even if he should happen to be a law-abiding man who accepts commands and prohibitions on external authority ) , just as someone incapable of shifting temporal viewpoints could not understand an appeal to his future interests . |
| 17 | Since no more is claimed for the incapacitation effect on conventional criminals , it appears reasonable to recommend it for offending corporations . |
| 18 | A term is not implied , however , merely because it appears reasonable to do so nor if it is contrary to an express term . |
| 19 | In other words , implied terms can not be introduced merely because it appears reasonable or equitable to do so . |
| 20 | From the small number of neonatal stomachs examined it seems that the distribution of parietal cells remains constant after birth , and so it appears reasonable to assume that a definite change in distribution of parietal cells must occur during the third trimester . |
| 21 | It has an F-type spectrum , but to me it appears pure white . |
| 22 | It appears baffling because it seems to call no attention to itself . |
| 23 | Yet still it appears impossible to discover the ownership of shares held through a minor Swiss bank which were used to help a second division British company build up stakes in several third division British companies . |
| 24 | It appears impossible to detach oneself from the visual analogy sufficiently to criticize it , without finding another to put in its place or balance against it . |
| 25 | It appears contradictory that someone should ask for advice and then reject it . |
| 26 | Also , I shall use the words ‘ he ’ and ‘ she ’ in describing the male transsexual as it appears appropriate in the context . |
| 27 | As the argument over tax bases and tax rates is by no means over , it appears appropriate to comment upon some of the principal proposals . |
| 28 | The normal hollowing and shrinking of the flesh are arrested , and it appears firm and lifelike again . |
| 29 | In the lifetime of the current Westminster parliament , it appears inconceivable that the Government will go beyond its existing words to entreat Sinn Fein to parley . |
| 30 | The texture of the skin is quite different from the skin elsewhere on our body ; it appears puckered , dimpled and can resemble orange peel when it is pinched . |