Example sentences of "[pers pn] appears [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This passage is somewhat unsatisfactory in its lack of certainty and in the wide discretion it appears to leave to the courts .
2 The attractiveness of the cultural explanation of religion is that it appears to account for the diversity in religious practices and beliefs without the necessity to get involved in controversy .
3 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 .
4 It also depends on how the gesture is extended in time and space so that it appears to emanate from the dancer 's concentration on the purpose of the gesture .
5 For when he spells out his conclusion , it appears to amount to the claim that , since people are not in general stupid , most cutlery executives would have seen the advantages of changing to stainless steel .
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