Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] appear to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator . |
| 2 | Mr Hill said the murder still appeared to be motiveless . |
| 3 | Liza 's car always appeared to be the one which had preferential treatment and although John Carrow , neither approving of nor trusting any lady to tinker about with a machine , begged them all to leave such things as cleaning carburettors to him , it was always Liza 's that got attended to first . |
| 4 | The result also appears to be a vindication of his gamble to delay the election until almost the last moment in the hope that signs of economic recovery would persuade voters to give him a mandate . |
| 5 | The focusing of consciousness often appears to be concerned with the attempted resolution of unfinished business . |
| 6 | The overall impression resulting from these findings is that emergency services specifically designed for potential attempters might be of benefit to some , but the impulsive nature of the act , and the fact that the attempt often appears to be carried out with a particular purpose not related to help-seeking , but aimed at someone in close proximity , reduces the chances of preventing suicide attempts by this method alone . |
| 7 | The dilemma is worse still in that religion often appears to be inextricably and centrally involved in the perpetration of crime and the proliferation of human misery and damage to the environment . |
| 8 | The falsificationist now appears to be reaching a tentative solution to his problem , although he does not consider himself to have proved by experiment how bats avoid collisions while flying . |
| 9 | Whereas the Treaty of Rome and the Single European Act both appeared to be at least chiefly concerned with trade and economic cooperation , the Treaty on European Union is involved with almost every policy with which a national government could concern itself . |
| 10 | The point of contention now appears to be how institutions may be affected . |
| 11 | Protestant churches were not unaffected by the spirit in which the campaign often appeared to be conducted . |
| 12 | The Church test therefore appears to be broad and readily fulfilled , but the phrase ‘ some harm … albeit not serious harm ’ has been construed restrictively in one sense . |
| 13 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
| 14 | The role of the accountant also appears to be a mystery . |
| 15 | The Vietnam War really appeared to be near its end , and the economy , shaken by the rise in world oil prices and the inflation produced by the war , seemed to be on the mend . |
| 16 | As a result of these measures , the river dolphin population now appears to be stabilising and even increasing , but the dolphin is still extremely vulnerable and needs continued surveillance at both national and international levels . |
| 17 | Fergie is understood to have been offered a lump sum and a handsome yearly allowance of around Pounds 150,000 but the sticking point now appears to be the extent of Andrew 's access to their two children Beatrice and Eugenie . |
| 18 | The rationale for intervention then appears to be the degree of error . |
| 19 | The tactile grooming experience also appears to be enjoyed in much the same way a dog likes to be scratched and stroked , and many predatory species forgo the chance of a quick meal in favour of a good grooming allowing the tiny cleaner to even clamber around inside their mouths without harm . |
| 20 | Rainbow and Clint ( OK , her name now appears to be Annie ; that 's all we know so far ) are getting on a treat . |
| 21 | The conservative majority on the Court now appears to be attacking the central core of the New Deal , and the President responded by calling on Congress to pass a series of important new measures . |
| 22 | Among them , Jean Fraser with her Celestial Bodies calls upon the services of two nuns and a nude female to help recreate Manet 's famous Dejeuner sur l'Herbe , while Deborah Bright makes her point by interpolating an ambivalent , bisexual figure into a number of famous film stills so that what was originally a one to one male/ female relationship now appears to be a menage-a-trois . |
| 23 | Dismantling a number was more demanding : The main difficulty factor here appears to be the need to see a number as made up of place value components rather than viewing numbers as a complete entity . |
| 24 | It is profitable to consider another pavement ( the Great Witcombe mosaic ) in regard to the two Leicester mosaics , but the evidence for further , unitary , affinity here appears to be less convincing . |
| 25 | A few muffled voices a short distance ahead appear to be cursing in French , then silence as the advance continues . |
| 26 | Before then , despite a number of chances , this game had nil all written all over it ; United did have their chances , they hit the post , Steve Foster and Martin Foyle both went close but the ball never appeared to be going into the back of the net . |
| 27 | He is ambitious , but rebellion of any overt kind now appears to be out . |
| 28 | So just as electric charge is ‘ universal ’ in that all particles have charges that are multiples of e , the weak coupling also appears to be universal . |
| 29 | Comparable irregularity also appears to be the rule at Ashton in the area west of the modern Oundle to Peterborough road , though the excavated area is dominated by a single main road with several side-lanes , and in the evidence visible at the problematical sites of Dragonby and Kirmington . |
| 30 | The Commission 's latest strategy now appears to be to devise origin rules which focus on the transfer of technology , since a local content ratio of 80 per cent can still allow Japanese producers to hang on to key technological processes . |