Example sentences of "seem on the face of " in BNC.
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1 | Gandhi 's teaching concerning the symbolic nature of personifications of Truth in a variety of different forms seems on the face of it to correspond to what Tillich has to say about the symbolic nature of Christian terminology . |
2 | On the contrary it seems on the face of it to be likely that with some learners a conscious awareness of how language works and the subjection of their experience to analysis would suit their cognitive style , increase motivation by giving added point to their activities , and so enhance learning . |
3 | Even Billy Budd , which seems on the face of it the most orthodox — that is the most like the 19th-century Grand Opera — is unusual in having no part for a female voice , and Albert herring has elements of Gilbert and Sullivan in it , not least in the cunningly-written farcical libretto . |
4 | This system would seem on the face of it to have freed the counties from the corrupt and intrusive purveyors while guaranteeing the Crown 's interests . |
5 | Obviously , there are other pricing schemes a firm could employ , but none would seem on the face of it to be as compelling as the ones we have discussed here . |
6 | It would seem on the face of it rather perverse — not to say wasteful — to induct so many people into a non-career . |