Example sentences of "appear to have [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1986 and 1991 American states appear to have shut four landfills for every one they opened or expanded . |
| 2 | Many mountain belts situated along present or past plate boundaries contain numerous individual slivers of crust some of which , on the basis of palaeomagnetic and structural evidence , together with their assemblage of rock types , appear to have travelled great distances before arriving in their present positions . |
| 3 | Major geographical changes appear to have caused widespread extinctions by the destruction of habitats . |
| 4 | Companies thus appear to have made some strides towards repairing net worth , partly as a result of responding early to signs of recession . |
| 5 | In spite of this , we are left with perhaps one in five who appear to have made sensible revisions of their choice , given total cost of credit and/or APR information . |
| 6 | This unrest is sometimes seen in terms of the class war , but strictly speaking this is unlikely to have been the case , since the rebels appear to have included dispossessed aristocrats . |
| 7 | Some families in difficulties appear to have had long histories of problems , and often the parents themselves have suffered a difficult childhood . |
| 8 | However , economic trends and social security changes appear to have undermined these strategies . |
| 9 | If we can trust the figures which suggest that Christians tended to marry at a notably higher age than their pagan contemporaries , Christianity would appear to have reinforced these shifts towards marriage as a more personal and free partnership of equals . |
| 10 | The flood disaster in July , which left 20 million hectares underwater , killed more than 2,000 people and made 1 million homeless , appears to have swayed Chinese officials to include the project in the next development plan . |
| 11 | No one appears to have recognized any difficulties with that . |
| 12 | Above all , where ideologies are in conflict , the appeal to the imagined community of the nation appears to have defeated all challengers . |
| 13 | Where ideologies are in conflict , the appeal to the imagined community of the nation appears to have defeated all challengers . |
| 14 | Indeed , in its newsletter , Good Practice , it says that the ‘ current economic recession appears to have dragged high-earning professionals of all disciplines into its maelstrom ’ . |
| 15 | We had to look at where the opportunities were for development in Greater York as a whole rather than looking at individual district elements , and in terms of land available , erm Mr Steel appears to have included some sites which we classify as land held in reserve , which we do n't normally count towards the land availability targets , although we do acknowledge that it is there . |
| 16 | To sum up , official government policy on the improvement of teaching quality in England and Wales appears to have identified three areas of influence in which intervention would be worthwhile : personal qualities , pedagogical skills and subject expertise . |
| 17 | Harcourt 's reasons for fleeing Normandy are not entirely clear : he was at odds with the Comte of Tancarville over the office of Chamberlain of Normandy , and he appears to have had personal grievances against Philip VI . |
| 18 | Amnisos ( Plate 5 ) appears to have had two harbours separated by a rocky promontory which was probably the heart of the town . |
| 19 | Some , like the Scottish Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union , of which only a single item of evidence remains , appears to have had friendly relations with the National Sailors and Firemen . |
| 20 | He appears to have had some doubts about the establishment of the Protectorate , but accepted the reassurances of the Admiralty secretary , Robert Blackborne . |
| 21 | Viscount Eversley , who as Charles Shaw-Lefevre had just retired as Speaker , like the Duke of Buccleuch , appears to have had few qualifications to enable him to assess the competition and in the end , like the Duke , was not involved in the final outcome . |
| 22 | By last night , Labor appeared to have clinched 77 seats in the 147-member lower house , equalling its previous standing , after drawing a uniform swing in its favour of 1.98 per cent . |
| 23 | The release of Mandela on feb. 11 [ see pp. 37232-33 ] also appeared to have provoked new levels of violence , particularly in faction fighting in Natal townships ; by late March some 250 people had been killed since his release , mostly in Natal and the homelands . |
| 24 | New academic library buildings and the reorganization of multi-site libraries too , appeared to have spurred academic librarians to the realization that good library guiding is a vital complement to effective library orientation . |
| 25 | It followed a stormy and agonized debate , but Landsbergis 's stated support for the moratorium appeared to have swayed many deputies . |
| 26 | Nationalist Party supporters of Cojuangco appeared to have won 48 seats in the House , and the Liberal Party was thought to have won 15 . |