Example sentences of "appears [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Pod ’ ( 60cmx×27cm ) , made from two blocked sheets of gilding metal , soldered together and supported on steel legs , appears to float on a brush of spiky copper wire . |
2 | It happens to be the case that we can not , in our language , refer to the sensible properties of a thing without introducing a word or phrase which appears to stand for the thing itself as opposed to anything which may be said about it . |
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 | Indeed , their aversion to being in a small cage appears to increase during the initial three months of caging , so they certainly do not adapt quickly to these restrictions . |
5 | In general … rejection appears to increase with the development of disability and the continuation of caring … only a handful of these disabled mothers would be said to be receiving tending in a context which was predominantly loving … |
6 | What they do see is a high-energy electron ( positron ) that appears to come from the decay of a W - ( W - ) . |
7 | It appears to lead to a lessening of the constraints imposed upon the individual by the social way of life . |
8 | However , it is curious to find , looking at this series of photographs , that biography appears to progress in a manner which is not linear but cyclical . |
9 | Intensive NMR studies in collaboration with Kurt Wüthrich have led Walter Gehring ( Biozentrum , Basel ) to conclude that the DNA binding specificity of the homeobox genes he discovered ( which are transcription factors specifying segmental identity in metazoans from insects to humans ) is determined not only by the ‘ recognition helix ’ that sits in the major groove of the DNA , but also by a flexible segment at the amino-terminal end of the homeobox which appears to wrap around the DNA so as to contact the minor groove . |
10 | The heading in the manuscript appears to tally with a stage direction in the word-book , ‘ A Chinese Man and Woman dance ’ , printed between the final verse and chorus ‘ They shall be as happy as they 're fair ’ But this direction means merely that the Chinese Man and Woman are to dance to the music of the verse , just as the next printed stage direction , ‘ All the Dancers join in it ’ , which follows the words of the final chorus , means that all of them should dance to its music . |
11 | The discontent voiced by reviewers appears to focus on the implausibility of the novel 's plot and on the incongruity of the unsettling elements in it . |
12 | The rules contain no provision about standing at the hearing stage , but the basic test of sufficient interest appears to apply at the hearing stage as well as at the leave stage . |
13 | Observe his glasses , his mussel shells for mixing the paint , the fine pencil which he appears to use on a copper base , but most of all note his ‘ bohemian ’ air . |
14 | A. vole premaxilla showing breakage of incisors ( ×15 ) ; B. sutural separation between premaxilla and maxilla ( ×15 ) ; C. occlusal cracking of vole molars ( ×15 ) ; D. enlargement of cracking , which appears to start in the dentine and then causes separation of the inner enamel surface ( ×75 ) ; E. slight chipping of enamel edge ( ×225 ) ; F. longitudinal splitting of incisor enamel ( ×15 ) ; G. slight modification of enamel surface of the incisor enamel ( same specimen as F. ) ( ×75 ) ; H. enlargement of enamel modification , showing it to be caused by splitting and flaking rather than etching ( ×375 ) ; I. femur head showing slight cracking ( ×26 ) ; J. enlargement of cracking ( ×75 ) ; K. splitting and cracking of tibia shaft ( ×38 ) ; L. enlargement of tibia ( ×75 ) ; M. splitting and depression of immature long bone shaft ( 15 ) ; N. enlargement of same ( ×60 ) . |
15 | In Japan , structure relates to the hierarchical nature of a collective society ; in individualistic Britain structure appears to rest on a sense of being reasonable ; in Sweden structure seems to have its origins in group perceptions of what is expected , it is an interpersonal process rather than a legal process . |
16 | This appears to rest on the view of the United Kingdom position which was expressly rejected in the Westinghouse case . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | The current recommended diabetic dietary regimen appears to result in a reduction in lipid cardiovascular risk . |
19 | The recent heightened loyalist threat appears to coincide with the removal of static vehicle checkpoints throughout Belfast . |
20 | This appears to coincide with the base of the granite batholith and may represent the basal Variscan thrust . |
21 | This appears to stem from a combination of changed social attitudes and altered economic fortunes in Europe . |
22 | Indeed , this predisposition has been reinforced in the Japanese case by the unusual degree of social uniformity which appears to stem from the homogeneity of the people and their customs . |
23 | Holden appears to believe in the innocence and simplicity of youth , and is upset and outraged when he sees , ‘ — you ’ , written on the wall of his young sister 's school . |
24 | The first of these can be demonstrated at several sites where a religious element appears to predominate at the core ; besides Harlow , with its ditched temenos , central precincts can also be seen at Irchester , Springhead and Wycomb , while much the same level of importance may originally have attached to the enclosure at Frilford . |
25 | In other words , an amplified version of the capacitance C appears to exist across the input terminals . |
26 | As Berger and Luckmann ( 1967 ) have described the sense of facticity in ideological thought , ‘ the world of institutions appears to merge with the world of nature ’ ( p. 108 ) . |
27 | The problem appears to lie with the sofa : it is the wrong colour . |
28 | The fundamental problem appears to lie in the balance of power within the NHS as an organisation . |
29 | The full list of traits is so long that it appears to call for a man or woman of extraordinary , even superhuman , gifts to be a leader . |
30 | 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 . |