Example sentences of "appear to have [be] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After Cicero 's De Oratore , there appear to have been very few analyses of the language of humour , comedy and joking , until the twentieth century : at least , judging from Milner 's ( 1972 ) account , cited in Delia Chiaro 's bibliography .
2 There followed what appears to have been over two hours of discussion .
3 From the track plot deduced by the accident investigation team from the aircraft 's flight-data recorder , the Vanguard appears to have been nearly 5 miles south-west of the MN at the time this position report was made .
4 Overall there appears to have been very little exchange between Kent and other areas of England in the sixth and seventh centuries , but where there is a potential link it may indicate the direction of alliances between groups .
5 As has been noted above , up until now there appears to have been comparatively little research to test public responses to the various new technologies , both large and small scale , or to involve the wider public in the debate about energy policy and the choices to be made from a range of techniques .
6 In terms of climatic change , the major change in the Outer Hebrides appears to have been about 4000 B.P. leading to the extinction of Pinus in Lewis and Harris and the initiation or expansion of widespread machair development , probably as a result of increased storm frequency and westerly gales .
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