Example sentences of "[coord] appeared to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all very uninvolving , or appeared to be so . |
| 2 | Investigators in 1897 in Lyons , in 1908 in Vienna , repeatedly showed that various bacteria failed to grow or appeared to be destroyed in the vicinity of Penicillium moulds , but the practical application of this fact was elusive . |
| 3 | She was proud of it : proud of his masterful nature — or appeared to be . |
| 4 | Amiss spent a deeply frustrating hour rushing to his post any time the cleaner left or appeared to be absorbed in his job , frequently having the conversation drowned out by the sound of a vacuum cleaner and in between having to exchange inane pleasantries . |
| 5 | On the very narrowest level , it seemed to him , Rudolf Hess must be a gold mine of strategic information , although the experts at SIS had said his position in the Nazi hierarchy was not perhaps all it had been or appeared to be . |
| 6 | So , this fact that there 's no plan , or appeared to be no diary although there was a diary was n't there ? |
| 7 | One was lying on his back on the stretcher and appeared to be badly wounded . |
| 8 | She knelt down on the cushion , placed her ungloved hands together , closed her eyes and appeared to be either thinking or sleeping in an upright kneeling position . |
| 9 | There was a feeling that Mill House might just be coming out of the doldrums : he had won his last race , beating his solitary rival at Sandown Park for the princely sum of £426 , and appeared to be coming back to his old self . |
| 10 | Once in the back stretch the jockey manoeuvred John Henry across to the rails , but the horse was ill at ease on the soggy ground and appeared to be out of contention . |
| 11 | Ministers said they were encouraged by reports from candidates that the party 's vote was holding up and appeared to be firmer than Labour 's . |
| 12 | I noticed , in the afternoon , that two members of the bench had their eyes closed and appeared to be asleep . ’ |
| 13 | The other headmen indicated their agreement by attending a feast given by the chief , though the women of the village ‘ cried , wrung their hands , tore their hair , and appeared to be in the utmost distress ’ , at the notion of this fundamental change to tribal life . |
| 14 | The line to Arkwright fell into decay , and appeared to be forgotten until early 1988 when it saw its final ‘ working ’ . |
| 15 | He gazed up in the air and appeared to be musing to the ceiling . |
| 16 | It took some time , but after 36 buns and a 40-ounce bottle of whiskey had been used up , the gulls were found to be reacting admirably and appeared to be enjoying the ‘ experiment ’ as much as the engineers . |
| 17 | One of them had broken away and appeared to be attempting to struggle upwind . |
| 18 | It was said to prey solely on virtuous and obedient women and , because its food was so scarce , the chiveface was always hungry and appeared to be only skin and bone . |
| 19 | This was , though , only in a small section of the ground and appeared to be a token gesture . |
| 20 | He was tall and gangling with a slack mouth and appeared to be holding something behind his back . |
| 21 | This continued until the other day , when the fish ended up floating on its back and appeared to be close to death , although it recovered . |
| 22 | The name of Barbara Ward was canvassed , and appeared to be accepted until the secretary general intimated it was ‘ premature ’ for a woman to address the bishops . |
| 23 | These phenomena did not move with movements of the eye and appeared to be true hallucinations , centrally caused , but due no doubt to the long and unusual strain put upon the eyes . |
| 24 | It had employer approval as a means of supplying efficient seamen and appeared to be run by boarding house keepers in the employer interest , though it conducted at least one successful strike and at one point attempted to extend its influence by sending a delegate to Southampton . |
| 25 | She was staring at Creggan from the top of her cage and appeared to be trying to say something . |
| 26 | Ruth noticed that he stammered slightly , and appeared to be embarrassed by her presence . |
| 27 | The creation of a new party was also a more exciting enterprise which was expected to have a greater effect on public opinion : for the first twelve months — until the Falklands crisis arrived — the SDP gained much favourable publicity and appeared to be potentially successful . |
| 28 | From left were Peter Marshall of Pitman Publishing ( third , 1.71 days ) ; Wendy Edge of International Thomson ( who came a close second with 1.68 days , and appeared to be very much the people 's choice ) ; Colin Marshall of Leicester University Bookshop ( who was responsible for collating the results and who collected the award on behalf of the absent Butterworth Law ) ; and Derek Hall of Addison-Wesley ( fourth , 1.72 days ) . |
| 29 | On examination the patient was extremely agitated and appeared to be hallucinating . |
| 30 | Throughout his remand and trial he denied that he had injured her and appeared to be in a fantasy world , convinced of his own merits and powers . |