Example sentences of "[ex0] appears to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There appears to be no creative public vision which will help the survival of the pub or help ensure a healthy and varied pub stock . |
| 2 | Although there appears to be little synergy between Unit 's existing business and engineering , the group believes it can introduce better management systems in the target company . |
| 3 | There appears to be only three front ranking firms not involved and therefore not covered by the ban — CL-Alexanders Laing & Cruickshank , Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers and Hoare Govett . |
| 4 | There appears to be a wide variety of newspapers available to the public ( even though appearances deceive ) , and it has always been possible in principle ( if not in practice ) to found a new paper . |
| 5 | But in fact there appears to be little a company chairman can do other than try to ride out the fashion of the moment . |
| 6 | There appears to be disagreements within Whitehall about whose budget should finance the estimated £200 million for a scheme now under discussion . |
| 7 | Team A — a group of students and a civil servant — probably came closest although , as in all things , there appears to be no correct answer , just a selection of possibilities . |
| 8 | There appears to be no time-limit on the matters to be considered , so that not only the final act but a whole course of conduct may be taken into account . |
| 9 | The second feature of the offence of causing an explosion likely to endanger life is that there appears to be no distinct fault requirement . |
| 10 | Certainly there appears to be some sense in restricting any changes in the law of incest so that it continues to be an offence for a parent or grandparent to have sexual relations with a child aged 16 or 17 , because children of that age are often dependent and living at home , and so the conditions for exploitation are still present at that age . |
| 11 | That there is no popular opposition is testimony not only to how successful they have been , but also to the fact that there appears to be simply no desirable alternative : the British just do not like their politicians enough to want them made head of state . |
| 12 | Martin Fox , general manager of marketing at Pearl Assurance , said : ‘ In spite of the small rise in the index in March , there appears to be a general reluctance among consumers to take a view on the performance for the stock market before the General Election . |
| 13 | The confluence of the difficulties over a further Cassell renewal of funding ; the prospect of the focus of her work shifting to Huntingdonshire , and the arrival of Lee in 1931 was perceived by Miss Green as an indication of preparations for her displacement in Northamptonshire and eventual redundancy ; for which there appears to be no documentary basis . |
| 14 | The precise reasons for this apparently surprising appointment are not entirely clear as there appears to be no detailed documentation , but it is almost certain the initiative came from Harold Shearman , then District Chairman . |
| 15 | There appears to be a universal crisis in centralised decision making and considerable public alienation from bureaucracy . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , at the present time , there appears to be a marked lack of systematic attempts to create a focus on community and rural development within formal education . |
| 17 | Nonetheless , there appears to be a different ‘ threshold ’ which triggers GP female referrals compared with other referrals , with greater emphasis on neurotic problems , fewer psychiatric primary problems and more social problems than other referrals . |
| 18 | There appears to be a gimmick on the throttle causing it to idle at some 1200 rpm when cold , although it drops back to 600 rpm when hot . |
| 19 | Although there appears to be little documentary evidence to support it , there is a long tradition that Trinity Mill , at some time in its life , was a fulling mill . |
| 20 | Doubts will be created about management and good housekeeping at the school if there appears to be a shortage of basic equipment . |
| 21 | I remember that you intended to do some copying ( I do n't know of what ) , and there appears to be a lead missing ( audio JVC to monitor Din : 2 pin ) . |
| 22 | As far as balance between national and regional reporting is concerned , there appears to be little cause for complaint . |
| 23 | There he attracted his employer 's attention with a polite cough , then whispered in the latter 's ear : ‘ I 'm very sorry , sir , but there appears to be a tiger in the dining room . |
| 24 | There appears to be a much higher concentration of virus particles in the lesions of genital as opposed to skin warts . |
| 25 | The registrar could be obliged to report the matter to one party when there appears to be some irregularity between the registered sex and the appearance of the other party . |
| 26 | There appears to be substance in the legend by the surviving name of the castle , and there is further support in a couplet that still lives on , referring to his abortive attempt to divert the course of the river to surround the fortress as a moat : |
| 27 | In the UK uplands there appears to be much less hunting or shooting and it is less organised , except of grouse and red deer in the Scottish hills and also in parts of Northern England and Wales . |
| 28 | The stocking density limit on sheep ( 6 per hectare ) above which no further HLCAs are paid should be retained ; there appears to be no reason to alter the existing lack of any stocking density maximum for cattle . |
| 29 | We should be concerned whenever there appears to be a positive association between the level and spread ( or between residuals and fitted values ) , whatever data analytic technique is being used . |
| 30 | … There appears to be considerable uncertainty about its effects and in particular , about the approach to formula funding adopted by the Government which is thought to threaten job security in schools with high staff costs … the present uncertainties are hardly helping morale in the schools and we hope that the Government at national level and LEAs and headteachers at local . |