Example sentences of "that appeared [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let go of the cabinet , coughing in the dust of ages that appeared to be lurking behind it , and smiled back at him as the February sun shone through the small window behind her , throwing into sharp relief the patches on the wall where her predecessor had hung posters , and the ingrained dirt on the flaking paintwork round the mean , narrow , metal window . |
| 2 | It seemed to take an unreasonably long time and much bad temper , evasion and deliberate obfuscation , together with consultation of a diary that appeared to be alternately blank and covered with scribbled hieroglyphics . |
| 3 | On the floor , set in the middle of the elaborate mosaic that appeared to be the building 's sole concession to prettification but was in fact the evidence of its true purpose , were the bundles of artifacts Godolphin brought back from his travels , neatly tied up by Hoi-Polloi Nuits-St-Georges , the knots encrusted with scarlet sealing wax . |
| 4 | Remembering that a couple of kilometres back we had seen a huge moose lumbering across the road , I peered fearfully through a slit in my tent to see this massive reindeer with bloodshot eyes and antlers that appeared to be three metres across . |
| 5 | At the time of Baghoomian 's disappearance , he was engaged in a bitter legal battle with the Basquiat estate , a battle that appeared to be weighing decisively in the estate 's favour . |
| 6 | Constructive ideals of training and rehabilitation were translated into penal policies that appeared to be meeting their objectives . |
| 7 | Within a hundred metres he came across the first tank paths , ghost-like trails that appeared to be overgrown now , ever since the Russians had pulled out and taken their exhaust-belching tanks home on low-loader trains . |
| 8 | Two young women were in the room ; one was reading a magazine , the other was stuffing herself into a tight corset of black vinyl that appeared to be a part of a stylised nun 's costume . |
| 9 | Malengin , however , did not answer , but offered Cleo and Dauntless two stained cracked mugs filled with something that appeared to be heated pond water . |
| 10 | Jafaar was seeking a way in through al-Kassar to Haser and the Magharians , ostensibly to have them launder the clan 's drug profits , and , through Lasser , to explore the unholy alliance that appeared to be in the works between the Syrian and Cali cartels whereby each would not only take the other 's product but also share intelligence , smuggling routes and defensive tactics . |
| 11 | A trend that appeared to be taking hold , indicated by a ‘ static sales , units up ’ Christmas , was a tendency to trade down , a switch to cheaper books . |
| 12 | Such arguments as these suggest that price subsidies and in-kind transfers do not possess quite the overwhelming advantage for the stimulation of consumption of goods that appeared to be evident above . |
| 13 | He dreamed of going out in glory , winning the best-platoon prize — a dream that appeared to be shattered when he saw Ken and his barrack mates arrive . |