Example sentences of "[noun] appears [to-vb] [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Darwin appears to have been at least partly correct . |
| 2 | On the other hand , in R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment , ex parte Rose Theatre Trust Co. the judge appears to have been of the view that an applicant could have standing only on the basis of a personal interest and not on the basis of representing the interests of others . |
| 3 | His vassals were asked to swear on the Gospels what these rights and obligations ( deveriis ) were , and the thrust of the inquiry appears to have been towards municipal and communal liberties . |
| 4 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog clip-around-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me and indeed to have shaped me — not only me , but my nose ; not only my nose , but my personality — for as far back as I can see . |
| 5 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog-clip-round-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me , and indeed to have shaped — not only me , but my nose — not only my nose , but my personality — for as long as I can recall . |
| 6 | Stark 's confidence appears to have been at a low ebb but the Scotland manager , Duncan Paterson , has been reminding him of his form earlier in the season : at the Dubai Sevens , which the Scots won ; in the A international against Italy in Melrose when the Boroughmuir winger had a hand in both tries ; and in his senior international debut against Ireland at Murrayfield , when he scored one try and was heavily involved in the other from Tony Stanger . |
| 7 | This had normally been sufficient pretext for direct military intervention , and some action of this kind appears to have been under consideration in December 1980 and again in March 1981 . |
| 8 | There has been no substantial loss of moorland/rough grassland ; wetland drainage appears to have been on a limited scale and grazing of woodlands is not common practice . |
| 9 | This minority appears to have been on an upward trend ( from 2 per cent of couples both of whom were employees in 1968 to 5 per cent in 1980 — Elias , 1983 ) , but the conclusion of Lynne Hamill 's study of the 1974 FES still stands . |
| 10 | The general trend appears to have been towards making it more difficult for people to stay on in full-time employment after 65 ( Heron and Chown 1961 ) . |