Example sentences of "appear [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In collisions at relatively low energies of PETRA ( the electron-positron accelerator at DESY ) the quark and anti-quark produce two streams of particles that appear back to back in apparatus surrounding the collision point . |
| 2 | Every moment I am conscious of those little differences which , although appearing minute to the layman , to the dancer constitute the difference between the amateur and that je ne sais quoi which makes him professional . |
| 3 | Frequently , horses appear fat to the casual observer because they have a large belly . |
| 4 | However , to take the first point first , the Chinese concepts appear concrete to us only because the inquiring outsider , unlike the insider who habitually thinks with them , needs to fix his attention on their metaphorical roots . |
| 5 | If the process of the construction of knowledge can be shown to work against itself , this can operate because the ideas of the dominant order are not in fact threatened by alternatives which , with hindsight , may appear radical to us now . |
| 6 | Reversing the image ( so that it wo n't appear back to front ) will make following the instructions for the Swiss embroidery much easier . |
| 7 | Within a small political élite — and 19th century politics was conducted in a restricted political arena — the press could thus play a significant communicative role even though this role might appear alien to the majority of the public . |
| 8 | Of course colour-talk ( metaphysical language ) appears nonsense to him . |
| 9 | Thus it is Pippin who looks up at the sun and the banners and offers comfort to Beregond , and Merry who never loses heart when even Théoden appears prey to ‘ horror and doubt ’ . |
| 10 | Hilda Bernstein , the wife of one of those on trial , wrote : ‘ The Rivonia trial was a confrontation in which the opposing forces in South Africa appeared face to face ; those who stood for apartheid … and those who opposed it . |