Example sentences of "what appears to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In a different sort of context , what appears to be an abstract design , devoid of reference to the natural world , may in fact be a stylisation of a person , an animal or an imagined figure . |
| 2 | This confirms many readers ' views and , since woodworkers keep tool and machinery suppliers in business , it seems to me that somebody on the supply side should justify what appears to be gross profiteering . |
| 3 | The BMC 's management committee , faced with what appears to be a fait accompli , must now decide what action , if any , can be taken . |
| 4 | And all against the background of what appears to be a historic breakthrough in black South African politics as the cracks in the apartheid edifice widen and the government begins to lose its grip on the affairs of state . |
| 5 | Well , I said , he 'd always had what he called Hinterland ( laughter here from his wife , Edna , across the room ) — not just politics , but poetry , and opera , and painting , and what appears to be a mastery of half a dozen languages , and his family . |
| 6 | What appears to be a mortar explosion close by causes the column to get down on the flooded ground . |
| 7 | What appears to be one of the earliest sections of the manuscripts the section beginning ‘ So through the evening , through the violet air ’ ( dating from c.1914 ) contains an arresting image which would find its way into the final poem . |
| 8 | Parents who questioned what appears to be an unwritten regulation have been told in each case that they are the only ones not co-operating … |
| 9 | This intermediate stage consists of what appears to be a free-running rhythm with a period that differs from 24 hours . |
| 10 | Even though their life-style is often timed normally , daily rhythms of body temperature and the concentrations of the hormones melatonin ( see below ) and cortisol in the blood are irregular , often with what appears to be a free-running period . |
| 11 | THE new South African administration of President F.W. de Klerk is holding talks across a wide spectrum of political opinion in what appears to be a fresh effort towards constitutional reform . |
| 12 | In order to expose what appears to be a series of monstrous , incomprehensible legal blunders , Mr Mathew gave up work in 1983 . |
| 13 | Frighten or surprise one and it will stiffen and keel over in what appears to be a dead faint . |
| 14 | A number of decisions have suggested what appears to be an alternative Approach : to ask whether D 's touching was ‘ hostile ’ . |
| 15 | Quite often , the first clue that I get to old age anxiety is when a mature dog is referred to me with , what appears to be , an ‘ out of character ’ separation anxiety . |
| 16 | Peter Hough ran through his investigation into a photograph of what appears to be an alien clutching an intergalactic attaché case on Ilkley Moor in a slide show which was like a conceptual exercise in boredom ( ‘ Here 's a slide of the letter I sent asking to hire a Geiger counter to search for radioactive traces left on the moor by the alien … |
| 17 | However , the evangelical element in the DUP refuses to cultivate such links and occasionally offends the ordinary Protestant voter by taking what appears to the general unionist public as an ‘ extreme ’ stand . |
| 18 | Organisers are frequently met with what appears to be rigid rules — ‘ We always have a five foot aisle , sir , it 's all we need ’ — when in fact the reality should be far more flexible , better suited to your particular needs and safer too . |
| 19 | NICK FALDO , with what appears to be a perfectly-timed run into his very best form , looks like being the man to beat in the Masters , which begins at Augusta National today . |
| 20 | Gemmill found the occasion a little too grand for him , while Black 's performances have been buried under the weight of what appears to be an inflated transfer fee . |
| 21 | A Publicity Committee was formed to attract more members and on New Year 's Eve 1946–47 what appears to be the first such Social at the Club was held and included ‘ modern dancing to a radiogram ’ . |
| 22 | The idea is that they feed the other side with what appears to be genuine material so as to establish their credibility and then the other side asks them to do things for them on their own home ground . |
| 23 | The April 89 issue of LRO shows what appears to be a suitable version on page 29 , can you advise me where such a roof rack can be obtained ? |
| 24 | Milan is full of excellent coffee shops and it is better for the visitor to choose what appears to be best for him , her or them . |
| 25 | A man with what appears to be two sacks of potatoes on his back stops and looks up to where I sit . |
| 26 | The sight , for instance , of a fat wrestler dressed in a bright open kimono and what appears to be a black chastity belt sitting on the train reading a comic book . |
| 27 | A bizarre example of what appears to be a Tit for Tat arrangement in nature was discovered by Eric Fischer in a hermaphrodite fish , the sea bass . |
| 28 | On the one hand we have what appears to be pop star wingeing , but most people would give their right arm to be the principle subjects on a tour of this scale . |
| 29 | Yet the signs are that industry largely turns a blind eye to what appears to a growing problem |
| 30 | However , it is only now that Richard Thompson has uncovered what appears to be the engram for a specific memory . |