Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] appear [prep] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For the resurrection of what appeared to be a dying company with the introduction of exciting new cars , such as the Viper and the LH range , and the complete restructuring of is manufacturing and financial base ’ |
| 2 | Out of what appeared to be a tackroom emerged a man who walked with authority , stopping to have a word with one and another of the workers as he crossed towards Jonadab and George . |
| 3 | Expeditions to the bottom of the peat-filled loch in 1976 resulted in many photographs of what appeared to be a herd of giant sea-creatures with paddle-like fins , long necks and calf-like heads . |
| 4 | When Gypsy made the Dance Top Ten , the ‘ video ’ shown was simply a bizarre still photo of what appeared to be a bespectacled school-kid . |
| 5 | Directing the building of what appeared to be a large fortification , Ross was clearly enjoying himself as he laughed and joked with the children , as perfectly at ease in these casual , unsophisticated surroundings as he was in the cosmopolitan offices of a smart City boardroom . |
| 6 | At first I thought it empty then noticed a knob in the centre of what appeared to be the bottom , but was not . |
| 7 | On June 19 the Polish government revealed that Soviet officials had reported the discovery at Mednoye of what appeared to be the remains of Polish officers interned at the Ostashkov NKVD camp . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This intermediate stage consists of what appears to be a free-running rhythm with a period that differs from 24 hours . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There is a large ellipse of what appears to be a mirror within the design , just below the throne . |
| 12 | While largely discursive , the project seeks to adapt and extend existing economic models of resource use against the background of what appears to be a changed environmentalist outlook . |
| 13 | Gate income wo n't exactly increase either over the remainder of what appears to be a relegation season . |
| 14 | As an illustration of what appears to be the inevitable result of a strongly objectivist analysis which presupposes its equal relevance for all commodity forms , there follows a brief summary of the trajectory taken by one of the more sustained attempts to focus on the commodity as the central object of research , by the French social theorist Baudrillard . |
| 15 | If one accepts the story of Molla Yegan 's bringing Molla Gurani to the Ottoman court-and there seems no reason not to-then on the basis of what appears to be the fairly firm evidence for this part of Molla Gurani 's career , Molla Yegan 's return from his journey can not be dated earlier than 845/1441–2 ; and on the reasonable assumption that the purpose of Molla Yegan 's journey was to make the pilgrimage , it seems entirely likely that it was in the year 844/1440–1 , the same year that Molla Gurani made his abortive pilgrimage , that Molla Yegan also performed the hajj and that the two met somewhere after that pilgrimage , though clear information about the actual time and place of their meeting is entirely lacking . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 18 | By contrast much social work intervention occurs as a result of what appears to be an emergency . |
| 19 | Most of the passengers went off to don coats against what appeared to be a cold wind outside , but Filmer climbed down from the door of the dome-car end of the dining car without more protection than his carefully casual shirt and aristocratic tweed jacket . |
| 20 | Every question needs proper attention because behind what appears to be a straightforward enquiry there can often be an underlying significant problem about which the member either wants reassurance or , as is sometimes the case , seeks a secretariat endorsement of something which is improper . |
| 21 | Many a harmless animal manages to transform itself , with a sudden display , into what appears to be a vicious killer — a scorpion , a snake , or a bird of prey . |
| 22 | This bias of Gregory makes it very difficult to assess the regularity of tax collection , but on one occasion the bishop of Tours does allow some insight into what appears to be the norm . |
| 23 | Trotsky and generations of socialist critics within and outside the communist states of Europe have attacked the transformation of officialdom into what appeared to be a new kind of ruling stratum . |
| 24 | So , under what appeared to be an informal deal between Bonn , Berlin , Prague and Warsaw , the special trains passed through East German territory on the way out — but with senior West German officials on board as a guarantee . |
| 25 | An object with what appeared to be a gun barrel pointing from it was found 30 yards from where Mr Peter Jowett 's body lay . |
| 26 | The ceremony was hosted by a couple dressed in matching velvet Babygros , his tipped off by a woolly bobble , hers with what appeared to be a cat 's tail . |
| 27 | But Reid 's fury was outweighed by his concern over Paul Lake , who was carried off after seven minutes with what appeared to be a recurrence of the knee injury that kept him out for two years . |
| 28 | In the present case the council were concerned with what appeared to be a proliferation of illegal Sunday trading . |
| 29 | ‘ One member of staff left for a moment and a man in his mid-30s appeared out of nowhere with what appeared to be a gun and pushed it into the other assistant 's ribs and asked for the money . |
| 30 | Leo was standing at the Aga wielding the frying-pan with what appeared to be a great deal of skill , and the smell of frying bacon made Hilary 's mouth water . |