Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] appear to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He silenced her with more kisses as he tried to remind himself that this young girl was not only innocent but trusted herself to his care ; that her father trusted him , and however uninhibited she might now appear to be , he must not abuse that faith . |
| 2 | The truth of this creed would then become accepted as axiomatic and be regarded as an article of faith , although , to those who closely examine the propositions they may well appear to be self-evidently true . |
| 3 | Mock solemnity of this kind may seem rather tiresome , just as practical jokes are often not funny to those on whom they are played ( they may often appear to be lightly camouflaged forms of aggression ) , but such jokes were characteristic of the society in which he now moved : it is difficult to imagine him playing tricks on Pound or Lewis , for example . |
| 4 | When the two partners first set up on their own — according to Byrne , with only $5000 capital and giving up a secure future — they did so under the guise of an employment agency , so that they would not appear to be in direct competition with their ex-employers . |
| 5 | It may well appear to be somewhat deserted at first , but please do n't forget that these fish will grow quite large , and fast , so the lack of crowding at the start will help towards the fish 's comfort , a point which we must never fail to overlook . |
| 6 | It may not appear to be strictly in keeping with the true spirit of love , but there is a great deal of useful ‘ good ’ to be learned from a military background . |
| 7 | Restrained as he may now appear to be , his precariously balanced control might well snap as his passion mounted . |
| 8 | On the other hand , the broad unity and homogeneity of the Bible itself had not been really seriously challenged in earlier centuries , whereas it could now appear to be falling apart under the impact of the new critical approaches of the eighteenth century . |
| 9 | Even if there was personal participation by all the citizens in the making of decisions and policies , the only situation in which it would even appear to be clear what was the will of the people would be a unanimous decision . |
| 10 | However as in the sentry the message of hope is a false one and the soldiers died anyway , while the snow in the phrase ‘ until this morning and this snow ’ is assuredly a description of the same it would also appear to be in contrast to the warm sun as death is the contrast to life and the day the soldier is brought out the sun fails to wake him and there is snow . |
| 11 | Moreover , whilst sexual intercourse with a woman procured by husband impersonation is a statutory crime in Scotland , it would not appear to be rape where sexual intercourse is obtained by a fraud as to the nature of the act . |
| 12 | Massless electron neutrinos spin only one way : if you could see one coming towards you , it would always appear to be spinning clockwise . |
| 13 | It would certainly appear to be of a representative or commemorative character however , which would make it one of the earliest of such scenes in Britain ( the most likely candidate for this honour is a possible chariot scene , from Exeter : Bidwell 1979 , pI . |