Example sentences of "[coord] this [noun] appear to [be] " in BNC.

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1 They were 99.9 per cent refused on the grounds of the traffic access and this plan appears to be the answer , ’ he said .
2 Three of the four previous league clashes between the clubs had ended goalless , and this game appeared to be heading the same way .
3 Three of the four previous league clashes between the clubs had ended goalless , and this game appeared to be heading the same way .
4 The NPFL had earlier agreed that its representative would form part of a triumvirate of vice-presidents under an independent interim president , but this arrangement appeared to be stillborn .
5 " With regard to the Native custom affecting cases of this kind , there is possibly no definite rule that can be made applicable to all cases and to all districts , but this rule appears to be applicable everywhere , that when a woman of one tribe or hapu marries into another tribe or hapu , her rights become extinguished , unless some act of ownership is exercised either by herself or her immediate descendants .
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