Example sentences of "[vb past] not appear [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cross-domain collocations did not appear to be effective , as was expected , which underlined the importance of accurate domain identification when using domain-specific dictionaries . |
| 2 | Overall he was not a happy man : ‘ There did not appear to be much Christmas spirit about this year . |
| 3 | At one of the interviews where both an arts adviser and an administrator were present , differing views were expressed , but surprisingly , the ambiguity of this did not appear to be apparent to either interviewee . |
| 4 | Although he did not appear to be undernourished , he was pale-faced . |
| 5 | For households that did not qualify for council tax discount , data on adults other than the liable person did not appear to be necessary . |
| 6 | He was perturbed that , according to Eleanor , she did not appear to be well or happy . |
| 7 | There did not appear to be any police in the crowd . |
| 8 | There did not appear to be any certainty that the RHA would make capital gain out of the exercise , whether or not such gain might be applied for non-mental health purposes . |
| 9 | There did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances . |
| 10 | A police spokesman said there did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances . |
| 11 | Officers could not reveal how he died , but said there did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances . |
| 12 | Simon , though , did not appear to be annoyed . |
| 13 | It is precisely a feature of the debate that no statement was innocent : employers and unionists used the arguments they hoped would further their own cause and did not appear to be aware of the contradictions in their logic . |
| 14 | Venetians did n't appear to be straightforward at all . |
| 15 | Second thing was that having covered absolutely everything she was n't any estate , or at least did n't appear to be any so the surviving spouse was n't very interested in taking out a grant anyway cos it was n't going to get him any funds , so we then have the job of doing what 's called debarring him and basically he renounced his right to be of the administrator and we then had to go under the rules to find the next person which was one of the specific beneficiaries I E the sons . |
| 16 | Sister did n't appear to be aware of her distracted expression , and went on talking . |