Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] appear to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am glad that the Minister does not appear to be accepting a quota system for other products , but how will he deal with our not being self-sufficient ? |
| 2 | Oil does not appear to be emanating from either the filler cap or the dip stick tube and no obvious cause is apparent . |
| 3 | Examples are provided of the use of medication , including stopping such treatment when it does not appear to be helping a patient . |
| 4 | Does Nat Sec have any responsibility at all to ensure that the work is being done , and if so what is Nat Sec expected to do if an Area Sec does not appear to be doing his/her job effectively ? |
| 5 | When a lion gets close enough to strike , it usually does so with great skill and confidence and does not appear to be miscalculating its position to the slightest degree . |
| 6 | Now , Major has an opportunity to redress the balance and , at first sight of his celebratory reshuffle , he does not appear to be squandering it . |
| 7 | As it happens , the telephone does not appear to be working . |
| 8 | The monitoring of staff who take time-off due to sickness does not appear to be working well . |
| 9 | This does n't appear to be causing them any harm , but is it natural behaviour ? , . |
| 10 | At the moment he does n't appear to be sharing it with anyone . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm a 27-year-old woman and I 've had a bald patch about the size of a 10 pence piece on the top of my head for about six weeks now and the hair does n't appear to be re-growing . |
| 12 | exams time , date , I think we 're having it the earliest of the lot , for some stupid reason because Mel does n't appear to be having them till late either . |
| 13 | Now that 's something that erm particularly that last point , that audit committees that are established in most efficient companies want to look at and I come back to the point that audit ought to be looked at as something that assists companies in efficiency as well as a mechanism for detecting fraud and yet the government does n't appear to be examining that . |