Example sentences of "[not/n't] appear [to-vb] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clovis 's own action , however , does not appear to have been traditional . |
| 2 | This point helps to explain why there do not appear to have been many actual dismissals for pilferage ( we assume that we would have been told if there had been an abnormally high incidence of these ) , but we would still have expected there to be some if pilferage has been common , particularly since store security is not under Fred 's control . |
| 3 | After Edward 's departure for England in 1274 Tany 's powers and authority as seneschal were carefully defined , but his rule does not appear to have been successful . |
| 4 | Although , on the face of it , this might not appear to have been conducive to the development of industry-wide bargaining paradoxically such ‘ division by occupation promoted bargaining by industry ’ ( Phelps Brown , 1959 , p. 362 ) . |
| 5 | Swiftly a ‘ marriage bar ’ was introduced , though its application does not appear to have been universal in the civil service until 1894 when government typists ( hitherto an ‘ unestablished ’ all-female grade ) obtained permanent , pensionable ‘ established ’ status by agreeing to a rule requiring automatic resignation on marriage . |
| 6 | There does not appear to have been any significant progress on this in the intervening twenty-four years . |
| 7 | There does not appear to have been any significant pressure from voluntary organizations or the public . |
| 8 | There do not appear to have been any empirical studies which have looked for an increase in the amount of information reflected in share prices as a result of the commencement of trading in index futures ( except in so far as volatility reflects information ; see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 9 | There do not appear to have been any children ( none are mentioned in his will ) . |
| 10 | In the Fuqua case there does not appear to have been any problem of divisional interdependence , but this will not always be the case . |
| 11 | As for Constantine 's ‘ conversion ’ — if that is the appropriate word — it does not appear to have been Christian at all , but conventionally pagan . |
| 12 | However , after a number of years of operation , the APU does not appear to have been conspicuous in its success : most of the background measures are of little use , and there are difficulties in relevant measures . |
| 13 | At the same time , you can see the domestic holidays the pattern 's less clear , but certainly there does n't appear to have been any growth . |