Example sentences of "[n mass] appear to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , no hard data appear to be available giving a detailed breakdown of costs and savings associated with this new form of technology and work organisation , and it appears that , although there is spare capacity at Kalmar in the form of a second , as yet unworked , shift , when the new 760 model car was introduced in 1982 a new assembly line using conventional technology was set up for it at Gothenburg . |
| 2 | The pilot of a Fuji aircraft at about 500 feet agl on finals , who believed he was number four to land , saw a Cherokee type aircraft approaching him on a collision course from his 10 o'clock ; to him the aircraft appeared to be level or slightly high and under power , and his passenger saw the Cherokee 's landing light flash . |
| 3 | Fears that radiotherapy would cause genetic mutations leading to handicaps in offspring appear to be groundless , according to studies among 3,000 survivors . |
| 4 | Ambassador 's fertility for last season was 89 percent , and his offspring appear to be ideal types to excel in the eventing world . |
| 5 | The bream appear to be ravenous as they recover from spawning activities and have been joined by tench , carp and roach to give several outstanding catches . |
| 6 | The fish appears to be static . |
| 7 | Very few people appear to be aware of it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Virtually all the staff appear to be foreign , sir , other than what one might call the old retainers . ’ |
| 9 | Though many polar invertebrate species appear to be endemic , very little is known of their biology : the liveliest , most prominent and most numerous elements are the arthropods , and these have provided most of what is known on adaptations and ways of life in terrestrial and freshwater environments . |
| 10 | In these , some species appear to be uniform , e.g. Tabebuia impetiginosa ( Bignoniaceae ) , while others such as T. ochracea , are divisible into several subspecies indicating active differentiation . |
| 11 | It happens with deer , where female deer appear to be able to manipulate the sex ratio to their own advantage . |