Example sentences of "[pers pn] appear to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The video is a cruel critic and will immediately show whether you appear to be a victim or a survivor . |
| 2 | ‘ If I may say so , ’ she told him , ‘ you appear to be a man with a weakness for making judgements on very little evidence . ’ |
| 3 | Dwayne pulls it out , hunkers down and says , ‘ You appear to be a pilot without a plane . |
| 4 | Mr Kinnock said : ‘ You appear to be the only person left in the country who does not understand why the Chancellor resigned . |
| 5 | Nor do you appear to be a casual vagrant . |
| 6 | On Monday she had gone to her job — improbably she appeared to be a supervisor for a market research firm — as usual , and could be vouched for by colleagues there . |
| 7 | ‘ Because Stapleton thought that she would be very much more useful to him if she appeared to be a free woman . ’ |
| 8 | Simon could n't afford to let himself be divorced ; Constanza did some extremely quixotic things and they managed to fix it so that she appeared to be the guilty party . |
| 9 | ‘ Quite frankly , I ca n't believe my luck — she appeared to be an absolute paragon ! ’ |
| 10 | We appear to be a long way from finding effective means of primary prevention of attempted suicide . |
| 11 | understand why all the agencies involved identify four in those circumstances I think in R A Southern Water district to themselves , because we 've got that information repeated across the county erm and it seemed to me important that erm somebody er accepted responsibility for taking an overall view of the circumstances to er merely because of course we can only concern ourselves with manmade er circumstances rather than er erm but I think you know members would agree that as a strategic planning authority , we appear to be the only auth er the only body which can erm in the cold light of day we view the circumstances look at the implications for strategic planning and local planning and the suggestion of those developments and obviously that would be a concern to us and er I felt and I have to that it is an area of responsibility erm which er within the of this |
| 12 | we appear to be the most consistent pub in the area , with er customers and what have you . |
| 13 | Many flowers appear to bees to be ultraviolet-coloured even though to us they appear to be a quite different colour . |
| 14 | They appear to be no different from the " shapes , the voices that throng the mind " . |
| 15 | Afterwards they appear to be the best of friends again . |
| 16 | Although parrots have been treated as seed predators , they are not always so , for they appear to be the principal dispersal agents of seeds of several species of Parkia ( Leguminosae ) in the Neotropics as , well as certain Lecythidaceae there , even though they are partly destructive . |
| 17 | After all , they appear to be the only pure enthusiasts left in the sport . |
| 18 | David , who has spent £20,000 on treatments , clothing and devices to help him appear to be a woman , first realised he was different when he was six . |
| 19 | And to a very large degree , that has been erm , achieved , and I think that erm , the prospects for the county council for ninety-four five are now much better than they appeared to be a year ago , and er , I think the prospects for ninety-five six will need to be looked at through the budget review sub-committee and this committee at an early stage , and I 'm sure that the workman-like way in which it 's addressed it 's business is a good sign for the future . |
| 20 | The West Germans believe that the PFLP-GC was not involved in the bombing , even though Talb 's links with it appear to be a matter of record . |
| 21 | The candidate whose immediate queries are along the lines of , ‘ When will I get my first pay rise ? ’ , or ‘ Will I be able to go on holiday in July ? ’ will probably not be putting the job first and certainly lacks the good sense and tact to make it appear to be the priority . |
| 22 | Sometimes , it appears to be a partnership of opposites , with Fischer 's marvellous impetuosity and expressiveness balanced by Klemperer 's stoicism . |
| 23 | The following extract is from the opening pages of With Peter and Susan , the McKee Readers , book 3 ( London : Nelson — no date , although from the illustrations it appears to be a pre-war reader . |
| 24 | It appears to be a case of my fingers not doing what my brain tells them to do ! |
| 25 | It appears to be a copy of what Burton called ‘ the oldest and best ’ of the paintings , which is a smaller work of c.1800 ( 24 by 18 inches ) and was painted by a Mr. Everard who was buried in St. George 's Church around 1835 . |
| 26 | ‘ Now it appears to be a picture of an old woman ’ invites the question , ‘ To whom ? ’ |
| 27 | In short , it appears to be a rural Protestant idyll where God and squire and cottager know their own and each other 's places . |
| 28 | It appears to be a clever move to make . |
| 29 | It appears to be a rather desolate place with wide windswept prairies ringed by snow-capped hills , but it has plenty of what the ferrets need : prairie dogs . |
| 30 | ’ It appears to be a ship of the Federation Police , Del , ’ she said . |