Example sentences of "and [noun] appeared to [be] " in BNC.

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1 No matter how well matched Harry and Cora-Beth appeared to be , Aubrey was rapidly coming to the conclusion that Harry still harboured romantic memories of his sister .
2 Students in research areas that involved computing and physics appeared to be particularly well-placed on the job market .
3 In this context it was interesting to observe that the school which imposed a more summative , norm-referenced , approach to assessment on its staff , was also the one in which the least amount of innovation appeared to be taking place in this area , whereas the school with the most formative approach to assessment and reporting appeared to be more open to new ideas and methods .
4 On the face of it the motives of Ford and Fiat appeared to be similar , but the key difference was that Ford 's share of the Italian car market was minimal , whereas Fiat 's was in excess of 55 per cent .
5 In the present study , cancer of the cardia was strongly associated with smoking whereas smoking and alcohol appeared to be negatively associated with antral tumours .
6 Furthermore , classical languages and literatures appeared to be insulated from any possibilities of social , historical , or cultural revaluation , since their very distance from contemporary culture gave them the appearance of unified , organic , and completed totalities .
7 Design and control appeared to be the main areas of commonality , indicating that a high degree of cooperation and communication was needed with regard to information of mutual interest .
8 Both mother and baby appeared to be doing well , until , about six weeks after the birth , Esther suddenly felt ill .
9 THE bitter tussle between Russia 's parliament and government appeared to be drawing to a close last night after preliminary approval was given to a compromise that would allow President Yeltsin 's administration to continue its reforms .
10 The killings were reported to be part of a private hospital war in Marseilles in which surgeons and speculators appeared to be prepared to kill in order to gain control of private clinics .
11 British Rail has launched an inquiry , but a spokesman said the alarm bells and gates appeared to be working properly .
12 The results of both investigations suggested that , far from moving countercyclically , real wages moved procyclically : increases in output and employment appeared to be correlated with increases in the real wage rate .
13 Now , as they aged and seemed settled here , Anwar and Dad appeared to be returning internally to India , or at least to be resisting the English here .
14 It suggested that standards of recruitment and discipline appeared to be rather low and that there was a reluctance to scrutinise service delivery .
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