Example sentences of "but there appear to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There he attracted his employer 's attention with a polite cough , then whispered in the latter 's ear : ‘ I 'm very sorry , sir , but there appears to be a tiger in the dining room . |
| 2 | Reports on prevalence rates in different countries vary but there appears to be a ‘ sensitive period ’ between the ages of 18 months and 4 years ( especially the third year ) for learning to stay dry at night . |
| 3 | Not only will the balance of factors vary depending on the severity and type of abuse being analysed , but there appears to be no uniformity in the associations found between sets of factors/characteristics and different types of abuse . |
| 4 | The lords had acted as a jury in state trials earlier in the century , and communal accusations outside parliament were not unknown , but there appears to be no precedent for the hearing of communal accusations in parliament before a jury of lords : this was the essential novelty in 1376 . |
| 5 | Both mines are associated with a NW-SE swarm of Tertiary dolerite dykes but there appears to be no genetic connection . |
| 6 | But there appears to be little sense of common purpose . |
| 7 | Delivery times for most items were generally satisfactory , but there appears to be a possibility that readers consulting early or rare books in the South Reading Room have to wait a considerable time for items ordered over the lunchtime period . |
| 8 | For the de Klerk government it 's a political as well as social problem and controlled black urbanisation is to the white right wing , a vivid example of the evils of political reform and will be a dominant issue in any election or referendum ; but there appears to be no alternative . |
| 9 | Acas officials briefed union leaders yesterday on discussions with management last Tuesday , but there appeared to be no possibility of an early breakthrough . |
| 10 | Not only was Leslie 's fate unknown , but there appeared to be considerable confusion in the regimental records and in subsequent references to the operations in which he died . |
| 11 | But there appeared to be one good thing about her mother 's suggestion . |
| 12 | There was lengthy speculation that Honda might take an equity stake ( ie a shareholding ) in Rover , but there appeared to be little enthusiasm for that from Honda . |
| 13 | Below nothing was moving , but there appeared to be a carpet of dead bodies . |
| 14 | Such , then , were the problems facing personnel management : the need to harness the ability of the computer was recognised , but there appeared to be no orthodox route to this end which was also cost-effective . |
| 15 | Standing by the water 's edge , Laura glanced nervously about her , but there appeared to be no sign of Ross . |
| 16 | The application vendor can clearly provide a language version of the binaries if desired , but there appear to be no facilities for multi-lingual binaries . |
| 17 | But there appear to be few clear criteria governing the selection of these specialities and those which are experimental are not monitored or evaluated in any rigorous way ( Hogg 1988 ) . |