Example sentences of "appear [prep] we to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stars are so far away that they appear to us to be just pinpoints of light . |
| 2 | The European consortium did not appear to us to be particularly cohesive in their aims and objectives . |
| 3 | If it does , it would appear to us to be another black hole that formed and then evaporated . |
| 4 | It appears to us to be wide enough to cover the mind 's activities in all its aspects , not only the perception of physical acts and matters and the ability to form a rational judgment whether an act is right or wrong , but also the ability to exercise will-power to control physical acts in accordance with that rational judgment . |
| 5 | The Commons 's select committee on transport recommended ‘ in view of the present lack of empirical data on the performance of road pavements capable of carrying more than 20 million standard axles this appears to us to be an extremely short-sighted cutback by the Department . ’ |
| 6 | It is to this domain that we conventionally ascribe our image of self and of importance , identifying strongly with our controlled ability to articulate what appears to us to be the content of our own will . |
| 7 | Sub-paragraph ( c ) appears to us to be dealing with non-litigation costs . |
| 8 | All appeared to us to be warm , positive , enthusiastic people — always praising , rarely criticising . |