Example sentences of "appear [adv] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quiet changes in design appear only to be relevant to new areas , so that public debate and understanding is limited . |
| 2 | They appear only to be concerned with the present and future quality of the labour market and the need to have a better and more highly trained workforce . |
| 3 | Those of the low Arctic ( within a boundary similar to that of Aleksandrova , discussed on p. 85 ) appear mainly to be boreal alpine species that have spread northward . |
| 4 | These two items appear simply to be ghoulish trophies , since they sit on a table with other specimens of internal organs . |
| 5 | So , logical and impressive as the associate flower learning of honey bees seems , these hard-working insects appear simply to be well-programmed learning machines , attending only to the cues deemed salient by evolution ( and then only in well-defined contexts and often during precise critical periods ) — and then filing the information thus obtained in pre-existing arrays . |
| 6 | Recommendations are also sought from the Area Education Officers , although these do not appear always to be forthcoming . |
| 7 | But in the sphere of education , the concept would appear still to be flourishing , even if in a somewhat limited form , as stated above . |
| 8 | Interest due on debts which are preferential under s 386 of and Sched 6 to the Act would not appear also to be preferential . |
| 9 | Pakistan 's military appears instead to be concerned with the country 's neighbour and traditional foe — India . |