Example sentences of "which appear [prep] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fox 's role in shaping the ecology of the city 's wasteland is limited by stray dogs , which appear to be the animal 's main enemy in its urban surroundings . |
| 2 | Such a gross cyclicity is not , of course , to be confused with the much shorter-phase climatic cycles such as within the most recent , Pleistocene , ice age , which appear to be the consequence of an interaction of several astronomical variables ( Imbrie & Imbrie , 1979 ) . |
| 3 | As defined above ( part I , section 2.4 ) , integral affinity relates pavements which appear to be the work of at least one of the same group of craftsmen . |
| 4 | I was astonished to read the article entitled ‘ Soviet military research powers ’ ( This Week , 17 March , p 708 ) which appears to be a tame reproduction of figures given by the Pentagon as to their calculation of the Soviet defence effort . |
| 5 | Sub-optimality occurs when one department makes a decision which appears to be a good one , from the departmental point of view , but which is actually damaging to the organisation as a whole . |
| 6 | From a darkened light box , a fork of green lightning is emitted , followed , at an interval , by a red one and then by another , which appears to be a combination of the other two . |
| 7 | On Thursday morning we had the ‘ criticism session ’ which appears to be a weekly ritual in the Chinese education system , but this was full of polite references to what and I were doing , followed by one or two mild suggestions about how the course could be improved . |
| 8 | Mexico has one of the highest rates of alcoholism in the world , which appears to be the result of the coincidence of traditional and modern advertisement-inspired modes of behaviour . |
| 9 | But there is a natural barrier of around 40 per cent , which appears to be the maximum vote for any European party of the left , based as they are on earlier 20th-century political formations arising from industrial production . |
| 10 | The argument against that interpretation , which appears to be the obvious interpretation , is that under section 34(8) : |
| 11 | The novel opens with a page-long diatribe about the age of middlemen which appears to be the opinion of a third-person narrator but is subsequently identified as ‘ disloyal thoughts … not precisely verbalised as they turmoiled through the hazily discontented soul of Rusty Conway ’ ( 5–6 ) . |
| 12 | It would be dead easy to reform the CAP at our farmers ' expense and simply shovel the money across to other farmers , which appears to be the Labour party 's proposal , but we do not share that view ; we must ensure that it is a balanced proposal and that in the United Kingdom , where we have efficient agriculture , the efficient farmer has a long-term future . |
| 13 | If that clause was taken to be a definition of the Government 's position and repeatedly referred to as an escape route , which appears to be the intention , it would fundamentally undermine confidence in the Government 's commitment to the European process . |
| 14 | All these examples involve the first sub-maxim of Quantity , which appears to be the important one , in which the provision of full information is enjoined . |
| 15 | A report published by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) says there is an underlying trend of real and sustained improvement in the quality of coastal bathing waters , which appears to be the result of the extensive capital schemes for sewage treatment currently being undertaken by the water companies . |
| 16 | Roman troops as such scarcely appear after the first decade of the fifth century in any source , except the Notitia Dignitatum , which appears to be an idealized list drawn up in the 420s , and not a statement of the reality of the imperial fighting forces . |
| 17 | Westmacott had headed for Kalafrana where he saw a large twin-engined aircraft below and under fire , which appeared to be a Ju88 . |
| 18 | With a squad of boys from the school he uncovered the rest of the pavement which appeared to be a corridor of a building . |
| 19 | Indeed , one of the reasons why she had liked this house was because it was near St Basil 's which appeared to be a ‘ suitable ’ church for her . |
| 20 | Alternatively , I could insert a thing called a pessary , which appeared to be a very small torpedo of solidified spermicide that dissolved internally . |
| 21 | I , being regarded as the principal guest , was presented with the greatest delicacy , which appeared to be a part of the breast . |
| 22 | She was given a high potency of opium which appeared to be the indicated remedy for this numb state . |
| 23 | The tendency in the Council therefore was to seek a sufficient measure of ‘ self-validation ’ to enable institutional progress to be made , but to marry it with the protection of the external validation system which appeared to be the best defence of hard-won standards . |