Example sentences of "appear to be a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His two concessions to luxury appear to be a passion for fast cars — he is the proud owner of a turbo-Bentley — and a 5,000 acre estate in Scotland . |
| 2 | For during this first term the long regular letters to Harry Hooton appear to be a substitute for letters to Helen and a roundabout way of informing her of his progress . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , there would appear to be a case for each authority to provide an annual report in the same way as local authorities . |
| 4 | If the charge on the property in favour of the husband is not for a fixed amount but is expressed to be equivalent , for example , to one third of the net proceeds of sale , then the husband has acquired a chargeable asset ( Marren v Ingles [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 983 ) and payment of the capital sum by way of redemption of the charge would appear to be a disposal for capital gains tax purposes ( TCGA 1992 , s22 ) . |
| 5 | There would also appear to be a need for concern about the sustained elevations of heart rate and body temperature caused by aerobic training during the first trimester of pregnancy in view of the fact that elevated maternal core body temperature rises significantly with aerobic exercise . |
| 6 | there would appear to be a need for closer monitoring of attendance on induction training for new academic staff and perhaps a higher priority to be given to further staff development and training of mid-career and senior staff in the area of teaching and learning-facilitating skills . |
| 7 | There was no evidence in this study of a general reversal of this type for situations with low accident estimates , however , there did appear to be a reversal for left turns . |
| 8 | Such a record might appear to be an occasion for delight in consumers and pride in the industry , but it did not in fact arise from efficiency increases ( indeed physical indices of efficiency showed a decline because of inadequate investment in new plant ) . |
| 9 | By contrast , the accounting treatment of R&D appears to be a non-issue for most company accountants ; they almost universally support the present practice of immediate write-off of all R&D expenditure . |
| 10 | A bizarre example of what appears to be a Tit for Tat arrangement in nature was discovered by Eric Fischer in a hermaphrodite fish , the sea bass . |
| 11 | Automatic fire fighting installations capable of achieving total control and extinguishment appear to be the only answer but because of the almost total reliance which must be placed on their automatic capability there appears to be a need for greater flexibility in use than totally automatic operation would provide , and particularly to ensure that an entire system is not rendered inoperative by some local effect . |
| 12 | It appears to be a storeroom for the canteen rather than the Registry , though — all I can see is a confusion of brown cardboard boxes blazoned Vim and Heinz and Tate & Lyle . |
| 13 | Aid , therefore , in a sense , appeared to be a substitute for analysis : certainly for the sort of analysis that might have suggested the hazards attending US policy objectives in Vietnam . |
| 14 | On Monday she had gone to her job — improbably she appeared to be a supervisor for a market research firm — as usual , and could be vouched for by colleagues there . |
| 15 | It appeared to be a week for crises . |
| 16 | Also attached to this box were the vacuum gauge and a third pipe which led to what appeared to be a servo for the brake ( ? ! ) . |