Example sentences of "it appear [prep] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In short , it appears to be a rural Protestant idyll where God and squire and cottager know their own and each other 's places .
2 Even if it is not used much the trenchant criticisms of it would appear to demand reform , as it appears to be a blunt instrument which ‘ should be honed down to produce a greater quality of justice . ’
3 It appears to be a clever move to make .
4 Most of all , I would worry if they sought Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 to demonstrate their solidarity with a man in a spot of bother by giving him a present perhaps a watch inscribed ‘ do n't let the buggers get you down ’ after all , it appears to be a coded message that it 's time for an early and a swift departure . ’
5 Most of all , I would worry if they sought Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 to demonstrate their solidarity with a man in a spot of bother by giving him a present perhaps a watch inscribed ‘ do n't let the buggers get you down ’ after all , it appears to be a coded message that it 's time for an early and a swift departure . ’
6 The following extract is from the opening pages of With Peter and Susan , the McKee Readers , book 3 ( London : Nelson — no date , although from the illustrations it appears to be a pre-war reader .
7 Erm , we feel we need to move this amendment , cos it appears to be the only way to actually get the council decision implemented Chairman and to avoid a continuation of the wrecking tactics used by the Labour group .
8 Although it appears to be the same principle that promotes sympathy for South African blacks in their country , this confirms rather than vitiates the point that the form and meaning of racist discourses depends on and varies in context and enables a range of verbal and practical interactions and positions .
9 In fact , we know that the radiation must have traveled to us across most of the observable universe , and since it appears to be the same in different directions , the universe must also be the same in every direction , if only on a large scale .
10 It appears to be the white stuff .
11 None of the libraries in this group had a staff establishment higher than 130 , so it appears to be the smaller authorities in particular who found it difficult to allocate more than largely nominal responsibility .
12 Oh well I 'll keep the insurance company er I w er we will send them a little note in that case , saying look , you know , this is the case , it appears to be an innocent lesion she 's just been finely checked over on the eighth of October , do you feel you can now proceed ?
13 It was decided also that if any person was to win 6 years in succession , he would be presented with the trophy to keep ; so far it appears to be an impossible goal as in the intervening 266 years , no person has won more than once .
14 It appears to be an inescapable fact that regardless of whether a nation is developing , developed or experiencing economic decline , the indigenous population will experience differing degrees of economic prosperity depending on their particular location in the economy .
15 At the apex of the jaw the ventralmost tooth may be superficial , separating , the infradental papillae so that it appears to be an apical papilla ; in other specimens the infradental papillae lie closer together ; they are followed on each side by two block-like oral papillae .
16 Old age is no barrier to fund raising , in fact it appears to be an excellent way to stave off the effects !
17 It appeared to be no more than a gesture of politeness , but Polly knew he was poised to block her slightest move towards the door .
18 Their interest in Nasser 's message of Arab unity was natural , although to President Chamoun it appeared to be a dangerous obsession .
19 The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task .
20 When the CNAA consulted its related institutions and others about the future guidelines for the DipHE many of the polytechnics pointed out that the emphasis on an ‘ interlock ’ between the Diploma and degree programmes prevented the Diploma from being seen as an award in its own right , and devalued it : it appeared to be a failed degree .
21 The part 26-way tree , part linked list method was implemented for comparison purposes , and because it appeared to be a simple way of reducing the amount of memory necessary .
22 Indeed , it appeared to be a necessary property of any microbe capable of invading animal tissues that it was resistant to the action of lysozyme .
23 It appeared to be a feasible solution to a series of problems , and an interesting educational opportunity .
24 It appeared to be a well-heeled golfer 's dream .
25 Unfortunately , it appeared to be the same half that I had picked to explore .
26 It appeared to be an old two-dimensional film presentation ; an old fashioned oil-driven military vehicle was speeding across a verdant green field .
27 It appeared to be an occupational hazard , walking down dark and dingy — or even brightly lit — corridors , waiting for strange creatures to pounce out at unexpected moments .
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