Example sentences of "appealing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something bookish and appealing about the old lady , but we had no time to get acquainted , for brisk Mary pointed me on my way . |
| 2 | There is something mysteriously appealing about The Hair And Skin Trading Company 's music — the space that they manage to create amidst the diseased disorder of guitars and samples . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's something appealing about the idea , ’ admits Miss Kier , ‘ but we know that we 'd be censored . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , for all that he 'd been around there was definitely something that was attractive and appealing about him ; only his eyes gave him away , because they could turn cold and introspective while those around him were whooping it up . |
| 5 | There 's something so appealing about her but she does n't seem to want to let me or anybody into her life . " |
| 6 | It is probably not worth appealing about a difference of approximately £40 . |
| 7 | Please send courteous letters appealing for his immediate and unconditional release to : |
| 8 | Please write courteous letters appealing for Fr Jin Dechen 's release to : |
| 9 | Please write appealing for the immediate and unconditional release of Nijazi Beqa to : |
| 10 | Please send courteous letters appealing for his immediate release to : |
| 11 | Francis Thomson , the man who for nearly twenty years has been promising to write a biography of Alan Blumlein is once again appealing for more material on Blumlein . |
| 12 | ‘ But I am a bit disappointed that while we 've been appealing for new directors nobody from the town has come forward . ’ |
| 13 | They have been protecting dissident groups and appealing for non-violence . |
| 14 | The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust is appealing for drawings , sketches and artefacts relating to the companies that amalgamated to form the Rover Group . |
| 15 | Now we are appealing for money and we are asking the people of Oxfordshire for their help ; money so that we can continue to help people in your county like John Granger … |
| 16 | Appealing for calm in Lebanon , the State Department spokesmen said that they had no indication who was responsible . |
| 17 | No less an eminence than Lord Whitelaw echoed the loyalists ' warnings when he invoked an old Willie-ism in appealing for ‘ a stirring up of apathy as far as gossip , rumour and internal intrigue are concerned . ’ |
| 18 | Dreadco is appealing for middle-aged identical twins , one to live in the low-pressure laboratory and one outside , while microscopic examination compares the rate at which grey hairs appear on their scalps . |
| 19 | Late on Wednesday night , a man purporting to be General Noriega spoke on the pro-regime National Radio , urging all Panamanians ‘ to keep up the resistance ’ and appealing for support from the outside world . |
| 20 | As one pro-contra advertisement put it , appealing for 53 cents a day to support a mercenary called ‘ Charley ’ and his machine-gun , ‘ There is no ‘ country ’ called Nicaragua , only a nation of people living under a totalitarian regime . ’ |
| 21 | Now the Game Conservancy Trust at Fordingbridge , Hampshire , is appealing for farmers involved in set-aside schemes to take part in a research project starting this year to assess the impact on the partridge population . |
| 22 | Professor Sig Prais of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research , a member of the recent Channel 4 Commission on Education , dismissed the authors as ‘ a pressure group appealing for more money ’ . |
| 23 | Police now considered the case a murder inquiry and were appealing for any information that would lead to the killer . |
| 24 | We told the truth , the country deserved better than it got , and Labour would keep striving to create a country better in spirit and soul , he said , appealing for the party to retain in defeat the unity and vitality it showed in the campaign . |
| 25 | Detectives are appealing for the lorry driver and any other witnesses who may have seen the struggle in the supermarket or car park to come forward . |
| 26 | Malta is appealing for all veterans of the war on the island to apply for medals . |
| 27 | Any moment now , Judi would be turning them into a Jury , appealing for their verdict on the Nielsen family . |
| 28 | A famous film clip , which has been shown countless times , shows a NICRA supporter in front of the police line , appealing for restraint before suddenly doubling up , apparently in agony . |
| 29 | When we hear of the Communist Party appealing for law and order it seems to me that it is a matter of Satan rebuking sin . |
| 30 | Appealing for clemency . |