Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it appear " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often the tensions made it appear as though there was a ring of invisible men sitting outside the circle of women , a silent audience whose approval we often still needed . |
| 2 | Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements . |
| 3 | Dennis Skinner said it appeared that the Government ‘ was engaged in undercover activity ’ . |
| 4 | On checking artists , names appended it appears that up to 1756 Jeffreys did most of the engraving for Figures of Plants but thereafter his name disappears except for the odd plate , which may well have been made earlier . |
| 5 | The tribunal said it appeared that Ms Oruene had brought the complaint in the mistaken but genuine belief that graduates of English or Scottish universities who did not have passes in the compulsory subjects set by the faculty would still have been granted exemptions from the exams . |
| 6 | Only in the last months of her life did it appear that her policy might not be sustained , because of the changed situation in England and France . |
| 7 | A spokesman said it appeared the Escort XR3i collided with parked vehicles at 9pm on Monday and the driver then abandoned the car . |
| 8 | A police spokesman said it appeared Tony could have been struck a glancing blow by the wing mirror of a blue Transit-type van . |
| 9 | Police said it appeared £5 in petty cash had been stolen . |
| 10 | Andrew Saxton 's colleague Andrew Davies said it appeared the Sports Council was still convinced the men were guilty . |
| 11 | Spokesman Michael Ritchie said it appeared the judges had agreed a crisis situation required crisis measures . |
| 12 | Lord Coulsfield said it appeared probable that the track was built before the end of the 1920s . |
| 13 | Shell said it appeared the 3,625 ton Danish refrigerated cargo ship Icestar had a fouled propeller . |
| 14 | Dalgliesh had been left with an uneasy feeling that neither case was as straightforward as the reports made it appear , but certainly there was no prima facie evidence of foul play in connection with either of the two deaths . |
| 15 | He replied that on the facts stated it appeared that the testator wanted by trust to release Seius from all liability to that debt . |