Example sentences of "[modal v] appear [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To non-riders dressage must appear to be the art of making the noble horse look like a wally with an even bigger wally on top in fancy dress . |
| 2 | such gifts must appear to be left ‘ by accident ’ . |
| 3 | Writer and creator Kevin Fegan combines humour , razor-sharp observations and occasional flex of his poetic licence to shed a little light on what , to outsiders , must appear to be a very peculiar practice . |
| 4 | Witnesses and documents located there are required to be taken out of that country for production before the authorities of the United States or before persons acting with the backing of the courts of that country ; it must appear to be an attempt to give world-wide application to the procedural rules of the United States . |
| 5 | Putting one 's self in Stalin 's shoes , the present period of indecision must appear to be an opportune moment for him to step into the arena to suggest to Japan that she should make peace with the Kremlin and with Peking . |
| 6 | However , these interests can not conflict too directly , but must appear to be consonant . |
| 7 | The overriding criterion — that the service of a summons is impracticable or inappropriate — does not even have to be based on objective grounds ; it is enough that it should appear to be so to the constable making the arrest . |
| 8 | That juries and courts should appear to be taking an increasingly lenient view of these acts of retribution is more disturbing again . |
| 9 | I 'm not demanding we spend the entire weekend locked in a clinch , ’ Vitor said impatiently when she started to protest , ‘ but we should appear to be on good terms . |
| 10 | The chances are that during the first eight or nine years you may appear to be treading water in the process of proving yourself . |
| 11 | It is not the unfettered giant that , tautly ready for a fierce ground war in the Gulf , it may appear to be . |
| 12 | ‘ To get anywhere in this game you 've got to be stubborn , bombastic , what may appear to be ignorant . |
| 13 | Such a horse may appear to be a rather solitary animal , but if the other horses had been removed in his absence , he would have been upset and uninterested in eating . |
| 14 | In places there may appear to be almost none ; yet we know that huge numbers of diatoms are produced , but that most are rapidly consumed . |
| 15 | To a casual observer water on a surface may appear to be in complete contact with it . |
| 16 | Despite the fact that a worker may appear to be at fault examination should begin with the supervisor immediately responsible for the area concerned . |
| 17 | What may appear to be one type of soil may have the attachment characteristics of a different layer of soil beneath it in which case the underlying soil dictates the chemical . |
| 18 | Thus , there may appear to be a urethritis when the main problem is in fact an infection in the bladder or in the kidneys , or , more locally , in the prostate gland . |
| 19 | All of which may appear to be fairly straightforward , but to connect four musicians in such a short time with a combined objective and musical compatibility is no mean feat . |
| 20 | Reasons of space alone demand that what may appear to be a contentious response to this question be suggested , rather than developed . |
| 21 | Death or distance may have reduced the number of friends , and relationships with acquaintances may appear to be superficial . |
| 22 | Although there may appear to be numerous difficulties , do n't be discouraged . |
| 23 | Many of the concepts explained may appear to be self-evident but their thorough understanding will assist the reader in later chapters which concentrate on international banks , markets and financial flows . |
| 24 | However important this is , it ought to be born in mind that what may appear to be the cheapest at the time may not necessarily be the most effective in solving a particular odour problem and consequently not the cheapest in the long term . |
| 25 | But remember — the retailer may appear to be giving something away , but he 's in business to make sales . |
| 26 | The truth is that learning new skills does take time , and progress may appear to be very slow . |
| 27 | A good feature of Market Hyde 's book , in comparison with other highly popular treatments of such matters , is its reiteration that certain problems which may appear to be fairly simple are in fact extremely difficult . |
| 28 | They may appear to be fainting , collapsing and suffering from shock , but in reality they can be none of these things . |
| 29 | No matter how ruthless and cruel the evolutionary process may appear to be , it nevertheless must be regarded as having been inevitably so . |
| 30 | Endeavours to explain to a child the reasons for the restraints put upon him , may appear to be setting too much store on his intelligence , but this will not necessarily be so , for there is much evidence that adult training of children is very often obstructive rather than progressive . |