Example sentences of "they appeared to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They appeared to be of one mind again when they appeared jointly to give evidence before the Commons ' Energy Committee on the greenhouse effect 's implications for energy policy . |
| 2 | But for long periods at The Dell they appeared to be preoccupied by Sunday 's Rumbelow 's Cup final against Manchester United . |
| 3 | His audiences were clearly defined , perhaps more so than any actor around , and they appeared to be generally under thirty , longhaired , with bearded males in the predominance , and ‘ intelligent ’ — what a silly description that was — females , usually blonde . |
| 4 | Rather they appeared to be just incomplete or abandoned . |
| 5 | They appeared to be notes on Vico , written on the backs of book-bills and letters . |
| 6 | The houses were neat and not unpleasing in design , though to Winnie 's eyes they appeared to be built far too close together , and the low wire fences gave no privacy . |
| 7 | With two in the same aquarium , a careful eye was kept on them to make sure there was no over-aggressiveness on either part , but they appeared to be alright with each other . |
| 8 | As a general rule they appeared to be slowish , considering most of them were large animals , but there seems to be a considerable variation between species of greatly differing body sizes . |
| 9 | They appeared to be playing out a familiar soap opera scenario — smoothie , 45 , dumps wife for a sexy young blonde half his age . |
| 10 | Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle may have been chosen to take the vital 1990 World Cup semi-final penalties because they appeared to be just the sort of level-headed British , team players that would n't miss . |
| 11 | The high-profile trip was meant to be an upbeat and cheerful end to the toughest year of their lives — instead they appeared to be at breaking point . |
| 12 | It seemed futile to go to the police as they appeared to be in the plot . |
| 13 | They appeared to be checking only if there were any additional persons in it . |
| 14 | But the Crowther Committee and Consumers ' Association reported that where mail order prices could be compared directly with prices in the shops , they appeared to be between 5 and 15 per cent higher . |
| 15 | Fleischmann and Pons worried that the numbers of neutrons that they appeared to be seeing were billions less than should have been the case if their heat data were correct and due to fusion . |
| 16 | Both the new leader and the modernisation programme had previously been on the political scene , but at the end of the 1970s they appeared to be in a much stronger position than ever before . |
| 17 | They appeared to be gaining ground on the continent of Europe with a terrifying self-confidence and a nightmare rapidity . |
| 18 | They used to be called blue-green algae because they appeared to be close relatives of the green algae that are common in ponds , but now that their very primitive character is recognised , they are referred to as cyanophytes or simply , blue-greens . |
| 19 | They appeared to be more aware of the misery and realities of war than might otherwise have been expected . |
| 20 | Certainly not the Ketterings ' ancestors as they appeared to be mostly of sly Italian clerics . |
| 21 | They appeared to be extremely familiar with the master of the house , for they demonstrated no obvious signs of respect for his person . |
| 22 | They appeared to be ordinary children , their white clothes a little soiled by mud and grass stains . |
| 23 | The wages of sin , he supposed , trying to be glad , for Cara 's sake , that they appeared to be so good . |
| 24 | They appeared to be arguing . |
| 25 | They appeared to be pages of an off-print of an article in a learned journal . |
| 26 | He said they appeared to be happy with their sojourn into the wilds . ’ |
| 27 | On Jan. 31 Seidman suggested that the government should consider reviving some thrifts , if they appeared to be financially healthy , instead of taking them over , and said that a feasibility study was currently under way to explore the possibility . |
| 28 | At least 23 banks , with losses totalling nearly $1,000 million , were ordered to remain closed because they appeared to be insolvent . |
| 29 | They appeared to be in a dungeon . |
| 30 | It was difficult to tell the passage of time , but when Blake opened his eyes they appeared to be within reach of the rising smoke . |