Example sentences of "appeared [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first sight the very core of party support appeared to be rotten . |
| 2 | It was clear from a very early stage of our Belfast work that to describe the inner-city phonology was a more complicated task than to describe ‘ middle-class ’ phonology , because there appeared to be much more variability within inner-city language than in higher status language . |
| 3 | Recognising there appeared to be substantial support for this move he approached Robert Naish privately with a view to easing the inevitable changeover . |
| 4 | He was thin , and there appeared to be dark patches growing in through the grey of his beard . |
| 5 | There on the green plateau , glistening in the sunshine , was a collection of various types of aircraft , mainly in what appeared to be first class condition . |
| 6 | Malengin , however , did not answer , but offered Cleo and Dauntless two stained cracked mugs filled with something that appeared to be heated pond water . |
| 7 | Now she appeared to be unconcerned what people thought . |
| 8 | Cade and his supporters had no constructive programme for social reform , and appeared to be unconcerned about questions of servile status or land rents . |
| 9 | Contrary to experiments in which BTV-like particles are produced by co-infection of insect cells with two dual expressing viruses , all the produced particles appeared to be double-shelled VLPs and no CLPs were observed . |
| 10 | The Whitefield 's combination of Congregationalism and club-cum-business house for Christ , captured in its banner ( a knight ascending to shining towers burdened by a broken comrade ) and its motto ‘ No quest , no conquest ’ , appeared to be effortless . |
| 11 | Christianson and Loftus ( 1987 ) had subjects write down the central detail from each slide and Christianson and Loftus ( 1991 ) had them evaluate the affective quality of each slide , both these studies showed results which appeared to be consistent with Easterbrook 's hypothesis . |
| 12 | The Chancellor appeared to be unmoved by the appeals from some of his party faithful , preferring to claim that his actions were in the country 's long term interest . |
| 13 | Damien 's body appeared to be twisting and writhing like a fish on a line but there was no escape for him . |
| 14 | Progress on Cambodia appeared to be minimal , not least , according to observers , because the superpowers had far less influence in south-east Asia than in Afghanistan . |
| 15 | Only its senior , policy-making members ( i.e. thirteen members of the Executive , seven of the Army Council and certain others ) appeared to be immune from arrest . |
| 16 | But the latter charge concerning domestic inflation appeared to be correct . |
| 17 | For a while he appeared to be correct . |
| 18 | If one of the possible extensions scored well , i.e. the top-down prediction appeared to be correct , then the island would be extended further , otherwise the seed would be abandoned for the next best seed word generated bottom-up over that area . |
| 19 | The glossy shops and building societies of towns like Swindon and Basingstoke , the proliferation of ‘ leisure centres ’ and recreational amenities in much of the south , appeared to be firm signs of the enjoyment of the good life . |
| 20 | With brightness masking , subjects report that although the target appeared to be present for a reasonably long period it was too vaguely defined — its contrast was too low for it to be identifiable . |
| 21 | Therefore , the factor(s) responsible for the enhanced IgG1 response in ulcerative colitis appeared to be present also in healthy twins . |
| 22 | The change in the figures appeared to be due to things like administrative convenience . |
| 23 | It acknowledged the difficulties of the police in a terrorist campaign : complimented the RUC on its restraint and professional integrity and pointed out that the number of detectives who had resorted to physical violence appeared to be small in relation to the total force . |
| 24 | In any case it seemed at this point that the war might be lost , and only a month after finishing the poem he was expressing to Martin Browne grave misgivings about the worth and value of his poetic activities , which often appeared to be futile . |
| 25 | The NPFL had earlier agreed that its representative would form part of a triumvirate of vice-presidents under an independent interim president , but this arrangement appeared to be stillborn . |
| 26 | He saw what appeared to be rich American clients and insisted on taking them to lunch first . |
| 27 | The Education Department appeared to be delighted with what they were doing with the family , and any materials required for teaching the one girl were supplied eagerly and promptly . |
| 28 | This group appeared to be opposed to both Mobutu and the leadership of the Sacred Union , calling for a new generation to take control of Zaïrean politics . |
| 29 | He seemed to be poring over some papers and the room itself appeared to be tidier than when he had visited it earlier . |
| 30 | Just as they appeared to be succeeding , former Mayor Dudley Aldridge has hinted he might stand as an indepedent Tory against Mr Taylor . |