Example sentences of "appeared to be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key thing appeared to be that Delander had fitted it with double wheel or duplex escapement — and it could be the first of the rare group of his clocks that include the feature . |
| 2 | The only reasonable conclusion appeared to be that because the two stallions lived in yards , and at that time were not being ridden , they consequently had a life that demanded virtually no decision making at all — their days were so dominated by habit that they had become completely unable to think . |
| 3 | The explanation for this appeared to be that a manager can not properly control and discipline subordinates if he is too close to them emotionally . |
| 4 | There was a general neglect of the teacher-pupil and pupil-pupil interactions on which learning depends , and indeed of learning as such ; the message appeared to be that if the ‘ environment of learning ’ was correctly established , learning , and appropriate learning at that , would follow . |
| 5 | His main concern appeared to be that he did not want too many parents to be able to read it because they would find it attractive . |
| 6 | The INPFL 's withdrawal followed severe criticisms by interim government officials of Johnson 's action in ordering the execution of a senior commander whose offence appeared to be that he unilaterally complied with provisions of the peace agreement , arranging for his men to hand over their arms to troops of the 7,000-strong Ecowas Monitoring Group ( ECOMOG ) . |
| 7 | I am aware that there was a steady decrease in the casualty figures and this was welcome to the Harris Offensive and also to the Mighty Eighth , but it always appeared to be that the Luftwaffe were just that one step ahead until , of course , the advent of D-Day and the advance of the Allies on the Continent . |