Example sentences of "appears [to-vb] been [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | While life expectancy has extended , it appears to have been at the price of a longer period and a greater proportion of life being spent in chronic sickness . |
| 2 | Thus Darwin appears to have been at least partly correct . |
| 3 | Although most tanker owners and their crews were opposed to the idea of arming their ships , there appears to have been at least one exception : a Greek-flag cargo ship , the Norasia Karsten , was alleged to have fired a missile at a US helicopter in January 1987 , a charge the owners denied . |
| 4 | Stark 's confidence appears to have been at a low ebb but the Scotland manager , Duncan Paterson , has been reminding him of his form earlier in the season : at the Dubai Sevens , which the Scots won ; in the A international against Italy in Melrose when the Boroughmuir winger had a hand in both tries ; and in his senior international debut against Ireland at Murrayfield , when he scored one try and was heavily involved in the other from Tony Stanger . |
| 5 | There has been no substantial loss of moorland/rough grassland ; wetland drainage appears to have been on a limited scale and grazing of woodlands is not common practice . |
| 6 | after leading Sunderland to the FA Cup final last May.But he appears to have been on borrowed time ever since . |
| 7 | But he appears to have been on borrowed time ever since . |
| 8 | This minority appears to have been on an upward trend ( from 2 per cent of couples both of whom were employees in 1968 to 5 per cent in 1980 — Elias , 1983 ) , but the conclusion of Lynne Hamill 's study of the 1974 FES still stands . |
| 9 | Sir James Matheson , who had made a fortune in the China trade , bought the Isle of Lewis in 1844 , and at least part of the large sums he spent there ( in addition to famine relief and assistance for emigration ) appears to have been of direct benefit to the islanders . |
| 10 | The precise rating of the engine is not known , but Thomas had specified about 25 h.p. , and it appears to have been of that order . |
| 11 | On the other hand , in R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment , ex parte Rose Theatre Trust Co. the judge appears to have been of the view that an applicant could have standing only on the basis of a personal interest and not on the basis of representing the interests of others . |
| 12 | Whig Jacobitism , however , appears to have been of minimal significance in Scotland . |
| 13 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog clip-around-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me and indeed to have shaped me — not only me , but my nose ; not only my nose , but my personality — for as far back as I can see . |
| 14 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog-clip-round-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me , and indeed to have shaped — not only me , but my nose — not only my nose , but my personality — for as long as I can recall . |
| 15 | This had normally been sufficient pretext for direct military intervention , and some action of this kind appears to have been under consideration in December 1980 and again in March 1981 . |
| 16 | The general trend appears to have been towards making it more difficult for people to stay on in full-time employment after 65 ( Heron and Chown 1961 ) . |
| 17 | His vassals were asked to swear on the Gospels what these rights and obligations ( deveriis ) were , and the thrust of the inquiry appears to have been towards municipal and communal liberties . |
| 18 | The sharing of the collector 's salary was really what appears to have been in the thoughts of Craigbarnet and his friends , for Dougalston too returned to this point in his letter to Montrose 's commissioner , telling him that Craigbarnet 's friends had given him to understand that they would support Kirkton 's re-election , ‘ with the same sellary that he now has if he would give Craigbarnett fifteen or twentie pound sterling yearly out of it ’ . |
| 19 | Davidson 's party political position may make him a more objective source than those more closely involved , and he appears to have been in a good position to know what was going on . |
| 20 | He appears to have been in partnership before 1812 with Daniel Beale , who had founded the agency business then known as Beale , Reid & Co . |
| 21 | On the evidence of inscriptions recorded in the volume , it appears to have been in the possession of Amelia , Lady Lovat , in the 17th century , and John , 1st Duke of Atholl , in the 18th century : it seems to have come into the ownership of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe in the 19th century , and from there to have passed to the Wigan Free Library . |
| 22 | The scheme for a toll road from near Whitburn , West Lothian , to Douglas , Lanarkshire , appears to have been in the doldrums since the Scottish Office accepted the concept in 1990 . |