Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] appear to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to actually damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding , corporate statements can evidence the fact that there have been poor profits during all these years … |
| 2 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess , at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding … morally it did not seem quite so bad as might be inferred by the definition of the activity itself . ’ |
| 3 | The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator . |
| 4 | Is the Secretary of State aware that the United States still appears to be at war with Vietnam and that it is blocking all aid and trade in the International Monetary Fund and World bank and through misuse of the COCOM regulations ? |
| 5 | But Richard Dunwoody always appeared to be going the best and Baydon Star was a comfortable four-length winner , with the third horse Mailcom 30 lengths away . |
| 6 | Mr Hill said the murder still appeared to be motiveless . |
| 7 | Liza 's car always appeared to be the one which had preferential treatment and although John Carrow , neither approving of nor trusting any lady to tinker about with a machine , begged them all to leave such things as cleaning carburettors to him , it was always Liza 's that got attended to first . |
| 8 | The result also appears to be a vindication of his gamble to delay the election until almost the last moment in the hope that signs of economic recovery would persuade voters to give him a mandate . |
| 9 | The hens also appeared to be very consistent in their decisions , with individual birds choosing the same nest day after day . |
| 10 | The focusing of consciousness often appears to be concerned with the attempted resolution of unfinished business . |
| 11 | The overall impression resulting from these findings is that emergency services specifically designed for potential attempters might be of benefit to some , but the impulsive nature of the act , and the fact that the attempt often appears to be carried out with a particular purpose not related to help-seeking , but aimed at someone in close proximity , reduces the chances of preventing suicide attempts by this method alone . |
| 12 | The dilemma is worse still in that religion often appears to be inextricably and centrally involved in the perpetration of crime and the proliferation of human misery and damage to the environment . |
| 13 | The falsificationist now appears to be reaching a tentative solution to his problem , although he does not consider himself to have proved by experiment how bats avoid collisions while flying . |
| 14 | Teenagers frequently appear to be resentful of parents or teachers but in reality this is often a sign that they are testing authority and seeing just how far they can go . |
| 15 | The source of objective legal rules thus appears to be the fully developed rationality of the intellectual elites of different nations . |
| 16 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |
| 17 | Gorer , in his 1970 study of sex in England carried out on behalf of the Opinion Research Centre remarks that , " England still appears to be a very chaste society " . |
| 18 | Whereas the Treaty of Rome and the Single European Act both appeared to be at least chiefly concerned with trade and economic cooperation , the Treaty on European Union is involved with almost every policy with which a national government could concern itself . |
| 19 | The point of contention now appears to be how institutions may be affected . |
| 20 | I am glad to see that at last many parents now appear to be doing this . |
| 21 | Protestant churches were not unaffected by the spirit in which the campaign often appeared to be conducted . |
| 22 | Brenda here appears to be accommodating to her brother by using Creole . |
| 23 | The Church test therefore appears to be broad and readily fulfilled , but the phrase ‘ some harm … albeit not serious harm ’ has been construed restrictively in one sense . |
| 24 | Workers generally appear to be anxious about poor organisation , management , and resourcing for community care . |
| 25 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
| 26 | The hair of Oceanus also appears to be styled on the same matted locks which comprise the lion 's main at Verulamium . |
| 27 | The role of the accountant also appears to be a mystery . |
| 28 | In like manner , the impulses to escape danger to myself or the children , or evade the animal 's agonies also appear to be basic . |
| 29 | The Vietnam War really appeared to be near its end , and the economy , shaken by the rise in world oil prices and the inflation produced by the war , seemed to be on the mend . |
| 30 | As a result of these measures , the river dolphin population now appears to be stabilising and even increasing , but the dolphin is still extremely vulnerable and needs continued surveillance at both national and international levels . |