Example sentences of "[verb] appear [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reclassified ‘ Type J/1 ’ ( reports that No. 11 was similarly treated appear to be unfounded ) . |
| 2 | Are we content with the quality of college provision , which in some instances has appeared to be close to a ‘ care and containment ’ policy , or are we going to ensure that students with disabilities receive the maximum opportunity to realise their potential ? |
| 3 | Waves certainly erode a metre or so ( several feet ) above the level of the highest spring tides , but the depth below the lowest neap tides at which erosion occurs appears to be much more variable . |
| 4 | Your people will be switched off the moment the objective that you have set appears to be unobtainable . |
| 5 | Gathering accurate information and perceptions on which to base our work has been a time consuming and laborious exercise but we have all learnt a great deal in the process and the model which has emerged appears to be acceptable to all of those who have been involved and the information networks have begun to do their time honoured job . |
| 6 | The Buckau with rotors stopped appeared to be safer than the Buckau with sails doused . |
| 7 | If they do appear to be effective for recognition , this will have consequences for the design of pattern recognisers . |
| 8 | Indeed , if they did appear to be hesitant because of the mixedness in the message , that could be seen as a weakness . |
| 9 | Certainly risky situations did appear to be unusual events , the top 50% of the rating scale was only used for 6.5% of the situations encountered . |
| 10 | The human system is geared to this acquisition , and even when what is learned appears to be maladaptive or produces negative traits , it derives from a natural process . |
| 11 | The latest report on the employment of black graduates also concludes that they experience greater difficulties than white graduates in obtaining employment ; in addition , the jobs obtained appear to be inferior to those gained by white graduates ( CRE , 1987 ) . |
| 12 | Syntactic structure does appear to be suitable for semantic purposes , one can develop compositional semantic rules that apply to syntactic structures . |
| 13 | Whether we regard state policies towards small firms as rhetorical gestures or as genuine attempts to protect their existence , there does appear to be renewed interest in preserving a differentiated industrial structure . |
| 14 | There are even differences between cultures in the development of task and maintenance behaviours , even though the actual emergence of these roles does appear to be universal . |
| 15 | This interaction between arousal and retention interval does appear to be robust . |
| 16 | In the first period , as we have seen in Figure 12.2 , there does appear to be some degree of relationship between unemployment and the rate of price inflation . |
| 17 | My Lords , erm I I think that behind this , there does appear to be some doubt as to the British Transport Police 's position in respect of Rail Track er from the 1st April . |
| 18 | Despite the downturn in traditional industries , there does appear to be ready markets both in small manufacturing and in distribution and wholesale/retail sectors for equipment providing flexible handling capability for loads ( often pallets ) up to 1 or 1.5 tonnes . |
| 19 | One of the three students who had appeared to be missing , and then had turned up . |
| 20 | But the almost mesmeric brilliance of Severiano Ballesteros first of all broke down what had appeared to be insurmountable barriers and then allowed him to charge through the gaps , devastating anything in his path . |
| 21 | He beat Boris Becker , the defending champion and a player who had appeared to be relaxed and in comfortable form , and then he beat Emilio Sanchez in one of the most outstanding matches in recent history . |
| 22 | Both the alternative development possibilities suggested appear to be attractive , but you need n't restrict yourself to them alone . |
| 23 | A traditional worker who absents himself without good reason or who persistently fails to show up for his job is likely to he disciplined or dismissed , and a casual worker who fails to appear without being able to offer good justification , or who is seldom available , is likely to be dropped from the list of those who an organisation will contact . |