Example sentences of "appear [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 ( I recently watched a more formal version of this technique where a class of adolescents was invited to direct the teacher in how to appear as a King of a small Greek State in classical times who had lost his power to a conquering neighbouring state but who did not want to lose his dignity .
2 He is due to appear as a Palestinian architect in a Channel 4 drama series The Big Battalions .
3 So I decided that in order not to appear as a bad-tempered harpy , I would agree with everything Shirl said and then add : ‘ But … ’
4 FURIOUS Bobby Gould was last night forced to cancel plans to appear as a BSkyB commentator at West Brom 's FA Cup second round replay against Wycombe after he was banned from The Hawthorns for his own safety .
5 Bryan Robson will start his first Premier League game for United with Darren Ferguson dropping out and Lee Sharpe likely to appear as a sub .
6 That 's why the actress , who plays Cindy Beale in EastEnders , volunteered to appear as a drummer girl at an AIDS charity event in London .
7 Shuttleworth is also confirmed to appear as a regular on Jonathan Ross 's new TV series , which begins in early '93 .
8 At CeBIT Fair in Hannover Ericsson Business Networks and Intel Corp have been showing an emulation of a jointly-developed personal computer board designed to enable Windows machines to be linked to PABXs : the personal computer is linked to the switch through a standard ISDN-type connection so the micro can receive facsimile messages , voice-mail , video communications and the like — the thing is expected to appear as a product late this year .
9 On the one hand , the state has to ensure the continuation of the accumulation of capital ; on the other , it has to appear as a neutral arbiter of interests , thereby preserving its own legitimacy .
10 Only as the cloverleaf began to appear as a grey shape in the otherwise black wall did I at last fall into a dream-wracked sleep .
11 When colour was finally re-introduced into Braque 's painting , it was to appear as a completely independent pictorial element , related to solid forms and the space surrounding them , but clearly distinguishable from them as a separate artistic factor .
12 Drink driving continues to appear as a factor in road accidents in Lothian and featured in 366 accidents in 1990 , 17% of these resulting in injury .
13 The two leaders attended a news conference at the close of their talks at which Assad confirmed that Syria would " adhere to the peace process " ; Israel , he contended , was eventually " bound to appear as a state which does not want peace " .
14 As the second series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was about to begin , he drove to Birmingham to appear as a guest celebrity in the TV show What 's My Line .
15 Hits are broken on the show and bands that have n't yet got a record deal are often booked to appear As a result of heavy plugging on The Hitman And Her , Virgin gave Sandra 's Everlasting Love a UK release , but as soon as it went top 40 the programme dropped it , claiming it was not about pop hits .
16 Although both groups tend to appear as a limited disease , most cases being in stage I-IIE , the morphohistological subtype seems to be a decisive factor in dissemination , as only one case ( 5% ) of low grade/mixed grade compared with 20% of the patients with high grade were classified as stage IV .
17 Chilperic 's wish to appear as a cultivated monarch is not in question ; he wrote poetry , however badly , and he showed some interest in such issues as the alphabet , to which he wished to add four letters , and in theology , where he came close to heresy , when he decided to abolish the distinctions between the persons of the Trinity .
18 We are unanimously of the opinion that the settlement was a sham on the facts in the sense that it was made to appear as a genuine gift when it was not .
19 Red-haired Siobhan starred as Don Henderson 's cheeky sidekick in TV 's Bullman and is about to appear as a detective sergeant in the BBC1 police drama Between the Lines .
20 Red-haired Siobhan starred as Don Henderson 's cheeky sidekick in TV 's Bullman and is about to appear as a detective sergeant in the BBC1 police drama Between the Lines .
21 Also billed to appear as a special mystery guest is Vivacious Val .
22 At least the Scots were able to bid their farewells from Suva in better heart when the result from Dublin filtered through , John Jeffrey even suggesting that the air fare back to London to appear as a pundit on television 's Rugby Special might just be worth paying to hear the reaction of some of his English chums !
23 The children probably appear as a source from which to develop new relationships and the immediate perception is to translate this experience into scholastic terms .
24 The danger is in having a film of glue dry prematurely and appear as a line .
25 Pollock puts on his paint-spattered boots — that appear as a kind of homage to Van Gogh — and then he starts to walk around the umprimed canvas laid out on the earth .
26 Elementals often appear as a moving light or a change in temperature , or they may take the form of an animal or bird and make it behave oddly for a period of time .
27 The Guardian Spirits appear as a pair of Nipponese monks in saffron robes .
28 The Navigation Server , developed with the help of NCR Corp , extends the SQL Server to make large scale and multiple databases appear as a single virtual database .
29 by the sea on desolate promontories ; in family compounds — large and small temples appear as a natural complement to the island 's geography .
30 Some patent systems produce a master payroll sheet and a perforated top copy , which can be torn off in strips to provide individual payslips for the employees ; details of pay and deductions for each employee are entered on the top copy and appear as a carbon copy on the master sheet .
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