Example sentences of "that it appear " in BNC.
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| 1 | The worst thing was that it appeared there was nothing they could do to stop it ; the players had hardly a shred of belief left in themselves , and Gower was unable to instil any . |
| 2 | You may in fact remember that it appeared on one of his early LPs . |
| 3 | Regrettably this consists only of a short description of the mechanical working of the lift , taken from Thomas 's own description , giving no assessment of the lift 's success in use , despite the fact that it appeared six months after the lift 's entry into service . |
| 4 | Jo pulled nervously at the top of her dress ; it was also of satin , a pink so pale that it appeared white at first glance , swathed tightly around her long-waisted body and embroidered all over with pearls , brilliants and crumbs of coral . |
| 5 | He replied that it appeared that there was a trust on the coheir too to make over to Seia the quarter which he had in the gardens . |
| 6 | Controllers regained contact with the satellite after three anxious hours , and discovered that it appeared to be in full working order . |
| 7 | The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task . |
| 8 | Around it Willie had added rain so that it appeared to be flying against a great wind . |
| 9 | Given SAAB 's very positive experience with line-out , it is surprising that BL did not consider emulating it in that it appeared to offer benefits both to management and workers . |
| 10 | However , in favour of the 38th parallel was the fact that it appeared a rough and ready division , which might satisfy the Russians and give Seoul to the south . |
| 11 | The most respectable description of the bronze figure would be that it appeared to represent the Goddess of Fertility . |
| 12 | Fortunately for the Labour Party , the position of the Tories as the party of government was less secure that it appeared to be in the late '50s . |
| 13 | They came to that conclusion on the grounds that it appeared to them to be a tenable meaning of the words and in accordance with what they thought to be the policy of the Act of 1914 as to jurisdiction . |
| 14 | One of the most remarkable observations concerning the mutant strain was the fact that it appeared very little affected by this mutation . |
| 15 | When crossing by boat from West Loch Tarbert to Port Ellen on one of my early Journeys to Islay I was talking with an elderly minister who was coming to visit a crofter brother who was ill , and during our conversation said that it appeared to me that for a small island with a population of about four thousand it had produced an unusually large proportion of ministers , ship captains , marine engineers and doctors and asked him why he thought that was so . |
| 16 | It was raining outside , a thin veil of rain that was blown by the wind so that it appeared to undulate in the air like gossamer curtains . |
| 17 | As it did so , Alec saw that it appeared deformed . |
| 18 | Before it was halfway through its arc Hrun 's right hand moved so fast that it appeared to travel between two points in space without at any time occupying the intervening air . |
| 19 | He rose slowly to his feet , every movement so controlled that it appeared menacing . |
| 20 | The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace , a human rights monitoring group , said that it appeared that the violence had been sanctioned to frustrate opposition to the formation of a one-party state . |
| 21 | A further problem for the winner was that it appeared almost certain that the new President would have no more than 30 per cent of the total vote , and would , therefore , lack the sort of unequivocal popular mandate which Aquino had enjoyed . |
| 22 | " The custom of disguising reality so that it appeared to be perfect " had long been the tactic of the Franco regime . |
| 23 | It was clear , however , that an unwise or ill-advised Monarch might conceivably act in a manner which could be construed as partial , in that it appeared to reflect a royal preference for one particular group within the party . |
| 24 | And gold leaf fountained into the smoke , and fell so slowly , see-sawing through the heat-coggled air , that it appeared to be snowing gold . |
| 25 | Finally , though it must be generally accepted that individuals can not be protected from foolish actions based on an inadequate knowledge of the law , the situation following the 1954 Act was so complex and , because of the inevitable unpredictability of the necessity for compulsory purchase , so risky that it appeared likely ( in retrospect at least ) that public opinion would demand a further change . |
| 26 | It coincided with his drawing back from her so that it appeared he was the one to call a halt first . |
| 27 | After Mr Runciman had complained that it appeared the firm was acting on privileged information , Mr Malcolm had instructed his salesmen not to initiate any further sales . |
| 28 | It also depends on how the gesture is extended in time and space so that it appears to emanate from the dancer 's concentration on the purpose of the gesture . |
| 29 | Heavily based on a slightly stretched platform from Chrysler 's ubiquitous K-car , the Mexican-built Spirit R/T is a boxy four-door , elongated at either end so that it appears rather narrower than its 68.1ins width conveys . |
| 30 | In harbour the rig is usually opened out to its full water width of six metres , and the four independently suspended wheels can be retracted into the main hull , so that it appears to squat on the ground . |