Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] appear to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That juries and courts should appear to be taking an increasingly lenient view of these acts of retribution is more disturbing again . |
| 2 | The distalmost papillae may appear to be slightly curved . |
| 3 | Unless monetary payment is to pass from the wife to the husband ( for instance , as in a case where the house is in the husband 's sole name and the husband and wife agree that it is to be transferred to husband and wife and held by them upon certain trusts provided the wife pays the husband a sum of moneysee Chapter 7 ) , when the husband may require such money for his own purchase of another property , a contract between the parties would appear to be unnecessary . |
| 4 | Two groups of animals can appear to be distantly related because of their size and body shape , and begin to diverge and then become similar in form much later because both share the same way of life . |
| 5 | The study , which is based on a fictitious less developed country , illustrates that , although the GNP of some countries may appear to be growing , their " real " economies may be in decline . |
| 6 | Death or distance may have reduced the number of friends , and relationships with acquaintances may appear to be superficial . |
| 7 | The arbiter over these matters would appear to be the VPK , which is empowered to commandeer resources where required , and whose work programmes carry the force of law . |
| 8 | The reason for the last value is not clear , although since the spotted eagle owl also has the lowest value for average relative abundance , and since there is a positive relationship between them , the loss of distal elements would appear to be the main cause of reduced overall relative abundance . |
| 9 | Injections of " capital " from this source will probably differ wildly from one partner to the next and so , taking the generalised capital clause at its face value , adjustments to capital sharing ratios will appear to be taking place at annual intervals , whereas no change at all will have been intended by the partners . |
| 10 | Neurotics may appear to be concerned for others , but this is based on unconscious hostility towards someone , so that their concern that someone may die , or fall very ill unless some particular action of their own is done or not done , really masks an unconscious wish for their death : ‘ … the original wish that the loved person may die is replaced by a fear that he may die ’ . |
| 11 | The nests of ants , bees , wasps and other social insects may appear to be marvellously complex examples of animal technology , but they are not examples of tool use . |
| 12 | There are two main reasons why mail messages may appear to be slow in arriving : — |
| 13 | This does not seem to me a very sensible strategy , because on the face of it these ideas would appear to be of potential relevance to pedagogic practice . |
| 14 | The next possible commemorative year on which we might hang an Open Day and other celebrations would appear to be 1999 , marking 300 years since the Royal Charter was granted to James Sutherland ( 12 January , 1699 ) . |
| 15 | If she is , then the problem of the higher-than-average food costs would appear to be explained , assuming that the practice she describes has been common . |
| 16 | It is clear that the lessons of ‘ 92 have not been learned and again Managers would appear to be telling Senior Management what they want to hear , rather than reflecting the real situation . |
| 17 | The severance of communication passages would appear to be proportionate and reasonable as a response to the threat faced during these wars . |
| 18 | Those conditions would appear to be obvious but they are worth stating : |
| 19 | Progressives and reformers never captured the movies ; they merely influenced them in a particular direction , a direction that the producers would appear to be following closely whereas in fact they were really using it for their own ends . |
| 20 | In a surprising development in December 1988 , John Stork merged his London and Scandinavian offices with Korn/Ferry ; the European businesses would appear to be still operating independently . |
| 21 | The tournament favourites would appear to be White Hart Marauders — named after a pub in Hampshire — who field among their ranks three of the recently-named British Lions , England 's Jeremy Guscott and Dewi Morris and Wales 's Richard Webster . |
| 22 | The assumption that the market takes place just once is , of course , patently unrealistic : repeated market interaction among firms would appear to be the rule . |
| 23 | Such observations would appear to be quite objective and true and I would agree . |
| 24 | In its initial stages , this shift of policy priorities will appear to be vindicated by events : unemployment will be lower and inflation higher than before . |
| 25 | such gifts must appear to be left ‘ by accident ’ . |
| 26 | The arguments would appear to be evenly balanced , but we must also consider whether Chrissie and Fred are likely to work well together in the future after she has ‘ informed ’ on him . |
| 27 | But why should they bother , when small setts would appear to be perfectly adequate for breeding and overwintering ? |
| 28 | From another perspective , however , his comments would appear to be anachronistic , reflecting far more the sectarian , persecuted mentality of 1928–32 , than the popular front attitude of post-1934 . |
| 29 | If so , Pyro has an action under the Act as personal injuries are covered by the Act ( s. 5(1) ) and none of the defences would appear to be relevant , unless Pyro is held to be contributorily negligent , when his damages would be reduced . |
| 30 | Of course , I am not suggesting that women should give in to biology ( perish the thought ) , but that PMS is not quite the pathological state that a few health experts would appear to be suggesting . |