Example sentences of "[not/n't] appear to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not appear to be altogether necessary , having regard to the grade of the inclines , but possibly the condition of the bond has induced them to add this so as to prevent the semblance of a hang to the descending tank . |
| 2 | It seems more likely that the tusks are used in hostile encounters between rival males , though , unlike the antlers of a deer , the babirusa 's backward-curving armament does not appear to be best designed for fighting . |
| 3 | J. Stannard , Recent Developments in Criminal Law , SLS , 1988 , 59 , averred : " Bevan is another in the long line of cases where courts have adopted a strained construction of legislation in order to convict a person who is clearly guilty of dishonest conduct but also does not appear to be adequately covered by any legislative provision . " |
| 4 | Whatever the technicalities of coming out of the recession , to those engaged in the industry it does not appear to be over . |
| 5 | The work did not appear to be just one of those relatively soul destroying , ‘ anything to keep them occupied ’ jobs that many prison inmates are forced to undertake . |
| 6 | It may not appear to be strictly in keeping with the true spirit of love , but there is a great deal of useful ‘ good ’ to be learned from a military background . |
| 7 | She did not appear to be unduly depressed and now said that she thought the act had been rather drastic , but did not regret it . |
| 8 | Benedict did not appear to be unduly concerned . |
| 9 | The theoretical assumptions of the Lancaster Inventory are considerable , and did not appear to be widely shared by staff on the Modular Course . |
| 10 | It does not appear to be physically addictive . |
| 11 | Southern protestants do not appear to be particularly oppressed by the state ( White 1975 : 169 ) , but they would clearly change aspects of the constitution and legislation if they were in a position to do so . |
| 12 | At first sight the cone shell does not appear to be particularly dangerous but it carries a secret weapon that can cause an unusually painful death . |
| 13 | It does not appear to be particularly aggressive but will chase off any fish that enter the territory surrounding its flowerpot . |
| 14 | The Emperor Peckoltia does not appear to be particularly aggressive but will chase off any fish that enter the territory surrounding its flowerpot . |
| 15 | However inversion would not appear to be particularly appropriate given the actual data involved in this case . |
| 16 | The case for exempting small and medium-sized companies from the obligation to comply with the Standards does not appear to be particularly strong ; but exempted they are . |
| 17 | These variations do not appear to be fully explained by differences in the types of case coming before the courts concerned ( Jones , 1995 : 116 ) . |
| 18 | Woe betide the witness or counsel who did not appear to be fully candid ’ . |
| 19 | As Fulbright presented it , in what amounted to a proclamation of American innocence and British guilt , the US had been had' by her allies ; and while this may not appear to be entirely convincing , Fulbright had picked up the importance of what Acheson had described as the danger of Ho Chi Minh 's ‘ direct communist connection ’ — and might , indeed , have gone further . |
| 20 | At that point , the Russian spirit did not appear to be too affected . |
| 21 | Fortunately , this does not appear to be too difficult : Garland ( 1985a ) , who has provided a pioneer account of the emergence of the biological positivists , would , I think , agree with Jeffery and Matza on the following : determinism , differentiation and pathology . |
| 22 | But there are differences in that they are not owned by family dynasties , are not as rigidly organized through central holding companies and do not appear to be as dominant in specific industries . |
| 23 | One , who did not appear to be as badly scorched as the others , stood his ground , and eyed the Robemaker rather challengingly . |
| 24 | Although Koehler ( 1914 ) suggested that O. nodosa was conspecific with O. anomala several differences are apparent , O. anomala differing from O. nodosa by the following characters : 1 , the jaw appears narrower than O. nodosa ; 2 , the apical and oral papillae do not appear to be as long nor as widely separated from each other as in O. nodosa ; 3. the distalmost oral papilla is often large and flap like in O. anomala but long and flattened like the other papillae in O. nodosa ; 4. the shape of the oral shields differs in O. anomala where it is rounded pentagonal with a rounded to obtuse proximal angle , straight lateral sides and a straight or slightly rounded distal edge , in O. nodosa it is a more ornate pentagonal shape with an obtuse proximal angle , slightly indented lateral sides and a rounded distal edge or one with a slight median projection ; 5. the ventral arm spines of O. anomala are slightly rugose with small or no secondary points doing the shaft ; those of O. nodosa have very prominent secondary points along the shaft ; 6. the ventral arm plates of O. anomala appear to be narrow and less axehead shaped than O. nodosa . |
| 25 | Councillor Begg continued : ‘ Although at first glance , the council tax does not appear to be as complicated as the community charge , it is still a very complex tax compared to the rates . |
| 26 | I was told that they receive three meals a day and a very small amount of payment , although this did not appear to be directly related to the amount of work they did . |
| 27 | The notion that the media have ‘ amplified ’ football violence may have been tenable ten or twenty years ago , but the current scale of hooliganism does not appear to be much exaggerated by the media . |
| 28 | At first sight the house did not appear to be much . |
| 29 | However , those two qualities — innocence and a sense of responsibility — do not appear to be so much in demand in children 's stories if we are to believe a booklet published by the Evangelical Alliance . |
| 30 | Compared with other regions , such as Bordeaux ( 750–950 millimetres ) , Burgundy ( 630 millimetres in the Côte d'Or ; 700millimetres in Beaujolais ) and the Loire valley ( 620–700 millimetres ) , however , this does not appear to be so high . |