Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] appear [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stories read as distillations of the life or experience of ordinary people ( working people , lower-middle-class and also the ‘ emarginated ’ , the young , the unemployed , the old ) plucked from a grey background where nothing appears to be going on . |
| 2 | And this on an island where there appeared to be next to no gold and a few sparse cotton plants . |
| 3 | It was subsequently agreed that the examination would address information needs by type , ie to concentrate on one or more categories where there appeared to be a problem , as indicated by the earlier interviews with staff and the issues reflected in the rich picture . |
| 4 | America , where there appear to be more grossly obese people than in Britain ( by which I mean those around double their desirable body weight , rather than just a couple of stones overweight ) , is an excellent place to observe this eating-speed phenomenon . |
| 5 | Examine a particular category of information where there appears to be a problem . |
| 6 | Even for over achievement , or where there appears to be no problem , it could be worth reviewing the target levels to consider if these have been set incorrectly ; perfection the first time round might well be suspect ! |
| 7 | If one could select those areas where there appears to be the largest proportion of sites which seem to have been affected , they are in Hampshire , Hertfordshire and north Kent , possibly indicating that they suffered the greatest disturbance . |
| 8 | Where there appears to be a mismatch , this is usually appreciated pretty well instantaneously because the speaker receives immediate feedback from the conversational partner . |
| 9 | In short the collapse of Taurus — where the name of the game was not to upset vested interests — has paved the way for a compromise where there appears to be a general acceptance of the IFMA view that : ‘ the solution to the problems are presented with a view to satisfying the requirements of the principal users , not third party service providers . ’ |
| 10 | Where they appear to be gaining , opposition develops , based on fears about the profession 's declining prestige . |
| 11 | It is at this point , where the routines become more closely aligned with the self and where they appear to be dealing reasonably successfully with the ever-present problem of control , that the habit becomes hard to break and that threats to it will be resisted . |
| 12 | The forsaken particle or antiparticle may fall into the black hole after its partner , but it may also escape to infinity , where it appears to be radiation emitted by the black hole . |
| 13 | Janice looks ashen with worry , and does n't see me although she appears to be looking hardest of all . |
| 14 | They matched the rugs draped over the equipment on stage , so you appeared to be looking into a stall at a bazaar . |
| 15 | Although there appears to be little synergy between Unit 's existing business and engineering , the group believes it can introduce better management systems in the target company . |
| 16 | Although there appears to be little documentary evidence to support it , there is a long tradition that Trinity Mill , at some time in its life , was a fulling mill . |
| 17 | At Ruskington the inadequacies of the data make it difficult to draw firm conclusions , although there appears to be a smaller proportion of graves with amber than at Sleaford . |
| 18 | Adhesion need not be a formal act and may be demonstrated through behaviour , although there appears to be a presumption against this . |
| 19 | Although there appears to be no authority on the point , principle dictates that the offence of wilful obstruction is a specific intent offence . |
| 20 | Although there appear to be few operational savings planned from combining the two groups , three major benefits are expected to result from the merger : |
| 21 | A second point to be considered is that although there appear to be differences between the exemplars of low risk junctions in the amount of information in the films such differences are small compared to the differences in P(A) that were observed . |
| 22 | The long list of grams tended to allow candidate strings that an average reader would not accept as real words , so there appears to be good evidence for restricting the dictionary . |
| 23 | His concerns are moral and religious , and in certain respects , therefore , although they appear to be out of line with the literary culture of Sidonius and his sixth-century followers , they do look back to the moral response which met the first wave of the barbarian invasions . |
| 24 | And to a very large degree , that has been erm , achieved , and I think that erm , the prospects for the county council for ninety-four five are now much better than they appeared to be a year ago , and er , I think the prospects for ninety-five six will need to be looked at through the budget review sub-committee and this committee at an early stage , and I 'm sure that the workman-like way in which it 's addressed it 's business is a good sign for the future . |
| 25 | Ann Mobbs , why are n't women much more angry than they appear to be ? |
| 26 | Although it appears to be the same principle that promotes sympathy for South African blacks in their country , this confirms rather than vitiates the point that the form and meaning of racist discourses depends on and varies in context and enables a range of verbal and practical interactions and positions . |
| 27 | Although it appears to be generally true that erosion is concentrated on the more exposed portions of the coast , one occasionally finds examples of marked marine erosion in extremely sheltered positions . |
| 28 | Although it appears to be grammatically linked to the remainder of the subsection , it is not qualified by much of what appears before it . |
| 29 | A Coastguard spokesman said : ‘ This event takes place every year but although it appears to be well organised , neither the lifeboats nor the beach patrol in Wirral are officially informed . |
| 30 | He had crashed in the earlier 250cc race and although he appeared to be unhurt the doctors advised him not to ride in the superbike . |