Example sentences of "not appear [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although he did not appear to be undernourished , he was pale-faced .
2 Those which grow near silty areas do not appear to be strong plants .
3 Therefore , the day-by-day changes in the timing of rhythms seen in the aged do not appear to be due to day-by-day irregularities of habits , and this suggests an internal cause due to the body clock .
4 The same calculation for sharing a bed ( 22% ) should be viewed with caution since the ethnically specific relative risks associated with this factor do not appear to be homogeneous .
5 He was perturbed that , according to Eleanor , she did not appear to be well or happy .
6 As a contribution to the development of sources of geothermal energy , an attempt is being made to establish credible gas geothermometry for the East African Rift , for conventional models do not appear to be applicable .
7 Volenti would not appear to be applicable but the court might hold that Arthur has been contributorily negligent in respect of his injury and reduce damages accordingly .
8 For households that did not qualify for council tax discount , data on adults other than the liable person did not appear to be necessary .
9 Cross-domain collocations did not appear to be effective , as was expected , which underlined the importance of accurate domain identification when using domain-specific dictionaries .
10 Does it apply to a public utility which may or may not appear to be similar to a local government ?
11 We are left with only five texts in which the linguistic confusion does not appear to be attributable to textual interference .
12 At one of the interviews where both an arts adviser and an administrator were present , differing views were expressed , but surprisingly , the ambiguity of this did not appear to be apparent to either interviewee .
13 But it is ground which does not appear to be fertile for anything — let alone an attempt to build an alternative to Africa 's elitist and beleaguered educational system .
14 According to the report , the proposed staffing structures for the projected new unitary authorities do not appear to be capable of maintaining the current level and quality of services and management practices .
15 Here , however , the peltae themselves do not appear to be hollow , and the volutes have only one band .
16 Loadings do not appear to be good with one train having only three coaches .
17 Incidentally , the bank in its present state does not appear to be insolvent as assets are estimated at $1.1bn and liabilities a mere $10bn .
18 The reason I say this is that i ) , there does not appear to be financial problems with the Club and ii ) , there has been no talk of buying another class player .
19 However , this cross-domain recognition does not appear to be mutual .
20 Many of the events do not appear to be amenable to prevention .
21 However , as the Philips Report ( HMSO 1954 ) pointed out : ‘ The contribution to be expected from any likely postponement of retirement would not appear to be large in relation to total available manpower . ’
22 However there does not appear to be large over-capacity in the government bond market to the extent believed to exist in the equity market .
23 But while such differences are common , they do not appear to be universal .
24 Pregnancy itself does not appear to be harmful to women with HIV infection .
25 The prisons do not appear to be full to overflowing as in so many European countries .
26 Activation and CytR regulation in the three promoters containing double mutations were identical with that of the promoter only containing the -65 mutation ( data not shown ) , hence , positions +4 , -1 and -33 do not appear to be important for CytR regulation .
27 Some differences have been noted which do not appear to be trivial .
28 Large companies do not appear to be unchallenged .
29 We also saw how closely related these two stitch formations really are , even though at first sight this may not appear to be true .
30 However , a study of specimens of A. grandis identified by Koehler shows that the ridged ventral arm plates do not appear to be constant feature and that differences in arm spine number are within the normal range found in A. otteri .
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