Example sentences of "that [pron] appear to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that I appeared to be driving the only topless car on the east coast did n't make it any easier . |
| 2 | And we stood there , me with a great big frown on my face , quite mystified that William could n't see what I was getting at … and William smiling but looking equally puzzled that I appeared to be incapable of understanding what he meant . |
| 3 | It 's certainly the case that I appear to be hitched up with Tod like this , but he 's not to know I 'm here . |
| 4 | The fabric was so fine that she appeared to be naked in the bright light . |
| 5 | Then she saw the man 's face through the open mouth and immediately turned her head away so that she appeared to be looking at something of consuming interest outside the window . |
| 6 | Simon could n't afford to let himself be divorced ; Constanza did some extremely quixotic things and they managed to fix it so that she appeared to be the guilty party . |
| 7 | That she appeared to be having a marvellous time in Jamaica and was being hopelessly indulged by Dunbar had elicited no more than a shrug of Harry 's shoulders and a vague comment about his being delighted she was having such a good time . |
| 8 | ‘ My taking the veil ? ’ said the nun , so that she appeared to be joking . |
| 9 | In light of the fact that she appeared to be on the hunt , and looked like a blonde bombshell , exactly what was the man asking her ? |
| 10 | Some fall in behind her , and follow her to the lecture theatre , so that she appears to be leading a little procession , a female Pied Piper . |
| 11 | RETAIL SALESPERSON : I can see that you appear to be interested in our stereo equipment . |
| 12 | The two women had not been able to help much by way of descriptions apart from recounting details of the horrific masks the burglars wore and that one appeared to be rather thin ( the one with the broken leg ) . |
| 13 | Research in child development suggests that there appear to be no differences between male and female humour , at least until school age , where boys go in for practical jokes more than girls . |
| 14 | It is perhaps significant that there appeared to be more choice of newspaper than of television news . |
| 15 | They regretted that there appeared to be no suitable places of safety in Orkney if it was found to be absolutely necessary to remove children from their homes . |
| 16 | Spring 1992 and the Spitfire was wheeled out of the hangar and engine runs commenced , only to find that there appeared to be oil pressure problems until finally the engine would not start at all , in fact the Merlin was locked solid . |
| 17 | The Monteith experiment ( summarized very baldly ) concluded that its experience had been broadly encouraging , that there appeared to be some evidence of correlation of a student 's personal library effectiveness and other measures of educational development , and that ( of course ) more research was necessary . |
| 18 | In giving judgment I recorded , at p. 623 , that there appeared to be no requirement under the rules and no practice to give such particulars in the committal order and called for a revision of the practice which has , I believe , now taken place generally and was certainly followed in M. 's case . |
| 19 | Looking ahead , Mr Hely Hutchinson said that company plans continued to make cautious assumptions about the general economic outlook , but that there appeared to be some positive indications . |
| 20 | Auriol Stevens , Director of the Universities Information Unit , said that there appeared to be no extra money to cover the projected increase in students : |
| 21 | The independent Nuclear Installations Inspectorate ( NII ) has expressed serious concern that there appeared to be no " lines of defence " left after the failure of the instruments , and has insisted on the installation of new equipment and a new system of alarms . |
| 22 | Dr Vickery found that there appeared to be a critical acidity level which affected both dippers ' breeding success and a stream 's population of the invertebrates on which the birds feed . |
| 23 | It claimed , however , that there appeared to be no immediate threat to humans or the environment . |
| 24 | The second feature of the offence of causing an explosion likely to endanger life is that there appears to be no distinct fault requirement . |
| 25 | That there is no popular opposition is testimony not only to how successful they have been , but also to the fact that there appears to be simply no desirable alternative : the British just do not like their politicians enough to want them made head of state . |
| 26 | The survey says that there appears to be no one explanation why the fees should be so low , particularly as other companies ' fees do relate to their size . |
| 27 | Table 6.4 shows that there appears to be a turning point around 1960 : before then manufacturing employment , and the broader ‘ industrial ’ employment , had been growing faster than overall employment , whereas over the period 1960–64 ( which , taken as a whole , shows a rapid growth of overall employment ) the manufacturing and industrial sectors showed only a marginal growth of employment , therefore accounting for a declining share of the total . |
| 28 | For one thing , Rutherford has argued convincingly ( 1996a ) , on the basis of detailed historical and geographical evidence relating to England and Wales , Japan and the Netherlands , that there appears to be no consistent relationship between levels of recorded crime and rates of imprisonment in these countries , which suggests that the latter are largely determined by the decisions of courts in the different countries . |
| 29 | I agree that there appears to be a widely held view that some limit has to be placed upon the recovery of taxes paid pursuant to an ultra vires demand . |
| 30 | Ten years later , in 1935 , the year of McDougall 's retirement another attempt at explanation was made in that year 's annual report : In view of the fact that there appears to be a feeling in some quarters that the British Deaf and Dumb Association has outlived its usefulness the executive committee desires to make the position clear by the following statement : The British Deaf and Dumb Association is the oldest National Organisation for the Deaf in the country . |