Example sentences of "the [noun] appears [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small portion of the remainder appears to be falling onto an extraordinarily dense cluster of stars at the Galaxy 's nucleus , which may contain a massive black hole . |
| 2 | ‘ There are some cases where the link appears to be quite close . |
| 3 | The change appears to be a genuine evolutionary development that has taken place with unusual rapidity . |
| 4 | If in some of these instances the writer appears to be trying to get more out of a rendering than a rendering will reasonably yield , the reason may be that in Horace 's line there is a fortuitous convergence , a hovering ambivalence , of two possible constructions : , " the celestial losses of the moon " , i.e. the moon 's waning , and , " swift — i.e. quickly returning — moons " . |
| 5 | The tide appears to be turning , albeit slowly . |
| 6 | ( a ) At this stage , the technique appears to be a front kick |
| 7 | But the production of such crops in the field appears to be some years away . |
| 8 | The hypothesis appears to be that we have inherited from our animal ancestors the habit of discrimination , but have added an additional criterion , namely the conscious calculation of relatedness , to the criteria of propinquity , and perhaps physical and biochemical similarity , used by animals . |
| 9 | The first ground for the decision appears to be derived from the contract of booking . |
| 10 | All the writing on the cartridge appears to be in Taiwanese . |
| 11 | The jaw appears to be wider than long . |
| 12 | The jaw appears to be as wide as long . |
| 13 | There are several spine-like papillae at the apex of the jaw , distal to these papillae the jaw appears to be covered by irregularly spaced oral papillae which are smaller and more rounded than those at the apex . |
| 14 | The jaw appears to be depressed just distal to the apex . |
| 15 | One section untouched in 1991 by the recession appears to be the playing fraternity . |
| 16 | The chapter appears to be based on the famous nursery rhyme about Tweedledum and Tweedledee for at the end the brothers fight over the rattle and also the crow appears . |
| 17 | The theft appears to be unprecedented and gives scrumping a whole new meaning . |
| 18 | The future appears to be shrouded in mystery and uncertainty . |
| 19 | Although some extra money has been allocated to help with the Government programme , the economists say that , generally , the intention appears to be that the initiatives to meet targets will be funded out of existing resources . |
| 20 | ‘ Dr Latimer , I hope you 'll agree that your presence on the 614 so close to the time of the crime appears to be something of a coincidence ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I sort of get the impression that these little boats , the sail boats , they 're in trouble , because the wind appears to be blowing away from the harbour , so if they 're trying to get in , they 're not going to make it . ’ |
| 22 | As no order will have been made in respect of the property at this stage , the defendant appears to be free to dispose of it before the order can be made and thus defeat the object of making the order . |
| 23 | ‘ We have been approached by residents with a petition and the opposition appears to be unanimous . ’ |
| 24 | It seems likely that type-1 astrocytes are a major source of PDGF in the developing rat optic nerve , as the number of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the nerve appears to be limited by the amount of PDGF present , and the number of these precursor cells plateaus at P14 , just when the number of type-1 astrocytes plateaus . |
| 25 | There is apparently no technical difficulty here since the practice appears to be to deposit the Bill as assented to in the House of Lords library , with a copy going to the Public Records Office . |
| 26 | The target of ciprofloxacin and the other quinolones within the cell appears to be the prokaryotic enzyme , deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA ) gyrase , an essential enzyme that catalyses chromosomal DNA supercoiling . |
| 27 | Having read a few of your articles I tried sighting the neck by looking down from the headstock end ( as you frequently suggest ) and the neck appears to be very curved , almost banana shaped ! |
| 28 | The engine appears to be in good order having recently had an upper cylinder overhaul and new valves and has a very modest oil consumption . |
| 29 | hamatum , has a cohabitant species of staphylinid beetle , but in this case the ant appears to be immune to its guest 's fungal disease . |
| 30 | This is the second year in the life of this photo diary and all the painstaking work that went into launching the publication appears to be appreciated . |