Example sentences of "it [vb mod] appear [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not the unfettered giant that , tautly ready for a fierce ground war in the Gulf , it may appear to be . |
| 2 | Persuading people to a particular point of view is the essential aim of every public relations campaign , no matter how it may appear to be about products , concepts , policies , personalities , issues , or information and data . |
| 3 | ‘ Everyone should be particularly vigilant and report anything of a suspicious nature immediately , no matter how trivial it may appear to be , ’ said Beardall . |
| 4 | The overriding criterion — that the service of a summons is impracticable or inappropriate — does not even have to be based on objective grounds ; it is enough that it should appear to be so to the constable making the arrest . |
| 5 | Witnesses and documents located there are required to be taken out of that country for production before the authorities of the United States or before persons acting with the backing of the courts of that country ; it must appear to be an attempt to give world-wide application to the procedural rules of the United States . |
| 6 | One example is the doctrine of mistake in rape : it might appear to be ‘ inexorable logic ’ that if the offence of rape is only committed where D knew that the woman was not consenting or was reckless as to her non-consent , a mistaken belief that she was consenting would lead to an acquittal . |
| 7 | To engage in activities defined as ‘ craft ’ without thinking about it might appear to be a merry dance but the sludge is always there to be slipped up in . |
| 8 | The assumption that the primitive cell experienced ‘ desire ’ is not as absurd as at first it might appear to be , for there is no reason why the magnitude of the capacity of all living creatures to experience pain and pleasure , in any form , should not be considered measurable into hypothetical units . |
| 9 | ‘ How 's the ball lying , Roey ’ was the cry and , believe me , Mike Hughesdon and Clive Clark 's job is a lot harder than it might appear to be . |
| 10 | But the arrangement is more artful than it might appear to be at first sight . |
| 11 | Such a process is not just ‘ muddling along ’ , although it might appear to be so . |
| 12 | It might appear to be an attractive feature of the rational expectations hypothesis that it suggests such a simple method of incorporating expectations into macroeconomic models ; that is , use of the actual value of a variable to measure the expectation of it . |
| 13 | As an example he cites Europe ; his political passion — just as it would appear to be Mrs Thatcher 's bete noir . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly it would appear to be more sensible in the longer term for cattle numbers to be limited to those which can be sustained on the winter fodder production capabilities of the farms so as to eliminate fodder purchases . |
| 15 | It would appear to be a relatively recent phenomenon in the CAB that so many client problems seem insoluble . |
| 16 | ‘ It would appear to be just part of the cost of doing business . ’ |
| 17 | Birds kept in small , well-run flocks may indeed be better off , but ‘ free range ’ is not always the ideal that it would appear to be . |
| 18 | A plectrum helps with accuracy , also adding attack and brightness to the sound , so as such it would appear to be the required compromise . |
| 19 | It would appear to be similar in principle to electro-acupuncture . |
| 20 | Expressing such views requires courage because it would appear to be taboo to talk about protecting fee income . |
| 21 | It would appear to be an astonishingly generous offer to the game in this country , given that the only person who stands to lose out of such a venture is Lloyd himself . |
| 22 | Without any data being available on this fish as yet , it is difficult to say what the adult size might be , but it would appear to be about 12cm . |
| 23 | While Olivetti did say it was a joint decision with TA to manufacture the new line of products , it would appear to be based on several premises . |
| 24 | From the shape of the body , its long tail and thin arm with prehensile fingers it would appear to be a monkey , with what could be a crested helmet on its head . |
| 25 | It would appear to be an easy task to show that the nuclear family has progressively lost many of its functions over the past two hundred years . |
| 26 | It would appear to be most of this is Kwiksave Supermarket . |
| 27 | Another Kat-Zet usage , widely current , used in many forms : it sounds like smistig , but it would appear to be a conflation of two German substantives , Schmutzstück and Schmuckstück , ‘ garbage ’ and ‘ jewel ’ . |
| 28 | For example , it would appear to be open to the senior officer to inform the organisers of the meeting in question that the numbers of the meeting are too great , and require the organisers of the meeting to assist the police in dispersing the mob . |
| 29 | ‘ I would , gladly , if I knew ; it would appear to be the quickest way of getting rid of you , and that , Mr Whoever-you-are , would give me great pleasure . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It would appear to be so , ’ he growled in an undertone , then changed the subject before it could be discussed further . |