Example sentences of "appears [to-vb] been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | after leading Sunderland to the FA Cup final last May.But he appears to have been on borrowed time ever since . |
| 2 | But he appears to have been on borrowed time ever since . |
| 3 | Whig Jacobitism , however , appears to have been of minimal significance in Scotland . |
| 4 | Sir James Matheson , who had made a fortune in the China trade , bought the Isle of Lewis in 1844 , and at least part of the large sums he spent there ( in addition to famine relief and assistance for emigration ) appears to have been of direct benefit to the islanders . |
| 5 | His vassals were asked to swear on the Gospels what these rights and obligations ( deveriis ) were , and the thrust of the inquiry appears to have been towards municipal and communal liberties . |