Example sentences of "[vb past] it appear " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements . |
| 2 | All were matted with puffs of trees ; the bright thread of a waterfall was laid over one , a snail 's silver trail ; and one was crossed by a great rift that made it appear a giant 's helter-skelter . |
| 3 | Holders of this theory would suggest that syphilis was already established in Europe in pre-Columbian days and it was the increase in knowledge and the travel resulting from the Renaissance that made it appear as if a new disease had been introduced . |
| 4 | Often the tensions made it appear as though there was a ring of invisible men sitting outside the circle of women , a silent audience whose approval we often still needed . |
| 5 | Dalgliesh had been left with an uneasy feeling that neither case was as straightforward as the reports made it appear , but certainly there was no prima facie evidence of foul play in connection with either of the two deaths . |
| 6 | While he subsequently made it appear like a carefully premeditated act of cunning , being sacked from EMI and A&M was , in fact , a disaster . |
| 7 | This made it appear that he threw the ball when bowling at his fastest ; when he reduced his pace he was relatively innocuous . |
| 8 | As I said last week , he c he er made it appear to the British that he s sought to control the channel ports and with a large navy was then capable of interfering with our trade and in in indeed mounting an invasion , and that brought Britain into a war which could not be ended until the Germans sued for surrender and vice versa . |
| 9 | He had a way of dealing with objections which , even if he did n't face them , made it appear absolutely ridiculous to maintain the opposite position . |
| 10 | Only in the last months of her life did it appear that her policy might not be sustained , because of the changed situation in England and France . |
| 11 | As allopurinol did not inhibit the growth of L. casei nor interfere with the growth of experimental tumours , nor did it appear to have any other properties which made it unsuitable , it received further investigation in man . |
| 12 | How differently did it appear to him from the Berelands ' assessment ! |
| 13 | For the Commission did not accept ( nor , it must be said , did it appear directly to address ) the proposition that tax diversion is a necessary manifestation of a person 's political beliefs , as opposed to a practice that is merely consistent with , and motivated by such a belief . |
| 14 | But no specific reference was made to the race of the children , nor did it appear to affect deliberations . |