Sentence examples similar to appear precious from inspiring English sources

And yet now it appears precious few lawmakers took the time to check what was in the bill, while precious few in the press (which ran countless let's-pass-a-law articles) cared to raise even the most basic questions about what the law was going to require.

In the second world war, historic places came to appear more precious.

Sand calcites appear as precious markers for Pleistocene paleo-landscape reconstructions.

Things on ice appear more precious.

There are still overwritten images – Dawn's grey fingers clutching at the stars – and he never gives up his fondness for a biblical moment, usually appearing as precious stones or pronouns (thee and thy), but his style did change.

Calm and confident on the eve of one of the most critical weeks of his long political career, he has spent the last several days slowly gliding through states seen as most important in November, appearing at precious few and relatively low-key campaign events, then huddling in his hotel suite until midnight with speechwriters.

Indeed, they appear to spend precious little time dealing with crime.

When differential settlements of the wooden arches happen (i.e.: due to a bad working of their hangings) cracks appear on these precious surfaces.

Popular shared spaces activities include hunting Notorious Monsters, fiends that rarely appear and drop precious loot.

Sprouting branches and bits of dried plant, they appear pagan rather than precious.

The poem begins as a dedication, with a florid "For" emblazoned in gold on the inside cover, and where my daughter's name should next appear (for the truly precious must always be personal) was a small piece of paper, affixed with cellophane tape, on which my father had typed my daughter's name in italicized Times New Roman.