Sentence examples for than it appeared from inspiring English sources

This was a more important post than it appeared, for its holder bore considerable responsibility for the conduct of foreign policy.

Again easier than it appeared.

But it was closer than it appeared.

The hole was simply deeper than it appeared.

The situation was therefore far more dangerous than it appeared.

Indeed, his style was trickier and harder to accomplish than it appeared.

But this proposal was much less of a giveaway than it appeared.

Perhaps Bush's Iran policy was less one-sided and bellicose than it appeared at the time.

But, burned by experience, Mr. Lieberman warned supporters that the race was closer than it appeared.

is harder than it appears.

This is less ­facetious than it appears.