Sentence examples for that appears odd from inspiring English sources

Research published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies during the summer shows that a total of £4.5bn has been cut from families and children since the budget, something that appears odd alongside the cuts to corporation tax the coalition has also announced.

In all of these cases you will be entertaining an explanation for a fact that appears odd.

It is a mostly silent listener; a device that appears increasingly odd as we realize that unlike other examples (Strindberg's one-act play "The Stronger," the Grand Inquisitor section of "The Brothers Karamazov," Sandor Marai's novel "Embers"), this silence lacks dramatic function.

Being outbid for players like Chavez and Keppinger appears odd.

It is only our assumptions, she says, which are built on decades of research that put men at the heart of evolution, that make it appear odd.

They focused on 516 papers published after 1990, examining only those that appeared in odd-numbered years to make their list more manageable.

The paper's owner and editors view it as an international news organisation (similar to Reuters and Bloomberg) and, within that context, it would appear odd to be involved in a national, domestic regulator.

In a frenetic city where time is perhaps the most precious commodity, it might appear odd that people who paid good money for a night out -- the cheapest tickets cost $50 -- could enjoy waiting around seemingly indefinitely for an event to begin.

At first glance it might appear odd that these execs would sell such seemingly small amounts of stock.

It might appear odd that some predictors (e.g., learning time) did not carry through to both models.

It might appear odd that this large slope was not significantly different from zero, but this was due to the large variability in slopes between observers.