Example sentences of "seem [prep] [be] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other conundra m–y appear rather less cosmically' relevant ; they may seem to be of little importance yet , like Mercury 's orbit , may prove in the long term to be extremely important . |
| 2 | So it did n't seem to be of any hardship to anybody for for the mother to be involved in er political activity . |
| 3 | It did not seem to be of any consequence , for it made no immediate difference . |
| 4 | Although this may seem to be of more interest to a mountaineer it does give a most convincing sense of reality to his hills and this without a sterile exactitude . |
| 5 | Approaching the fabliaux with a mind prepared to find moral instruction in the texts , however unpromising they might superficially seem to be for such interpretation , is something that we can reconstruct as an authentic medieval mode of reading — " " All that is written is written for our doctrine " " as St Paul has it — although there is little direct evidence for the application of such literary theory to vernacular literature as well as the classics before the fourteenth century , and even then the extent of such application is difficult to assess . |
| 6 | But he did not seem to be in any hurry . |
| 7 | ‘ Except he does n't seem to be in any sort of world . |
| 8 | I would just like to answer one or two things , erm , erm , he , he , one of the things he 's saying er , is that erm , oh dear I 've forgotten what I was going to say now , and I have n't got it written down , got it written down , can I go on to something else erm , the Home Secretary does seem to be in some disarray over the proposed bill . |