Example sentences of "seem to have been [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of my informants retained very happy memories of the atmosphere of the composing-room , possibly a little coloured by the passage of time ; but there does seem to have been a good deal of good humour and fun . |
2 | In the non-chronicle sources there are suggestions of rivalry over Calais , where Hastings had replaced Rivers as lieutenant in 1471 , and there may also have been some friction over the Ferrers inheritance , although this does not seem to have been a major issue . |
3 | In the non-chronicle sources there are suggestions of rivalry over Calais , where Hastings had replaced Rivers as lieutenant in 1471 , and there may also have been some friction over the Ferrers inheritance , although this does not seem to have been a major issue . |
4 | There does seem to have been a genuine feeling of outrage within the profession at the proposal to disregard the two competitions , and probably if Scott had not stirred , another architect would have taken the initiative . |
5 | If ( as he may well have done ) he thought that he was the Messiah , then his choosing of the twelve would seem to have been a symbolic action , through which he should indicate to people who he was . |
6 | She made what would seem to have been a precarious living through writing , contributing to the Leisure Hour and Sunday at Home , and early in her career was helped by a generous gift of money from Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice , third Marquis of Lansdowne [ q.v . ] . |
7 | It is difficult to assess the impact this has had , but there does not seem to have been a massive desertion of schools with poor examination results . |
8 | To this end all records of the past were zealously preserved and older , more primitive legal traditions extensively reworked and edited in the light of developing concepts and attitudes — most of which would seem to have been the direct result of the community 's change in circumstances and new needs for order and social cohesion . |