Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is to say , the acoustic evidence for the word seemed to be much weaker when the semantic evidence for it was stronger . |
| 2 | … first of all I agree that a £5 annual fee for The Lifeboat seems to be very reasonable and would be acceptable to most readers . |
| 3 | Fortune for the moment seemed to be favouring the French . |
| 4 | Well , volunteers for the diet seemed to be coming out of the woodwork ! |
| 5 | The reason for the difference seemed to be that the DHSS paid for nursing home treatment in a number of instances : ‘ They took the pension and attendance allowance and the DHSS paid the rest . ’ |
| 6 | Preparations for the hunt seemed to be going well . |
| 7 | Perhaps because Henry VIII , founder of Trinity College , was a larger-than-life character everything about the college seems to be on a grand scale . |
| 8 | The man whom Sergeant Bird ushered in through the door seemed to be buckling at the knees , and his Adam 's apple jerked furiously in his throat as he swallowed time and again . |
| 9 | Methods of teaching as well as the content of the curriculum seem to be determined by the rigid requirements of examinations . |
| 10 | Thus far the major burden of the evidence seems to be against the view that social class differences in women 's domesticity exist . |
| 11 | In some sense , then , the function of the Creole seems to be to emphasise the content of that particular piece of talk , for it is that content which is reacted to by other speakers . |
| 12 | Some stretches of the river seemed to be racing downstream while the adjoining stretch , maybe fifty yard wide , raced in the opposite direction causing silent eddies and whirlpools . |
| 13 | of the man seemed to be on display . |
| 14 | The message of the film seems to be , ‘ All you need is love and cheese soufflés . |
| 15 | The main theme of the film seems to be that since Christ was meant to be truly human , it is not unreasonable to portray him as subject to the same faults that bedevil all our lives . |
| 16 | ‘ The gist of the message seems to be ‘ do n't rock the boat ’ . |
| 17 | A jam jar on top of the bottle seems to be the answer . |
| 18 | Now in every corner , wherever she looked , the ghosts of the past seemed to be congregating to mock her until she felt sure she must be going mad . |
| 19 | Now , the honey-gold , palm-dotted ramparts and fortifications of Grand Harbour were receding in the distance , the Mediterranean was crystal-clear turquoise beneath them , and the huge arc of the sky seemed to be widening invisible blue arms above the horizon . |
| 20 | Formulation of the plan seems to be the result of a complex but highly structured process of consultations and meetings carried out over a six month period , and culminating in the ratification of the plan by the full Politburo . |
| 21 | Other guidelines were rather less stringently imposed so that , for example , team members would sometimes " turn a blind eye " on detail in spending plans if the general thrust of the proposal seemed to be appropriate for the school concerned . |
| 22 | When Mister presented a case for the Trust , the main point of the proposal seemed to be that the application is only being made to prevent being swallowed by the or Trust . |
| 23 | Technically the state of the art seems to be that systems are most efficient , reliable and safe when control is largely automatic but the human operator remains in a monitoring and supervisory role . |
| 24 | In front of her most of the herd seemed to be grazing alongside the path , on either side of it , but Brenda could n't leave the path on her bike . |
| 25 | Thus the financial health of the company seemed to be of more importance than the community 's concern over the health of its children . |
| 26 | The physical aspects of the person seemed to be most important feature of the other person at initial meetings . |
| 27 | What I think 's different about this series is that whereas Casualty and The Bill are about the state sector , what South of the Border seems to be about is the impossibility of the state ever actually doing anything right . |
| 28 | The underlying moral of this part of the story seems to be that the Church should welcome all who are sound in doctrine without troubling about differences and minor scruples . |
| 29 | Most of the prison seemed to be laid out in large open ‘ wards ’ with bunk beds rather than individual cells . |
| 30 | Between the shelves and in the recesses over them were mirrors so that the rich splendour of the room seemed to be endlessly reflected , a vista of painted ceilings , leather books , of marble , gleaming mahogany and glass . |