Example sentences of "[coord] seems to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm the sort of person who wants to do everything for the people I love and he is the sort of person who 's self-sufficient , or seems to be … = ’ she paused . |
| 2 | In this case , as in the poems discussed by Green , no addressee is mentioned or seems to be present within the evoked setting , so that the poetic persona can be imagined either as a thinking mind or as a speaker talking to himself in a solitary environment . |
| 3 | B — can not get loose and seems to be choking and the crowd are on their feet yelling and waving their hands — the referee helped by both seconds manages to extricate B — but P — grabs him , a quick aeroplane spin , gets him with his left hand round the shoulder , right hand through his left , swings him three times round in the air and pins him with his shoulders on the floor for the count of three . |
| 4 | This type of social system is very like that of many insectivores and seems to be a starting-point from which other primate societies probably developed . |
| 5 | The basic premise of the show is that music programming , by and large , patronizes the audience and seems to be made by people who stopped actually being interested in music , especially new and underground forms , long ago — TV people . |
| 6 | If it is known that a group of books is little used then the borrowing record of items from that group is a nil predictor of future use … unfortunately the satisfying ritual of checking date labels gives the illusion that all is well and seems to be scientifically ennobled . |
| 7 | Although in Britain this big yellow-red is largely confined to its home region , it has spread abroad , like the Ruby of northern Devon , and seems to be much better appreciated overseas ; it has become established in North America , Australia and New Zealand , South America , and perhaps above all in South Africa , whither it was first exported in 1897 . |
| 8 | It also has some degree of resistance to ticks and seems to be well suited to range conditions . |
| 9 | A month ago this fish developed pop-eye , but eats well and seems to be in good health otherwise . |
| 10 | Ukraine has failed to do so and seems to be stalling , despite a carrot of £120 million in US economic aid . |
| 11 | But , he says , the WRVS comes first and , two months into his appointment , he has visited every WRVS division in the country and seems to be enjoying himself immensely . |
| 12 | This may have some root in Tolkien 's own experience , for it stresses the unwisdom of fathers leaving their children — Tolkien hardly knew his own father — and seems to be groping towards a statement about the incompatibility of men and women , users and providers , wasters and winners . |
| 13 | American Julie Parisien , the top-ranked slalom racer , is strong in three events and seems to be in the best condition of her career . |
| 14 | He/she is still in her pond , still being caught and seems to be none the worse for it all . |
| 15 | There are indications that a major reappraisal of curriculum content and access is already under way and seems to be well supported by teachers . |
| 16 | U has a range of from 5.6 to 7.5 and seems to be irregular . |
| 17 | It is eighteen inches thick and seems to be holding up very well . |
| 18 | Clearly ( as the employers were quick to point out ) keyboarding had nothing in common with what a man had learnt during his apprenticeship : it meant acquiring a new skill , But the men 's reluctance is still Surprising , and seems to be unique to Edinburgh . |
| 19 | In practice , democracy was restricted and seems to be on the decline . |
| 20 | The bassist is the perfect and usual foil to the ebullient ‘ opinion on everything , me ’ vocalist , and seems to be the cornerstone of the five-piece . |
| 21 | Moreover , the intricacy of the colouring can , and seems to be , influenced by horizontal and vertical circulation patterns in the atmosphere and by waves , both of which can transport material to altitudes where its colours are unstable but where insufficient time has elapsed for chemical reactions to have reached a new equilibrium corresponding to different colours . |
| 22 | I have been in touch with Jeanette ; she has found herself a job and seems to be settling down , while hoping for a visit from a certain young man ! |
| 23 | ( John draws deeply on his joint and seems to be gathering his strength for an onslaught . |
| 24 | He breeds horses and seems to be quite content to do that . ’ |
| 25 | She sits on a little wooden bench , and seems to be engaged in animated conversation with the empty space beside her . |
| 26 | Martinez , another Spaniard , has been rising steadily for years and seems to be reaching her peak after a great three-set victory over Sabatini in the Rome final this month . |
| 27 | K-ras codon 12 mutation , however , is much more common and seems to be related to size and degree of dysplasia . |
| 28 | This , defined as sinus rhythm with a rate of greater than 100 beats per minute , was present in many of our patients with or without oxygen and seems to be a normal physiological response . |
| 29 | The diagnosis was easy to make and seems to be a safe one . |
| 30 | The bassist is the perfect and usual foil to the ebullient ‘ opinion on everything , me ’ vocalist , and seems to be the cornerstone of the five-piece . |