Example sentences of "can seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifth , there is the period of acceptance , which can seem to be in stark contrast to the depths of despair of the previous stage . |
| 2 | Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told cabinet colleagues , ‘ We can not do very much , but we can seem to be very busy — and that is half the battle nowadays . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose that I was still naive and intoxicated by the candyfloss world that racing can seem to be . ’ |
| 4 | Well I hope this article clearly shows how to one fishkeeper a species can seem so easy he/she can not stop them breeding , while for another it can seem to be the most difficult fish in the world . |
| 5 | ideas of efficiency , numerical performance indicators and managerial top-down decision making can seem to be justified in terms of their ‘ rationality ’ . |