Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [adv] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may also seem improbable that the world 's transaction processing systems will suddenly switch to Taos , but on the other hand the company is already hard at work building SQL interface objects and others that will confer Posix compliance , it has even chatted to a bank about payroll applications . |
| 2 | It may also seem improbable that the world 's transaction processing systems will suddenly switch to Taos , but on the other hand the company is already hard at work building SQL interface objects and others that will confer Posix compliance , it has even chatted to a bank about payroll applications . |
| 3 | It may also seem unusual to report on 8% increase in exports of the metal manufacturing sector bearing in mind the rundown of British Steel 's activities in Scotland . |
| 4 | A gap of half a century is undeniably a lengthy one , but to guests in the reborn Langham , it may well seem as if time has stood still . |
| 5 | Strange as it may now seem , the primacy of Canterbury seemed to him an immovable feature which guaranteed the firmness of the whole structure . |
| 6 | It may often seem that some critical practitioners within established disciplinary frameworks which insist on treating literary texts as documents or , oppositely , as eternal works of art or according to a closely defined theoretical structure , proffer pronouncements on texts and history which are exclusively self-confident and definitive . |
| 7 | It must often seem a ‘ second best ’ situation , to be resisted as long as possible , although for some vulnerable people it comes as a relief and a right , after years of effort , to feel someone else is in charge . |
| 8 | On the other hand , with the first Orbital-engined cars still three years from serial production , it might equally seem premature . |
| 9 | To British universities creating , or contemplating , science parks , it might well seem the ultimate target at which to aim . |
| 10 | Some readers objected to my choice , and from a reformist perspective stressing accuracy , neutrality , truth and fairness , it might well seem misguided and distasteful . |
| 11 | From a detached perspective , it might therefore seem that the political viability of the USSR 's East European clients depends not only on greater economic and administrative competence on their part , but the opening up of communication channels between élite and mass and a narrowing of the gulf between state and society . |
| 12 | It might therefore seem that the best , and the only rational , solution is to abandon all references to identity in connection with meaning . |
| 13 | It might therefore seem a rather odd choice as a label , but Wimsatt and Brooks 's reason for using it is that they view these analogical or metaphorical relationships as producing effects essentially similar to those for which the word irony is more commonly used , and which they also see as an important part of poetry . |
| 14 | It could only seem so to those who see sexuality as something essentially disruptive , invading , and dangerous . |
| 15 | Even though she 'd been dead for so long it could sometimes seem that she was still with him , a presence in the next room , someone on the other side of a door who waited and listened but who never stepped through , except when he dreamed . |
| 16 | It would superficially seem reasonable to accept 7.45 , but it should be noted that more of the highest third of pupils placed " pm " after the clock time than did pupils in other bands . |
| 17 | For instance , it would surely seem reasonable to suggest that a theory that anticipates and leads to the discovery of new phenomena , in the way Clerk Maxwell 's theory led to the discovery of radio waves , is more worthy of merit and more justifiable than a law or theory devised to account for phenomena already known and not leading to the discovery of new ones . |
| 18 | Therefore it would also seem possible to learn a functional sign language without a positive desire to become deaf on the part of the hearing learner ; nevertheless , it has been the case in the past that those who have learned sign language have often been cast in the integrative mould and have had their views devalued by the hearing community because of it . |
| 19 | It would also seem that the time before adoption for such children is quite long , that some for whom adoption was the plan will not be adopted even though they will stay with their new families , and that long-term support by specialist workers will be necessary for many of these children . |
| 20 | It would also seem to discriminate against women and ethnic minorities ( Cohen , 1982a ) . |
| 21 | It would also seem that some proteins are free to move laterally within the membrane . |
| 22 | There is no doubt that there is an implied restraint as between Y and X and between X and Z and it would equally seem that the benefit of the implied covenant between Y and X would pass to Z upon the sale of goodwill . |
| 23 | It seemed quite shameless to me then but it would probably seem tame to today 's youngsters . |
| 24 | If the incoming Conservative Government had not swept them away at once it would today seem no less difficult to abolish the ‘ social service , of subsidised food than the ‘ social service ’ of subsidised housing . |
| 25 | It would thus seem that something very like the provisions of the Kanunname were in operation by at least the early sixteenth century ; and if the sources are not sufficiently detailed to confirm the operation of the provisions of the Kanunname in every detail , at the same time they do not cast doubt upon any detail . |
| 26 | Provided always that the signatures are contemporaneous with the documents , it would thus seem that Molla Fenari was appointed to the kadilik between those two dates . |
| 27 | Provided again that the signature is contemporaneous with the document , it would thus seem virtually certain that Molla Fenari had left the kadilik of Bursa , and very possibly departed for Karaman , by that date . |
| 28 | It would thus seem that unit two pre-dates unit one and that the mill was laid out after unit two . |
| 29 | Whilst Necromunda could not conceivably have changed , it would nevertheless seem as alien as any of the worlds that they might visit in the interim . |
| 30 | ‘ It would certainly seem reasonable for someone in his position to have a fairly large sum to hand , ’ he said . |