Example sentences of "seem to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some tastes these measures , and particularly the last , might seem to be simplistic responses to public outrage — based on the old principle of having to be seen to be doing something , anything in a crisis . |
| 2 | Does n't he seem to be content with the status quo ? |
| 3 | Er and er well it 's not just one innovative idea er it 's just innovative idea after idea er which is encouraging because it er means that the company is not resting on its laurels er having found an avenue and an opportunity they do n't seem to be content just to sit expanding and developing that and doing nothing else . |
| 4 | And with the millions of insects buzzing , crawling , flying and swimming about , all needing to communicate with their own kind and with other associated species , but not with the millions of other creatures , this would seem to be essential to avoid confusion . |
| 5 | Although the latter would seem to be essential , they could contain a large proportion of practical exercises , as is common in papers in mathematics . |
| 6 | Therefore the use of s.52 agreements to achieve odour prevention and abatement would seem to be unaffected and still legitimate . |
| 7 | Ophiopristis does seem to be similar in appearance to Ophiologimus H. L. Clark , 1911 but differs mainly in the form of the tentacle pore which is slightly smaller with larger tentacle scales than Ophiologimus . |
| 8 | Comparable data from H 2 receptor antagonist maintenance trials are limited , but would seem to be similar for both cimitidine 400 mg once daily ( estimated reduction in DU relapse rate compared with placebo ranges from 26% to 37% ) , ranitidine 150 mg once daily ( estimated reductions of 24%. 39% and 48% ) and famotidine 20–40 mg once daily ( estimated 32–34% reduction in relapse rate ) . |
| 9 | Indeed action would seem to be necessary for the input systems to function properly : the role of eye-movements in vision being the most obvious case . |
| 10 | There is no neurophysiological model of the kind of convergence that would seem to be necessary for the many different sensations of the moment to be brought into synthetic unity , without loss of their individual distinctiveness and specificity , into the instantaneous sense of ‘ being here ’ ; or of the manner in which experience of many different moments can be synthesized into a sense of continuing self without those moments losing their separateness in memory . |
| 11 | So these first results indicated that quantum mechanics is adequate even for those situations where nonlocal effects might seem to be necessary . |
| 12 | Smaller super-constituencies , then , would seem to be necessary . |
| 13 | It does not seem to be necessary for an ad to be at all well remembered for it to have an effect . |
| 14 | Speakers and listeners do not seem to be necessary . |
| 15 | Therefore it does not seem to be necessary to encourage people who suffer from Chemical Dependency also to give up cigarette smoking ( except on grounds of general health ) for fear that it will spark off the compulsion to return to use of the original addictive drug of choice . |
| 16 | A successful outcome in these areas would seem to be necessary if the EC is to be able to finance the activities necessary to build the new European Economy . |
| 17 | There seems to be a consensus opinion , so i it does n't seem to be necessary for me to it , but if it 's necessary I do so . |
| 18 | There would seem to be little doubt that Parliament could , by passing an Act ( which would , of course , necessitate the Royal Assent ) establish a republic . |
| 19 | Indeed , a large part of his public life and known history would seem to be little more than an embodiment and re-enactment of the prophecies . |
| 20 | Large units do not seem to be deficient in democratic qualities and may even be more democratic in some respects ; 4 . |
| 21 | This approach would seem to be correct because goods in that condition were unsaleable by the buyer under the contract description ( but compare Cehave v Bremer [ 1976 ] QB 44 ) . |
| 22 | But as the male can just as easily catch small prey , the female would seem to be disadvantaged . |
| 23 | There would seem to be two main differences . |
| 24 | For a study of lexical semantics , there would seem to be two principal sources of primary data ; needless to say , the native language-user is central to both of them . |
| 25 | There would seem to be two components to this notion . |
| 26 | Now we can distinguish what might seem to be two forms or , versions of conventionalism . |
| 27 | Elizabeth Howell , how serious is this that erm it does n't seem to be such a high priority on the curriculum ? |
| 28 | Secondly , in an exchange like the following ( from Lyons , 1977a : 668 ) : ( 94 ) A : I 've never seen him B : That 's a lie the pronoun that does not seem to be anaphoric ( unless it is held that it refers to the same entity that A 's utterance does , i.e. a proposition or a truth value ) ; nor does it quite seem to be discourse-deictic ( it refers not to the sentence but , perhaps , to the statement made by uttering that sentence ) . |
| 29 | ‘ Morale is now quite high because this approach does seem to be serious . |
| 30 | But even if it is just , it does not seem to be comprehensive . |