Example sentences of "seem [prep] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm really upset , as all the birthday cards seem to be of either goldens or roans . |
| 2 | Nowadays the urinary symptoms seem to be of a lesser order . |
| 3 | The transcendental practices of the Australia Aborigines seem to be of the same order as those of the Tibetan practices , even if not so highly developed . |
| 4 | The lunar maria , nearly all of which are located on the near side , also seem to be of impact origin , with subsequent infill by rather dark material . |
| 5 | In crude terms , the causes of mental illness seem to be of three main kinds . |
| 6 | He stated : ‘ It is somewhat bizarre that local authorities should single out the nuclear industry with its accident-free transport record for attack when the public is placed at far greater risk by the routine traffic in fuels and chemicals which seem to be of little interest to our councillors . ’ |
| 7 | The tone of Tithonus ' words seem to be of great regret and self lamenting . |
| 8 | In practice some rifts seem to be of the active type whereas others seem to have been initiated by passive rifting , although in many cases there is no consensus as to whether specific rifts are active or passive . |