Example sentences of "seem [prep] [be] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No Roman Catholic movement of the left had appeared to help Rome in its political struggles at a time when the suffrage was spreading ; in spite of a few ‘ Christian socialists ’ , Roman Catholicism still seemed to be tied to social and political conservatism . |
| 2 | We found some discrepancies between care of the elderly and of younger people under the care programme approach , which seemed to be related to different modes of organizing service delivery . |
| 3 | Mr Whistle seemed to be growing to giant size , his huge head scraping the ceiling . |
| 4 | Strict control of the money supply seemed to be linked to low rates of inflation in Switzerland and West Germany . |
| 5 | Various outcomes have been examined in randomised controlled trials of intrapartum fetal monitoring ; the only complication to show a lower ( and largely consistent ) decrease in the monitored groups was neonatal convulsion , and this protective effect seemed to be confined to prolonged , induced , or augmented labours . |
| 6 | This is an important difference as physical abuse and neglect do seem to be associated with social , material and environmental stress and hence seem to be related to social class . |
| 7 | Words in category ( 2 ) seem to be confined to black speakers , though this remains at this stage an untested observation . |
| 8 | In the past , many tea companies have included other teas in the blend , but more and more now seem to be reverting to pure China tea for this popular flavoured brew . |
| 9 | Not because of some remarkable upturn in rural shoe-care standards , but because farmers seem to be going to agricultural shows less these days and doing less tyre-kicking when they get there . |
| 10 | The cause is unknown but seems to be related to congenital vascular abnormalities . |
| 11 | This seems to be related to certain features of Japanese lifestyle and working practices , such as shared decision-making , group affiliations , corporate identity , group counselling , etc . |
| 12 | This increased incidence of gastric carcinomas seems to be related to local factors . |
| 13 | These paragraphs are warmly supported , but unlike the visual impact criterion which , quite justifiably applies to the whole coastline , the ecological impact section seems to be restricted to designated sites only . |
| 14 | Often this seems to be taken to unnecessary lengths , since there are relatively few instances where seeing the book helps a selection decision , and even fewer where it is significant . |
| 15 | But most of it seems to be going to shady ‘ Near Eastern ’ dealers and private citizens . |
| 16 | This use seems to be confined to British English . |
| 17 | One surprising aspect of the recall results was that they did not seem to be related to previous knowledge of the junctions , it had seemed possible that even simple junctions would be memorable if they had not been previously encountered . |