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 | ‘ Sixteen coffees , ’ she announced in the cool voice that they seemed to be using to each other , ‘ followed by — er — ’ Consulting her list , she continued , ‘ Six rounds of toast , five boiled eggs with soldiers … ’ |
| 3 | She glanced at David and wryly saw that he seemed to be listening to this conversation with great interest . |
| 4 | But again Morse 's mind seemed to be tuned to another wave-length . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mr Whistle seemed to be growing to giant size , his huge head scraping the ceiling . |
| 7 | Strict control of the money supply seemed to be linked to low rates of inflation in Switzerland and West Germany . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Words in category ( 2 ) seem to be confined to black speakers , though this remains at this stage an untested observation . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The cause is unknown but seems to be related to congenital vascular abnormalities . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This increased incidence of gastric carcinomas seems to be related to local factors . |
| 16 | it seems to me that often , especially with this committee er start at half ten we get to about half twelve and everyone starts shuffling and think of their lunch and often not so much recently , but in , in , in , over the last five years there have been issues I think it almost left you on because it was so close to lunch , er and people did n't then want to have to break for an hour , hour and a half and then come back , whereas if you start at two fifteen erm I think it 's easier to go on till half four , five seems to be to go to this psychological one o'clock barrier , seems to er upset people greatly agitation and er their argument is th th that er that in the afternoon |
| 17 | But for the butcher , baker , DIY shop , holiday company or plumber , the remedy seems to be to go to another trader next time , and write this disappointment or disaster down to experience , unless it is bad enough to take to a lawyer or the Small Claims Court . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But most of it seems to be going to shady ‘ Near Eastern ’ dealers and private citizens . |
| 21 | Thus the role of TCR- α expression seems to be confined to further differentiation to the SP stage . |
| 22 | This use seems to be confined to British English . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Those that are still up do at least seem to be talking to each other ! |