Example sentences of "seem to [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that was there , however , was a complex mass of brass mechanism , though many of the pieces seemed to be inlaid with solid-state etchings . |
| 2 | But the man himself seemed to be unconcerned about this . |
| 3 | Jack Foley 's eyes rarely left Nan 's face , but she seemed to be unaware of this and talked as if all three of them were equal partners in the conversation . |
| 4 | Shipton would have been saddened to see the old rotting tins and abandoned jerrycans that seemed to be typical of all military movement in this area . |
| 5 | . We always seemed to be lucky in that way . ’ |
| 6 | As soon as the urban context is broken down even into such crude categories as social class , age or ‘ interests ’ , processes which seemed to be peculiar to particular urban areas turn out to be determined by other factors . |
| 7 | The sort of things I was doing seemed to be difficult for difficult 's sake ; it was like , ‘ If anybody likes it , then it has to be crap ! ’ |
| 8 | But at the time , as one American policy was ending and another beginning , Vietnam seemed to be exempt from similar considerations . |
| 9 | In Douglas 's defence , Jean Simmons once told me , ‘ When Stanley came on he said he would like me to do it , and Kirk seemed to be happy about that . ’ |
| 10 | The studios and corridors at Cardiff always seemed to be full of pretty girls . |
| 11 | She took no notice , and I began to hate her , not because I was having to apologize — she looked so old and sad that I was genuinely sorry — but because she would n't listen and it was such a-terrible physical struggle for me to talk ; my mouth seemed to be full of some sickly , sticky stuff , like chewing-gum . |
| 12 | As the influence of the DD genotype seemed to be independent of classical risk factors , we considered that it might be particularly important in myocardial infarction patients considered to be at low risk according to the usual criteria . |
| 13 | In the silence everyone seemed to be aware of listening ears . |
| 14 | The hard work begins with effective lifelong follow up , for which separate clinics seem to be essential for efficient division of labour , and detection and control of drop outs . |
| 15 | This concept was discussed in light of observations that IL-2 ( D. Boros , Wayne State ; A. Sher , NIAID ) , the α form of tumour necrosis factor ( ref. 3 ; Boros ; J. McKerrow , UCSF ) and IL-4 ( Boros ; Sher ) are all involved in granuloma formation ; further , in mice , high TNF-α levels seem to be predictive of severe disease ( D. Colley , Centers for Disease Control ) . |
| 16 | Indeed the phases seem to be variable between specific arts . |
| 17 | All sides seem to be confident of biblical grounds for their various positions . |
| 18 | When it comes to the obvious sources of power , gender differences seem to be similar in socialist Cuba to capitalist Latin America . |
| 19 | Although first language acquisition is strictly related to the development of social identity , Watts ' conclusions that a certain set of perceptions is characteristic of Swiss-German readers ( p. 37 ) and that it " may be traced back to the kind of socialization into literacy " ( p. 39 ) are debatable mainly because the presented responses seem to be applicable to various categories of readers . |
| 20 | Both males and females seem to be innovating in this Scottish instance and the females are quite clearly the innovators in a prestige [ i.e. r-pronouncing ] form . |
| 21 | Other species seem to be separable into geographical races based on their morphological features . |
| 22 | Interestingly , in normal colonic lamina propria most cells ( 87% ) recognised by these reagents seem to be positive for all three markers and can apparently function both as phagocytes and antigen presenting cells . |
| 23 | Both animals and humans seem to be prone to this . |
| 24 | Prenatal or perinatal risk factors , including infections , trauma , convulsions , exposure to alcohol , older maternal age , and low birthweight seem to be common in selected patient samples . |
| 25 | I seem to be free of mundane anxieties . |
| 26 | In general , employers seem to be satisfied with those young workers they employ . |
| 27 | Barium studies seem to be insensitive to microscopic involvement and may detect only more severe cases . |
| 28 | Transporters containing an ATP-binding cassette encoded by the MHC class II region seem to be responsible for this transport 1-8 . |
| 29 | Hazel is one of those unfortunate patients who not only have food intolerance , but also seem to be sensitive to various everyday chemicals as well . |
| 30 | Something which seems to be soluble at some stage and the water gets hot and it 's not soluble , so we 're looking for things here that are not not soluble . |