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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ! ’ |
| 4 | But at the time , as one American policy was ending and another beginning , Vietnam seemed to be exempt from similar considerations . |
| 5 | The studios and corridors at Cardiff always seemed to be full of pretty girls . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In the silence everyone seemed to be aware of listening ears . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Indeed the phases seem to be variable between specific arts . |
| 11 | All sides seem to be confident of biblical grounds for their various positions . |
| 12 | When it comes to the obvious sources of power , gender differences seem to be similar in socialist Cuba to capitalist Latin America . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Other species seem to be separable into geographical races based on their morphological features . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I seem to be free of mundane anxieties . |
| 17 | Barium studies seem to be insensitive to microscopic involvement and may detect only more severe cases . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The situation seems to be similar in other parts of the country . |
| 20 | This book is not the place to undertake such a task ; but one comment that might be made is that an initial distinction between class and status is likely to be important ; for it is the evaluative rather than the economic dimension of stratification which seems to be relevant to linguistic variation . |
| 21 | Then he turned the gas off and poured the contents of the pan into the big metal bin which seems to be compulsory in vegetarian kitchens and which always contains enough mushy peas to drown a Rugby League team . |
| 22 | This extensive and informative correspondence between an MP and the mayor and burgesses of his constituency seems to be unique amongst surviving documentation of the period . |
| 23 | In patients with advanced AIDS , T gondii specific antibody secretion by PBL seems to be independent of in-vivo antigen-specific T-lymphocyte help . |
| 24 | Something of the sort seems to be true for migratory birds , who have some practical grasp of the earth 's magnetic field or of stellar constellations ; and , as I shall suggest presently , the kingfisher may have some practical grasp of the refractive properties of water . |
| 25 | Howard might well have been impressed by the importance given to classification by TDC , despite the fact that it seems to be unfashionable in western European administrations . |
| 26 | What seems to be common to accentual , grammatical and discourse functions is the indication , by means of intonation , of the relationship between some linguistic element and the context in which it occurs . |
| 27 | Pancreatic PLA2 seems to be non-toxic to pancreatic acinar cells , however , although toxic effects have also been found . |
| 28 | Large units do not seem to be deficient in democratic qualities and may even be more democratic in some respects ; 4 . |
| 29 | For although many aspects of structuralist theory may seem to be familiar from other literary theories , structuralist theory is developed to a point where issues previously unconsidered by linguistic approaches to literature have to be confronted . |
| 30 | Believing in democracy for its own sake does not seem to be characteristic of Chinese political thought , past or present . |