Example sentences of "it [adv] seem [adj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , not an awful lot really I mean , you know , you , you ca n't win , as I say , it just seemed wrong that you know when people ask being asked to make cuts and make these charges that that amount of money should be spent on something else |
| 2 | It thus seems significant that there appears to have been a rumour that Edmund was in some way responsible for the death of Cnut 's father , after issuing a vain warning that tribute should not be levied from his church 's lands . |
| 3 | It hardly seems right that we should get the chop |
| 4 | But it always seemed better once I had got the anger out of my system . " |
| 5 | However , it also seems clear that it is permissible to argue , in defence to a prosecution for breach of a statute or regulation , that the relevant statutory provision or regulation is ultra vires ; but it is difficult to see how this involves assertion of a ‘ private law right ’ : there is no private law right not to be prosecuted apart from the right not to be prosecuted maliciously . |
| 6 | The Bishop said the translator had attended very carefully to all the criticisms and it now seemed likely that we would have to wait until at least the end of the summer before the English edition appears . |
| 7 | In retrospect , it now seems odd that they were considered the ultimate heavy metal band . |
| 8 | In retrospect , it now seems odd that they were considered the ultimate heavy metal band . |
| 9 | It now seems probable that there were more churches in late Saxon and early medieval times than was formerly thought . |
| 10 | It now seems possible that they are guided by the low-frequency pseudosounds in the thermals . |
| 11 | It now seems inevitable that he will have to devalue within the ERM . |
| 12 | It now seems clear that there had been intense military activity near Loughgall before last night 's shooting , as one eye witness recounts : |
| 13 | Most important , the real paper , as opposed to the dummy , would be ‘ produced with professional staff , an extensive newsgathering network and extensive resources , and it therefore seems certain that it will be more impressive than the dummy issue ’ , they grandly announced . |
| 14 | It therefore seems probable that what the early personality studies of living creative subjects had revealed was their tendency to the schizoidness of which Bleuler writes , and which would now be referred to as ‘ schizotypy ’ . |