Example sentences of "it would seem [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It would seem odd that facilities so much sought after by the community and approved by their legislators should be actionable at common law because they have been brought to the places where they are required and have escaped without negligence by an unforeseen series of mishaps . ’
2 It would seem logical that reassignment need only be considered in respect of positions for which the disabled employee is qualified .
3 It would seem sensible that strategies to help Sheffield , with the recent and very sudden collapse of its steel industry , may not be able to assist Liverpool or Newcastle , where steel has never been an important industry and where decline has been long-term .
4 If income is part of ‘ ability to pay ’ , then it would seem clear that wealth is also .
5 It would seem clear that Paul was doing something of which Jesus himself would have disapproved .
6 Had Waddell 's trial in Edinburgh not been the farce it was , had he been found guilty of the murder of Mrs Ross as he should have been and sentenced by Lord Robertson to life imprisonment , as he should have been , it would seem likely that Mrs Chipperfield would be alive today .
7 Of this Miller writes , ‘ It grows naturally in the West Indies , whence the late Mr. Robert Miller sent me the seeds ’ , and it would seem likely that Ehret 's specimen had been raised at Chelsea .
8 It would seem obvious that Inday was killed by the intransigence of Western banks , like Barclays ; by the harsh conditions imposed by the IMF ; by the malevolent impact of Del Monte ; and by the economic policies of successive Philippine governments .
9 The offence of murder is restricted to intent , and it would seem natural that recklessness as to the same consequences should amount to the lesser offence of manslaughter .
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