Example sentences of "[noun] seem a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the eve of congress the vote seemed a foregone conclusion : |
| 2 | In all these transactions Balbinder seemed a shadowy figure . |
| 3 | Such drastic action seemed a heartless waste of resources when thousands of people were on the verge of starvation . |
| 4 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 5 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 6 | Kardamíli seemed a good base , since the author himself writes of it with such affection . |
| 7 | This former lover seemed a willing participant in providing this story but of much more concern are the occasions when former associates , not directly associated with a sordid murder case , are resurrected by the press for exhibition . |
| 8 | Antony seemed a neurotic , peevish , self-obsessed character , full of self-loathing and delusions . |
| 9 | To Ashley the ceremony seemed a simple and yet moving reminder of the basics of life . |
| 10 | Rather it makes embarking on action research seem a worthwhile endeavour ! |
| 11 | This may be invention , for the propaganda value of possessing a saint courted thus by a king renowned for his piety is obvious ; but if not , and taken together with the Encomiast 's statement that Cnut visited St Omer while on pilgrimage to Rome , a journey in which he embarked from somewhere near Canterbury ( maybe Sandwich ) and sailed to Flanders seems a distinct possibility . |
| 12 | On the face of it , the zone between the tides seems a poor environment for living things . |
| 13 | Without the support of the Americans , harmonisation seems a distant ideal . |
| 14 | This uncertainty seems a small price to pay for the comfort of knowing that at least one of these effects must be a reality . |
| 15 | This currency would dominate declining industries and regions ( the British pound seems a natural candidate ) . |
| 16 | In conclusion we could say that , as finding the correct thermal niche is the hallmark of natural selection , the likely midway position of dinosaurs seems a logical outcome . |
| 17 | Detective Chief Superintendent seems a terrible mouthful . ’ |
| 18 | To all of us schoolgirls the convent seemed a beautiful , exciting place and the nuns simultaneously frightening and glamorous . |
| 19 | The fiction seemed a low insurance premium to pay for diplomatic and naval protection , the more desirable in a world where other predatory powers besides the United States were arising . |
| 20 | West Indies had won the three-Test series 2–0 , yet so far had never played a one-day international against anyone , so the balance between form and experience seemed a neat one ; and so it proved . |
| 21 | By early 1955 the result of the forthcoming election seemed a foregone conclusion and this was reflected in a substantially reduced poll in which the Tories increased their parliamentary majority . |
| 22 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 23 | After the greyness and isolation of winter , the crowds seemed a mad profusion of seething colour , all the time moving , all the time talking . |
| 24 | A London-based consultant seemed a shrewd idea . ’ |
| 25 | It was one of those grey February evenings when winter seemed a permanent fixture . |
| 26 | After last night , work seemed a tedious irrelevance , a refuge which was no longer needed . |
| 27 | Yet in a former Durham pit village , although all had either been made redundant or been forced out of work by ill-health , a group of miners were so sustained by the community network of neighbours and relatives that giving up work seemed a positive blessing . |
| 28 | Only a moment outside yet the tent 's welcome seemed a homely , glowing thing . |
| 29 | The guy operating the machine seemed a likely touch . |
| 30 | Once in Mexico , Cuba seemed a good idea . |