Example sentences of "[pers pn] may not seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may not seem to have much in common with your cat or with the bacterium living in your gut , but in fact , in terms of basic biology , there is little to choose between you . |
| 2 | So while it may not seem obvious that two magmas , differing only by 5 or 10 per cent in silica content , should behave quite differently on eruption , this chain of cause and effect operates to produce very substantial differences indeed . |
| 3 | As the subject has to be studied by all pupils , it tends to become a forum for half-baked discussion of moral or social issues , in order that it may not seem irrelevant to the non-religious , or offensive to the keenly sectarian . |
| 4 | With hindsight , it may not seem so . |
| 5 | In these days when money is n't worth what it was , it may not seem especially profligate to blow a few hundred thousands on transport modelling , but it is worth thinking about how else the government could have invested the money . |
| 6 | It may not seem intrinsically puzzling why the story of Jesus should be broadcast in Holy Week . |
| 7 | Explaining the proposals , MCC secretary Col John Stephenson said : ‘ We have had to cater for all cricket , so it may not seem to be as tough as some people have been demanding . |
| 8 | But , of course , all the probabilities can not be simultaneously reified in a single Universe : while it may not seem to matter much , on the cosmic scale , if an electron is in two places at once , in fact the later consequences of that tiny discrepancy might be enormous . |
| 9 | Set out badly like this , it may not seem diabolically clever . |
| 10 | Ironically , at the start of a relationship it may not seem relevant to use anything as nothing may happen , so it may not seem worth all that trouble to get the Pill . |
| 11 | Ironically , at the start of a relationship it may not seem relevant to use anything as nothing may happen , so it may not seem worth all that trouble to get the Pill . |
| 12 | It seems a grand truth now , though in the morning it may not seem worth disturbing her for . |
| 13 | Although it may not seem much to people who are used to talking in millions , it will be a substantial risk for the individuals involved . |
| 14 | ‘ It may not seem so now , but I promise you a miscarriage is one of nature 's mercies . ’ |
| 15 | Although it may not seem much in terms of substance , part two of the treaty which deals with European citizenship raises the intriguing idea that in the one member state in which there is not a written constitution we now gain access to the treaty additions and to the written constitution which already exists in the Community . |
| 16 | It may not seem as hard nowadays , because people know that it 's easy to get out of . |