Example sentences of "may seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | To outsiders , the two events may seem little more than an international organization at work , but for Amnesty members these events are charged with significance . |
| 2 | The level of detail may seem much the same as in a catalogue raisonné , but the stress falls in a different way . |
| 3 | A description of a Tantric painting as a linear diagram may seem uninteresting , but then the effect of such a picture is not meant to be pleasure for the eye alone , but for religious use . |
| 4 | A hint of child abuse may seem to be imparted by his account of a Gothic moment which came about during a walk with her father , at nightfall , in a setting of peasants and forests . |
| 5 | If any professional person has shown an interest in your work do n't let it go , but try to cultivate their interest , however tenuous it may seem — you will soon know if it 's going to be any use for the future . |
| 6 | Everything in this chapter may seem terribly grey and pessimistic , but the truth is that acting is probably the most optimistic of all professions — it is the nature of actors to hope . |
| 7 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 8 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 9 | Even contemplating walking out over such a small matter may seem ridiculous , but within the context of that small world , the dispute was a major one . |
| 10 | That point may seem obvious but I do n't think whoever worked out the amounts given in state benefits ever took it into account . |
| 11 | Christmas may seem far away , but for a show of blooming indoor bulbs to gladden the festive season , September is the month to get to work . |
| 12 | Surprising though it may seem , although it is now well established that this is a serious problem with gliding , it is almost unknown in power flying circles or in the Air Force and it is taking many years to convince authorities . |
| 13 | At first , making adaptations to your home may seem a very complicated process , because of the information you need to gather together , and the number of people who have to be involved . |
| 14 | ’ Making adaptations to your home may seem a very complicated process … ‘ |
| 15 | This may seem harmless enough , but problems arise once we try to describe the latter kind of fact . |
| 16 | To the casual or occasional visitor to High Rocks , the season ticket agreement may seem irrelevant at the moment — just something to please climbers living nearby who go there regularly . |
| 17 | It may seem strange to start by describing the best method of removing old finishes , but there is probably more work done on renovating old furniture and existing woodwork than on new wood . |
| 18 | This may seem innocuous and acceptable , but the implications should be understood . |
| 19 | For present purposes the point is that such passages , which because of the name ‘ Anchises ’ may seem Virgilian , are nothing of the kind . |
| 20 | It may seem that when Bunting speaks of ‘ the beautiful step of the verse , he is gesturing into a void not much less than Allen Tate when he wrote of the ‘ rhythm ’ and the ‘ movement ’ of Eliot 's ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ . |
| 21 | In short , Eliot has delineated a critic who recognizes public or civic responsibilities ; and unless we are very careful , to say of this critic that he ‘ serves his art ’ may seem a rather sudden cramping and diminution of the claims made for him . |
| 22 | This may seem meaningless to non-churchgoers and trivial to churchgoers since it is part of the Athanasian Creed recited every Sunday . |
| 23 | This may seem an unorthodox way of assuring management succession but then MB Group has been rearranging itself into a new structure for the future . |
| 24 | Absurd though it may seem , it is quite likely that Mr Honecker and his companions genuinely believe all this . |
| 25 | The object of the attentions of Tory apparatchiks — and ministers — is the new policy on employment law , moderate and sensible as it may seem . |
| 26 | Architectural drawings may seem dry fodder to provide the stuff of an exciting book . |
| 27 | For the greatest player of the total-football era to face such an accusation may seem strange , but the long-serving Carrasco said upon leaving Barcelona for France : ‘ he wants static players in fixed positions … players who do exactly what he tells them and nothing else . |
| 28 | Defeatist it may seem , but it would be dishonest to predict other than that his tribulations will continue . |
| 29 | It may seem tame stuff after helping out in the privatising of British Airways . |
| 30 | The steering group 's proposals may seem a touch elaborate but , for two reasons , appraisal in education is bound to be more complex than in other areas of life . |