Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] seem to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will also have to be prepared to overlook sudden flashes of anger or periods of irritability which may seem to be aimed at you but which are much more likely to be an expression of her natural resentment of the disaster that has befallen her . |
| 2 | Surprisingly , in the last decades is that literary studies , perhaps especially classical studies , which may seem to be at the other extreme of the academic spectrum from the sciences , have shown themselves more self confident in the use of computers than history has done , even though history is closer to the social sciences which have for long been acclimatized to quantification and computerization . |
| 3 | Clomipramine , which may seem to be indicated because of the patient 's obsessional symptomatology , sometimes causes severe nausea or intractable constipation . |
| 4 | If necessary , such a person could then be sent on a suitable training course to learn any technical skills which might seem to be appropriate . |
| 5 | Moreover , in this particular case the justices were hearing this application on 27 January 1992 against the background which included the making of a full care order on 15 May 1991 , an order which , as I have already indicated , was made after hearing submissions by the guardian ad litem and by the local authority which might seem to be in marked distinction to the submissions being made now , only a few months later . |
| 6 | The modes which he adopted were such as to licence elisions and lacunae , to enable him to leave out bits of his life — a procedure which would seem to be connected with his scepticism about what can be known about people by biographers . |
| 7 | After a meal consisting largely of refined carbohydrate food the blood-sugar level goes up very quickly , which would seem to be a good thing in satisfying the appetite . |
| 8 | In the Heine settings , sung in a different and more logical order than that in the Peters Edition , it is the stark immediacy of the readings that strikes home and once more Fassbaender 's colouring and/or illuminating of individual words , such as the darkening of tone at ‘ Der Schiffer ’ in ‘ Die Stadt ’ or the emphasis on ‘ längst ’ and ‘ Platz ’ in ‘ Der Doppelgänger ’ , which would seem to be the appropriate hair-raising climax of this arresting interpretation until one hears the harsh defiance of ‘ Der Atlas ’ . |
| 9 | Point ( b ) has been the subject of controversy about the impact upon professional activities of organizational , and particularly public , employment , the conclusion to which would seem to be , in short , that ‘ it depends on the profession and upon the organization ’ . |
| 10 | They have effects which would seem to be self-defeating and counter-effective , and are probably in contradiction with the United Nations ’ own principles concerning the freedoms of information and knowledge . |
| 11 | After his sexual initiation by a barmaid in an outback pub , while his father was drinking downstairs ( at an age which would seem to be about twelve and a half — but Greg felt the incident had been brought forward significantly , from a feeling that the narrative pace of the opening pages was already flagging ) , Gerald Seymour-Strachey went on to a variety of girls ( occasionally called ‘ girlies ’ ) and later women . |
| 12 | The animals develop normally , and are fertile and immunologically competent , which would seem to be at variance with the idea that p53 is involved in these apoptosis-associated processes . |
| 13 | The point was not seen in Collins , which would seem to be incorrect on this issue . |
| 14 | If there was any time when radical land reform would have succeeded , it was during nineteen forty eight to nineteen forty nine , and it 's precisely that time looking into an area which would seem to be the most favourable for radical land reform , they have not taken that opportunity . |
| 15 | Thus , cast in bronze , we have an Industrial Elephant , with a factory chimney , belching smoke , on its back , which would seem to be more to do with the advent of the Industrial Revolution than a comment on the British Raj . |
| 16 | Fifth , there is the period of acceptance , which can seem to be in stark contrast to the depths of despair of the previous stage . |
| 17 | Lakoff is a feminist , and her explanation of women 's language is not like Jespersen 's , however much the language itself may seem to be . |
| 18 | Note , too , that if you write ironically you may seem to be satirising the question , or the process of analytical writing about literature more generally . |
| 19 | This perception in itself is , of course , sufficient to predispose youths to the influence of seniors who would seem to be able to help in the realization of the ambition . |
| 20 | ‘ … and the moral of that [ said the Duchess ] is — ‘ Be what you would seem to be ’ — or , if you 'd like it put more simply — ‘ Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise . |
| 21 | For we may seem to be many here , but we are few . |
| 22 | ( Jan 21-Feb 19 ) Jupiter and Neptune are challenged by the Sun in Libra and everything must seem to be out of focus at the moment , if not a bit unreal . |
| 23 | In presenting the rationalisations and justifications a group offers for doing things as it does , we will seem to be accepting its rationalisations and justifications and accusing other parties to the transaction in the words of their opponents . |
| 24 | If we point to those aspects of the addict 's experience which seem to him to confirm his beliefs , we will seem to be making an apology for the addict . |
| 25 | In so doing , we will seem to be agreeing with his view . |
| 26 | Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told cabinet colleagues , ‘ We can not do very much , but we can seem to be very busy — and that is half the battle nowadays . ’ |
| 27 | There may seem to be something excessive and paradoxical in this emphasis on a distant precedent as an important key to medieval kingship . |
| 28 | There may seem to be a lot of garlic involved here , but do n't let that put you off — this country-style stew is based on a Menorcan recipe and the traditional slow cooking gives the dish a sweet , mellow flavour . |
| 29 | There may seem to be no problem for an editor under these circumstances : each paper is assessed on its merits and published accordingly . |
| 30 | He points out that such a provision bans any invasion of sovereign territory , air space and maritime zones , even where there might seem to be good grounds . |