Example sentences of "[pron] may seem a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His annual income when he died was £496 , which may seem a fortune compared with the £20 earned annually by a farm labourer but was modest compared with that of most country gentlemen . |
| 2 | To some , there may seem a host of potential pitfalls to be negotiated in choosing kitchen equipment , refrigeration in particular . |
| 3 | They may seem a lot , but in fact they fit easily into a single bag . |
| 4 | It may seem a chore to gather invoices to document your expenses , but without these , items of expenditure may not be allowed as a deduction from income by the Inland Revenue . |
| 5 | It may seem a contradiction in terms to assert a public interest in publishing untruths , but there may come a point at which the reliability of the source and the potential danger to the public cohere to impose a duty on those possessed of the information to alert the public . |
| 6 | It may seem a waste but waste is precisely the point of it . |
| 7 | It may seem a lot to you , but for a cast-iron story that might bring down a government , it 's cheap at the price , believe me . |
| 8 | ‘ It may seem a lot for what is , after all , supposed to be a luxury cruise ship , ’ Jill smiled wryly as they made their way from one ward to the next . |
| 9 | It may seem a lot to some folk , but in the mega rich world of sport and the Olympics its gold on the cheap . |