Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] seem [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , this may not seem to be a feasible solution , except for the odd application such as electric blanket or underfloor heating where full wave rectified unsmoothed 50 or 60Hz AC will produce heating from a mixture of 81% DC and 19% AC at 100 or 120Hz and above . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This may not seem to be a very daunting task , but when a man who has been flying four engine jet transports all over the world is suddenly confronted with a young pilot who has just written-off the landing gear of a light aircraft while trying to land in a cross wind , the true qualities of the new inspector are under test . |
| 4 | Indeed , though the death of a single organism may not seem to be very significant scientifically , it has been well argued by George Dangerfield that this one event did , in effect , mark the end or at least the beginning of the end , of that remarkable period of human history dominated by " Liberal England " . |
| 5 | This on the surface may not seem to be hostile to religion , but it causes severe re-interpretation encouraging many people to regard religion as little more than a culturally derived dressing-up game . |
| 6 | Jobs will be found in Harrogate as elsewhere , and if we 're thinking of lumping in the B one office use and the other B uses in with the manufacturing , I think it 's fair to say that office uses are going to be far denser in terms of number of jobs per hectare than manufacturing , and therefore the allocations may not seem to be as great as otherwise might have been demanded . |
| 7 | At first sight this might not seem to be a serious problem ; one thing stands for others if it is used or taken as representing them . |
| 8 | There might not seem to be anything unusual about this group of people until someone who 's a mere five footer joins the line-up . |
| 9 | Approaching the fabliaux with a mind prepared to find moral instruction in the texts , however unpromising they might superficially seem to be for such interpretation , is something that we can reconstruct as an authentic medieval mode of reading — " " All that is written is written for our doctrine " " as St Paul has it — although there is little direct evidence for the application of such literary theory to vernacular literature as well as the classics before the fourteenth century , and even then the extent of such application is difficult to assess . |
| 10 | I could n't seem to be bothered to move . |
| 11 | This may well seem to be the most efficient way of utilising office time but when it comes to weighing up effectiveness the pro-forma is a non-starter as parents are antagonised by this bureaucratic and impersonal style of communication . |
| 12 | So , sometimes we get this feeling of empathy and do things with a horse that would not seem to be wise or sensible ; but we ‘ know ’ that it will be all right , and it is ! |
| 13 | If variation rather than fidelity is required in the management of change , then the restrictive views of professionality and management currently underpinning much thinking would not seem to be the most appropriate model for the future . |
| 14 | One such seat would not seem to be an excessive demand in pursuit of an accepted objective , but it was more than the Conference would accept . |
| 15 | My answer to that would be that er since the only permissible reason for pushing out this inset boundary would be a need for expansion , expansion involves built development , and built development would not seem to be within er the possibility of er Policy E N V One as well as within the possibility of er other policies |
| 16 | The lamella crystal itself , sometimes considered as embedded in an amorphous matrix , would not seem to be an acceptable RVE because its modulus is dependent upon the surface tractions . |
| 17 | This approach is difficult to reconcile with the principle of supremacy of Community law and would not seem to be the correct way to apply the principle of indirect effect the duty of the national courts to interpret national law as far as possible to bring it into line with Community obligations . |
| 18 | Where there is provision for automatic accruer , such consent to its operation would not seem to be required . |
| 19 | Gelsemium would thus seem to be an appropriate choice of remedy to use in neurological experiments . |
| 20 | References in three separate contexts in Ali suggest that the lowest kadiliks of which the hierarchy normally took cognizance were those at the 25 -akce level ; and these would thus seem to be equivalent to the 20-akce medreses in being the level at which a fully-trained medrese student would expect to receive his first appointment . |
| 21 | This would still seem to be so if most , though not all , the terms are standard — if , say , there are minor variations from one buyer to another ( e.g. as to the commodity or the quantity bought or the price to be paid ) . |
| 22 | There would clearly seem to be some significance in the fact that only on John 's decease does Jesus embark in earnest on his ministry . |
| 23 | The presence of a health and safety officer would also seem to be a prerequisite . |
| 24 | In addition to , the customer of the firm 's " operator " activities would also seem to be the scheme itself , although this is not expressly stated . |
| 25 | The best approach would now seem to be by a huge tidal boulder hop from Blackchurch , or by canoe . |
| 26 | The way ahead would now seem to be clear for Mr Thompson 's rivals to take over his business empire . |
| 27 | there would n't seem to be any purpose it , would n't be right |
| 28 | cos we ca n't seem to be , cos otherwise we look like flipping idiots |
| 29 | I understand the NLVA 's continuing fears , but I am glad that its most recent letter to the Secretary of State began by saying : ’ the reaction of the national brewers to the recent series of meetings held with yourself and John Redwood MP would initially seem to be both positive and encouraging ’ . |
| 30 | A clear recommendation would therefore seem to be in the order for the Muti recording , but unfortunately EMI appears to have delated it . |