Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [that] it seem " in BNC.

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1 Later in life he wondered whether it was the blessing that it seemed .
2 It was so still in the room that it seemed the three had suspended their dealings by mutual consent in order to catch the barely audible undulations of a distant ambulance siren .
3 Rather , it has been used as a retardant of the progression of AIDS , largely on the basis that it seems to sustain the subpopulation of T cells that appears especially vulnerable to HIV in the overt stage of the disease .
4 I thought about this and came to the conclusion that it seemed a very good philosophy .
5 We voted against it on the ground that it seemed absurd to respond to a crisis in the beef sector simply by throwing yet more money into a system which has not been reformed .
6 Just above the spot where Carey had stood to fish was a spread of broom , so close to the edge that it seemed to be rooted in granite .
7 The reason that it seems unpromising follows directly from the Freudian theory of psychosis which sees it essentially as a withdrawal of libido from objects and its re-investment in the ego .
8 yeah I think what , what has happened at the moment is that he would be almost helpless because there are so many things that are wrong with the world that it seems to be because we get so much information as a
9 But neither could you escape the fact that it seemed specifically designed for bumping off toddlers .
10 But despite the fact that it seems inhospitable , Dartmoor has a long history of use by humans .
11 Howard might well have been impressed by the importance given to classification by TDC , despite the fact that it seems to be unfashionable in western European administrations .
12 Of even greater importance is the fact that it seems that many of the Roman estates , the holdings belonging to villas and towns , continued into the post-Roman period and beyond to emerge as the basic administrative units of late Saxon and medieval England .
13 He always used to speak so bitterly about his experiences as a monk that it seemed bizarre to think of him working alongside them at Hurstdown .
14 It is such a landmark that it seems a shame to let it pass without making a permanent reminder of this important occasion .
15 It is no accident that it seems to confirm the position of animals near the foot of our thumbnail hierarchy or ‘ order of obligation ’ , discussed in previous sections .
16 In an interview the social worker needs to be able to start a conversation with someone in difficulty , who has a problem or need , and explore the matter in such a way that it seems the worker has the feel of the situation , and a grasp of the main facts .
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