Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] to [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't believe that those nobs in the West End were willing to pay good money for things that seemed to him to be nothing more than unnecessary luxuries . |
| 2 | All that seemed to her to be like a man writing , a foreigner to Italy , advising other foreigners , a teacher displaying his wisdom to likely pupils . |
| 3 | So that seemed to me to be all right . ’ |
| 4 | Thick make-up does little to dim the pink , fiery stars that seem to me to be as large as suns . |
| 5 | They concede that municipal monopoly of schooling has let down generations but they come back with ideas that seem to me to be sensible and subtle but also politically popular . |
| 6 | Well , she tells me that she is going to throw Shaun out because Shaun is boring , er , Don put her , Shaun she has no respect for she says because he has n't got a job , he wo n't get a job , he wo n't work , and she said to Lee what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back , once they were properly divorced take Pete back just as a lover and I said that sounds to me to be a very good idea , I said then your not at his mercy because anybody who 's at Pete 's mercy will suffer , his got a very nasty streak , his got a nasty snide way of putting things . |
| 7 | I am impatient and intolerant of much that seems to me to be merely negative , if not actually destructive , legislation . ’ |
| 8 | One event that seems to me to be very important is Vatican Two . |
| 9 | She felt that it was n't children 's job or children 's responsibility to look after the world , it was our job , and that it was not fair to make children feel responsible for doing that erm I mean that seems to me to be a legitimate viewpoint and erm but it 's one of many and I mean other people may feel that in order to save the planet , or indeed prevent wars in the future , it is important to expose children to the dangers of , you know , the current situation . |
| 10 | The Board of Inland Revenue had the power to serve a notice on any body corporate , requiring particulars that appeared to them to be relevant to a transaction to which s 485 might apply . |
| 11 | — ( 1 ) Where , at the beginning of the transitional period , there is no students ' association established for the students of the college , the college council shall , as soon as is practicable after that date ( after consultation with such persons as appear to them to be representative of students of the college ) , make a scheme for the establishment of a students ' association for students of the college . |
| 12 | If the Secretary of State is satisfied … that any local education authority … have acted or are proposing to act unreasonably … he may … give such directions … as appear to him to be expedient . |
| 13 | 1 he Act states ‘ … the general purpose of a community council shall be to ascertain , co-ordinate and express to the local authorities for its area , and to public authorities , the views of the community which it represents … and to take such action in the interests of that community as appears to it to be expedient and practicable ’ ( Section 51(2) ) . |
| 14 | All such rights , powers , liabilities , obligations and restrictions from time to time created or arising by or under the Treaties , and all such remedies and procedures from time to time provided for by or under the Treaties , as in accordance with the Treaties are without further enactment to be given legal effect or used in the United Kingdom shall be recognised and available in law , and be enforced , allowed and followed accordingly : and the expression ‘ enforceable Community right ’ and similar expressions shall be read as referring to one to which this subsection applies . |