Example sentences of "[modal v] seem to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 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 . |
| 2 | But your list must seem to be there for a purpose . |
| 3 | In some respects the time for making images of landscape from a static viewpoint might seem to be over . |
| 4 | For on the one hand the Athenian type of behaviour might seem to be quite incompatible with local state obligations in law and electorally to majority , articulated , social interests . |
| 5 | It is not unknown for senior partners or founding partners to be given an extended period but , whilst opinions may legitimately differ on this , in principle a common retirement age might seem to be less contentious and the lower the age the better . |
| 6 | That might seem to be precisely the sort of querulous argument which the Left has familiarly been scorned for posing . |
| 7 | It would seem to be patently unfair to dismiss a driver with a perfect record prior to a momentary lapse which results in a court imposing a penalty , simply because the works ' rules are so rigidly drawn that the employer is deprived of exercising a discretion . |
| 8 | Let us look in detail at the last of these , since they would seem to be most relevant . |
| 9 | That would seem to be most appropriate strategy for the wounded SARFU would n't it ? |
| 10 | This would seem to be most applicable to Quadrant 4 types of innovations , and may well be counterproductive in the other areas . |
| 11 | ‘ They would seem to be most valuable papers . |
| 12 | Today this detached attitude to learning is being questioned even in subjects like science where it would seem to be most at home . |
| 13 | The mobile ALCAN unit would seem to be most mobile — looking at the background it would appear to be parked outside either Safeway or Gateway as there is a ‘ Y ’ and what appears to be part of an ‘ A ’ visible on the store front ! |
| 14 | The latter would seem to be closer to the truth . |
| 15 | This would seem to be completely at variance with human expectations ; the requirement for a ‘ god ’ survives all . |
| 16 | And the outcome of the general election , due next year , would seem to be either a hopelessly splintered parliament or a second period of ‘ co-habitation ’ between a Socialist president and a conservative prime minister . |
| 17 | At first sight the microscope would seem to be just the sort of classical measuring instrument that Bohr and his friends had in mind . |
| 18 | ‘ It would seem to be just a matter of time before the man 's identified . ’ |
| 19 | Therefore i if we , if he done that then that paragraph would seem to be slightly and the second point was really to ask if there was any further update on the progress in terms of negotiations in Surrey and East Sussex er in terms of this erm particular by-pass and I know that Mr in particular has been concerned with negotiations and Mrs also erm Mrs is not here therefore as Mr could advise me for us o of where we 're at really , so that we fully understand because obviously the the line of the by-pass is very important so far as any further development is is concerned . |
| 20 | There are others , however , where even after centuries of use this matching is not obviously satisfactory , for example violin playing would seem to be posturally a disaster , but there may be some subtle aids to very precise control of the sound generated in having the source of sound very close to the ear and perhaps some vibration transmission by the direct contact of this instrument and the jawbone . |
| 21 | ‘ if it is thought desirable that debentures in their popular meaning may be made irredeemable , it would seem to be both absurd and inconsistent to forbid a company to make its ordinary mortgages of land also irredeemable . ’ |
| 22 | The pope did not send him a pallium until June 634 and , given the long-standing papal concern with the well-being of the church of Canterbury , a three-year interval between Honorius ' appointment and the sending of a pallium would seem to be rather a long time . |
| 23 | it would seem to be rather a waste of erm |
| 24 | For such a contention there would seem to be not a shred of evidence . |
| 25 | Professional associations would seem to be well placed in terms of expertise and disinterest to carry out this kind of selection . |
| 26 | The presence of a fringing reef and a barrier reef on an island would seem to be best explained by glacial control , the barrier reef being formed with the Post-glacial rise of sea level and the fringing reef by the more stable modern sea level . |
| 27 | Small-group methods , individual audio-visual programmes , computer-assisted instruction and direct online training would seem to be particularly suitable for online education . |
| 28 | The dividing line between the categories would seem to be less arbitrary and illogical . |
| 29 | Surely no topic would seem to be less down the alley of this intellectually peripatetic social scientist . |
| 30 | It would seem to be all over . |