Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men like Prior , Gilmour , Pym , Walker , and perhaps Heseltine seemed to be challenging the very premisses of monetarism . |
| 2 | Always Poshekhonov seemed to be close to him . |
| 3 | The half-hour after Compline seemed to be declining into total anticlimax . |
| 4 | Now Mill seems to be very unsure what to do about this because he does n't want to say that the poor should be disenfranchised , because after all everyone is entitled to their say in government , but he does seem to be worried that if the poor are given an equal say or the uned uneducated poor are given an equal say , then they will make a very bad decision , a decision which is against their own interests and this is one reason why he favours plural voting because he recognizes that the numerical majority might make a erm wrong decision , so we should make sure that the numerical majority do n't have sway in a democratic process by giving another client more weight in it so he seems to between wanting to disenfranchise them altogether which he seems to consider and just emasculating their vote by giving other people more votes . |
| 5 | Now Amsterdam seem to be willing to take him on despite the scandal , and are presenting him as an exciting and controversial figure , while many of his former colleagues in The Hague admire him , as do the public ; he is seen as decisive , inspiring and provocative . |
| 6 | The early evening rush hour slowed my return to Stuart Street but I was still the first home to No. 9 , and even Lisabeth seemed to be out or at least locked in her cage . |
| 7 | From here London seems to be a menacing , alien place . |
| 8 | Sometimes , Alex thought , eating a grape from the bowl provided by the management and then walking barefooted across to open the windows and step out on to the balcony , sometimes Nina seemed to be living on her own private planet . |
| 9 | Certainly Hudson seems to be suggesting this . |