Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [prep] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , this looks like one to be grabbed with both hands , I should say … if I were asked … |
| 2 | legend , this looks like it to me |
| 3 | This seemed to me to be one of the most perceptive remarks in the essay , about which some elaboration on his part would be of considerable interest . |
| 4 | This seemed to me to be a pretty fair definition of hell , but I tried to look like a man who enjoyed such occasions . |
| 5 | This seems to me to be an enormous change . |
| 6 | This seems to me to be mostly self-regarding poppycock . |
| 7 | This seems to me to be a more accurate picture of the nature of religious belief than one which suggests that those who really believe , must confess to an unbridgeable gulf between themselves and ‘ unbelief ‘ . |
| 8 | This seems to me to be at the root of the false notion of ‘ independence ’ being pursued by so many local élites throughout Europe and beyond . |
| 9 | And this seems to me to be the clue . |
| 10 | This seems to me to be only half the story . |
| 11 | May I quote in its entirety the sentence from which you extracted your sub-title : ‘ In order , on the one hand , to make use of the catalogue easier , and on the other , to keep certain material confidential to protect the artist 's name , image and market every work is accompanied by a caption which gives only the principal facts from the archival entries ’ This seems to me to be quite clear and explanatory of common practice in the writing of captions . |
| 12 | This seems to me to be a real cause for celebration . |
| 13 | This seems to me to be more consistent with the need for justice to be seen to be done — and this both by the alleged contemnor and the more general public . |
| 14 | This seems to me to be the minimum information necessary if the order is to be capable of restoring the parties to their former positions . |
| 15 | This seems to me to be an eminently sensible arrangement , and I think this sort of structure could also work here . |
| 16 | While the Mental Health ( Scotland ) Act 1984 is undoubtedly superior to the English legislation in regard to the use of extensions of the leave of absence provisions , this seems to me to be a less than satisfactory way of addressing the problem for a number of reasons , both practical and philosophical . |
| 17 | This seems to me to be a highly , high responsible budget bringing us closer and closer to a position where we will eventually reach . |
| 18 | The Commons 's select committee on transport recommended ‘ in view of the present lack of empirical data on the performance of road pavements capable of carrying more than 20 million standard axles this appears to us to be an extremely short-sighted cutback by the Department . ’ |
| 19 | Marion decided finally that she 'd start with " Dearest Pete " and work up gradually to " Pete , my darling " because that seemed to her to be the most loving , the most tender , the most romantic : the one with the sound of real love echoing round the saying of it when it was spoken . |
| 20 | That seemed to me to be a perfectly proper use of what the company had to offer . |
| 21 | That seemed to me to be a nice balance — good for our shareholders , good for our company and good for the country , as I saw it . |
| 22 | That seemed to me to be taken for granted and perfectly possible . |
| 23 | That seemed to me to be a specific and different group , although many of them were older women , but that is a different point . |
| 24 | That seemed to me to be daft , bordering on snobbery . |
| 25 | That seemed to me to be quite all right , since I was quite sure that I was better than the average man . |
| 26 | That seemed to me to be a fairly convincing argument , and I was too tired to put up much of a fight . |
| 27 | That seemed to me to be a very good read , a serious book . |
| 28 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
| 29 | And I said that sounds to me to be a very good idea . |
| 30 | That sounds like it to me . |