Example sentences of "[not/n't] seem [prep] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A higher proportion of the CSW team 's notional ‘ elderly ’ time was devoted to work with people not yet clients , or ‘ not exactly ’ clients ( whether they were regarded as open cases or not seemed to be a matter of chance ) . |
| 2 | At first sight this might not seem to be a serious problem ; one thing stands for others if it is used or taken as representing them . |
| 3 | Now , this may not seem to be a feasible solution , except for the odd application such as electric blanket or underfloor heating where full wave rectified unsmoothed 50 or 60Hz AC will produce heating from a mixture of 81% DC and 19% AC at 100 or 120Hz and above . |
| 4 | There did not seem to be a half-way house between public and private ownership . |
| 5 | ‘ It does not seem to be a hive of industry , ’ Morton said . |
| 6 | A General Council of all the Churches does not seem to be a realistic possibility in the foreseeable future . |
| 7 | On the other hand , the proportions of vegetation destroyed in temperate habitats are much less , and this does not seem to be a limiting factor in these areas . |
| 8 | It really did not seem to be a problem . ’ |
| 9 | Unfortunately in practice this does not seem to be a possibility . |
| 10 | There does not seem to be a constant period before illness develops , and in some people , infection estimated to have lasted for more than eight years has not resulted in illness . |
| 11 | The other did not seem to be a real problem at all . |
| 12 | This may not seem to be a very daunting task , but when a man who has been flying four engine jet transports all over the world is suddenly confronted with a young pilot who has just written-off the landing gear of a light aircraft while trying to land in a cross wind , the true qualities of the new inspector are under test . |
| 13 | Whilst certainly they may receive something in return , there does not seem to be a pressure to balance out the gifts . |
| 14 | As far as validation is concerned , there does not seem to be a lot to live up to . |
| 15 | For instance , to many researchers there does not seem to be a universal cause of depression : some depressions are due to lost love-objects ; some seem to be more constitutionally based . |
| 16 | Shoulders and upper arms are covered by a cape , or perhaps rather a cape-like adjustment of the dress : seen from the back it does not seem to be a separate garment . |
| 17 | Although anal intercourse may play some part it does not seem to be a necessary activity for the development of anal cancer . |
| 18 | Therefore , the potential influence of male homosexuality on the development of anal cancer does not seem to be a new phenomenon . |
| 19 | DNA bending does not seem to be a general feature of eukaryotic transcription factors and has hitherto only been demonstrated for little more than a handful of such proteins ( see e.g. 44,69 and references therein ) . |
| 20 | However , there does not seem to be a simple connection between resistant rocks and incised meanders , as Blache has pointed to the fact that the lower Loire passing through Palaeozoic rocks does not meander , while the Seine has meanders in the Chalk of a greater size than those found in the Mississippi . |
| 21 | It was in fact the first time she had thought of such a thing , and it did not seem to be a very good idea , but nothing irritated her more than being addressed in that Listen With Mother voice ( particularly as her daughter-in-law spoke to her children quite normally ) and it goaded her to contrariness . |
| 22 | Prior involvement in course validation did not seem to be a major factor . |
| 23 | There did not seem to be a living soul left among the houses , except for someone banging on the door of the lock-up . |
| 24 | There does not seem to be a consistent dose related hepatotoxic effect , even in overdose . |
| 25 | This reflux does not seem to be a result of the use of bronchodilators . |
| 26 | The heterotrimeric Gs protein does not seem to be a substrate for protein kinase C , and treatment of cells with pertussis toxin to remove the influence of Gi did not unmask an inhibitory effect of protein kinase C on the response to gastric inhibitory polypeptide . |
| 27 | Despite the reliable reporting of symptoms and conserved sensitivity to acid , reflux symptoms reflected poorly the prolonged oesophageal acid exposure and do not seem to be a reliable guide to the severity of oesophageal involvement in PSS . |
| 28 | Plate descent itself does not seem to be a major factor as isostatic rebound does not appear to occur after subduction has stopped . |
| 29 | There did not seem to be a satisfactory answer to that and indeed to prolonging this very bitter rollicking that he was bent on awarding me . |
| 30 | While there did not seem to be an overall shortage of teachers , their distribution was very uneven between regions , and their qualifications varied widely . |