Example sentences of "[noun] seem [to-vb] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there are different kinds of planners — the Orcadian planners seem to have been unreceptive to public opinion whereas in Shetland they may have been younger and more immature but they listened to complaints . |
| 2 | Unlike the French , the English song-composers were still wide open to Italian influence — and to the new monodic style before the Germans seem to have been aware of it . |
| 3 | At least two coaches seem to have been involved in a collision in the Leopoldstadt , near the canal . |
| 4 | The Minoans seem to have been self-sufficient in terms of basic needs , which must have put them in a position of trading strength , but they relied on imports for supplies of exotic raw materials for the manufacture of luxury goods . |
| 5 | Many providers seem to have been able to ‘ capture ’ the market place , safe in the knowledge that they are in a better position than purchasers to favourably influence the local and national political environments to their advantage . |
| 6 | The English Association was set up to promote the maintenance of " correct use of English , spoken and written " , the recognition of English as " an essential element in the national education " , and the discussion of teaching methods and advanced study as well as the correlation of school with university work.48 From the beginning , personnel attached to the new Board of Education seem to have been sympathetic to the view of English as the most natural candidate to lead a mission of cultural renewal : at any rate , from its inception the English Association set out to ensure that such was the case . |
| 7 | But certainly the family and descendants of Judas of Galilee seem to have been involved in many of the more ambitious , more co-ordinated , more professional Zealot enterprises . |
| 8 | Local goldsmiths evidently learnt from this , but in general Greek craftsmen and patrons seem to have been content with their own style . |
| 9 | From the outset , commentators seem to have been astonished at the great interest the competition evoked . |
| 10 | The earliest deposits of Eurodollars seem to have been those in the Moscow Narodny Bank in London and that of another USSR owned bank in Paris . |
| 11 | The foundations of the later temples largely obscure the plans of their predecessors but , from the patchy remains that have been investigated , the older temples seem to have been similar in style , scale and layout to the later temples , although they were perhaps slightly less complicated . |
| 12 | The DES seem to have been aware of this problem by 1984 when Educational Support Grants ( ESG ) were established ( DES , 1984 ) offering funds to LEAs to appoint consultant teachers who would work with pupils alongside classroom teachers developing practices in curriculum areas which the DES perceived as important . |