Example sentences of "seem [adv] [adj] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed so odd to think that they did n't know . |
| 2 | Schools seem less reluctant to accept that the difficulties some children experience may well point to a more general problem in school or classroom interaction ; and teachers who have been helped to respond more appropriately to those pupils whom they had found most difficult to teach , have found that in the process they were becoming better teachers to their other pupils as well , with their job satisfaction rising accordingly . |
| 3 | If the word Gruyère on the packet can induce people to buy the product in question ( I have tasted it ; and it seems only fair to say that of its kind it is of a matchless ignobility ) then it becomes clear that it is a too innocent belief in authenticity and the efficacy of the ancient formula which has made us such easy victims of the purveyors of the farmyard-fresh Surrey chicken from the battery house , the mountain-brook trout from the breeding tank , via the deep-freeze , the hedgerow-ripened blackberry pie-filling out of the cardboard box . |
| 4 | After watching the eye movements of subjects during REM sleep , and then obtaining reports from them of intense visual imagery , it seems only natural to assume that one has something to do with the other . |
| 5 | It seems not unreasonable to argue that in a modern primary school all staff , and especially those with formal responsibilities of any kind over and above the class-teacher role , should have clear and properly negotiated job specifications . |
| 6 | It seems somehow presumptuous to believe that in 1989 Europe has emerged into a cloudless world in which such things are now no longer possible . |
| 7 | However , it seems more justifiable to claim that the RSVP technique is not testing the normal comprehension of sentences . |
| 8 | Butler sometimes talks of a passion as directed at one 's ‘ having ’ its object , but it seems more satisfactory to say that particular passions are directed at occurrences , and that the basic one can not be directed ; t the occurrence of pleasure for oneself since this always stems from having something occur one wished to do so . |
| 9 | There may be difficulties in particular law centres in finding the right balance between assisting clients in individual cases and taking on group work or projects , but it seems unduly restrictive to deny that the latter was a proper role for lawyers to play . |
| 10 | It seems perfectly reasonable to assume that people who frequently commit crime hold ‘ pro-criminal ’ values . |
| 11 | For example , it seems perfectly natural to claim that the quantifier some in ( 23 ) means " some and not all " : ( 23 ) Some ten cent pieces are rejected by this vending machine and that would be the basis of the natural interpretation of a notice with this message , attached to the machine . |
| 12 | It seems quite reasonable to assume that , when a speaker is organising a ‘ speech paragraph ’ which has two connected elements as its foci , both elements can be made phonologically prominent in the introduction . |
| 13 | It does seem rather odd to say that death is for the good of the person involved . |
| 14 | It may seem wholly arbitrary to assume that the association acquired by A should lose its effectiveness when that acquired by the X representation does not . |
| 15 | We have become so habituated to market relations that it can seem merely banal to observe that types of work which make a loss will , within market production , be reduced or discontinued , while types which make a profit will be expanded . |
| 16 | Rather than assuming that a few corrupt workers steal large amounts , it would seem more reasonable to contend that many , if not the majority , of employees regularly take small amounts . |
| 17 | It might seem that it would , because it might seem very natural to think that one red thing or image might be taken as standing for red things in general because of its natural resemblance to the other members of the class , this constituting the most fundamental sort of association . |