Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] that it be " in BNC.

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1 Both Jessica and Nadea seemed to agree that it was fitting and appropriate when I told them my first choice would be to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force .
2 Erm Mr Donson seemed to accept that it was er right for local planning authorities through their district wide open plans to give effect to policies in P P G seven for protecting the countryside for its own sake and he er mentioned landscape policies and then development minutes amongst other things .
3 Everything seemed to indicate that it was our friend Argol , or some flunkey of his .
4 Robinson 's ( 1955 ) results seemed to suggest that it is not .
5 The experience of the early curriculum projects seemed to demonstrate that it was not sufficient to change knowledge , but necessary also to change the attitudes , values and the taken-for-granted ways of doing things that govern professional activity .
6 But of course the minister in his speech earlier went far wider than that er he seemed to imply that it was n't just er th er duty on the accountant er acting in capa his capacity as an auditor but er the the accountant would have the same duty if acting as an accountant , tax advisor or indeed in any other capacity .
7 She seemed to think that it was her own child and showed signs of distress when Carrie took the baby from her .
8 Most people on the ‘ Carry Ons ’ seemed to think that it was quite nice having Ken around , which assuredly had a lot to do with his love of the series .
9 Erm , four nine , the research of formal question letter , order form or contract , to my mind , quite honestly , a purchase order form is a contract from the client but erm , the quiff seemed to think that it was n't so , I do n't know whether it 's worth changing this , depends how the auditors form .
10 At p. 117 , he expressed doubts as to whether money paid in response to an unlawful demand by the Crown could not be recovered in the absence of some threatened action or inaction , but he considered that English authority seemed to say that it was not recoverable .
11 My hon. Friend seemed to say that it was too easy to obtain the certificates , and that they were handed out with packets of cereal or like confetti .
12 It is not always reported as being in exactly the same location , although recent reports seem to suggest that it is not now capable of the movement which it once , extraordinarily , may have demonstrated .
13 ‘ You seem to forget that it 's my house , too . ’
14 None the less many writers seem to imply that it is , and as a result their position is unclear .
15 East Lancs spokesman Mr. Graham Vevers commented : ‘ Many people seem to think that it 's already a foregone conclusion that it will come here .
16 You seem to think that it 's all a game , a make believe .
17 I 'm , I 'm , quite amazed that , that , the question has even been asked , you know , that er that , that , er is this a good thing , I mean er presumably the people that are arguing that it 's not a good thing and that are concerned about events are actually condoning imperialism , er these people seem to think that it 's okay for a country to be occupied er like Poland was occupied by Germany and Czechoslovakia and France , that 's okay er and in fact you know we should just turn a blind eye to it and just let it carry on forever .
18 We seem to feel that it is a sense we can manage without .
19 Everyone seems to agree that it is easier to translate a novel than a poem : that one may appreciate the greatness of Dostoevsky in translation in a way that is not possible ( say ) of Pushkin .
20 It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 ; indeed evidence seems to indicate that it was one of the oldest and largest settlements at the time of Domesday .
21 Derek seems to remember that it was shortly after this change that a couple of what could have been nasty instances occurred .
22 ( Note that the law seems to assume that it is the father who should be prosecuted unless the mother alone has custody . )
23 Richard Roxburgh ( Letters , April ) seems to suggest that it is alright for BBC Enterprises to produce training videos as long as they are not successful .
24 Either way , the word seems to suggest that it was their inability or refusal to suckle which was regarded as characteristic — a supposition exactly in line with my theory that they represent the masculine , aggressive , weaning mothers of early agriculture .
25 He seems to think that it is fair that I should have first crack since I am the one who has carried the worms about for the last umpteen days .
26 Celia Brackenridge seems to think that it is at best frivolous , and at worst ideologically unsound , to suggest that any progressive change is possible in a field of civil society and popular culture ( such as sport ) unless or until we have put the world to right .
27 These poltroons seems to think that it 's a big deal to hoist a few pints of Smithwicks after an afternoon spent with their heads stuck up some geezer 's back passes .
28 However , this has to be made compatible with Marx 's claim that knowledge is produced in thought ( it is a thought-object ) a statement which seems to imply that it is , after all , produced by individuals .
29 ‘ He just ca n't seem to understand that it 's different now .
30 ‘ You do n't seem to believe that it 's possible to be a rogue and a good man at the same time . ’
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