Example sentences of "seem have [vb pp] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his writings on the colonial situation in China and India , Marx was puzzled by the fact that , although both these countries seemed to have reached a higher state of civilization than Europe in earlier times , they were in his time being overtaken by Europe , as the colonial conquests showed . |
| 2 | In some ways , thought Henry , the man with whom Donald had been confused seemed to have had a better time of it . |
| 3 | It was then still some twenty minutes short of midnight , though they seemed to have devoured the greater part of the night already in this improbable interview . |
| 4 | Those communities which did not receive franchises seem to have suffered a greater degree of extortion , as their lords strove to recover some of the profits they were losing elsewhere . |
| 5 | I never stopped loving you , but somehow since I 've been abroad , and you 've been ‘ out in the world ’ , we seem to have struck a deeper note , and more powerful … |
| 6 | There were no longer any grave differences of principle between him and the king , but there must have been many routine tasks after so long an absence , and these seem to have occupied the greater part of 1107 . |
| 7 | Diuretics seem to have had a better protective effect than β blockers . |
| 8 | But what seems to have played the greater part is that he was the local candidate , whereas his rival , Stasys Lozoraitis , was seen as an incomer . |
| 9 | Cannon J. , who delivered his judgment in French , seems to have taken a wider view since he reached the same conclusion without reliance on the maxims of the civil law or the Quebec civil code : ‘ On peut dire que son droit est né en même temps qu'elle . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Without any treatment the tumour seems to have got no worse . |
| 11 | This also applies to the Cheesewring Quarry , which seems to have had a higher than normal accident rate in the past few years . |
| 12 | Only the south range seems to have found a later use as a row of shops fronting one of the main streets . |
| 13 | Sadly , this principle does not seem to have informed the later research . |