Example sentences of "of [noun sg] seem [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was gon na say as I recollect I did n't see much wrong with it that I would disagree with erm I think it 's nice to see , you know , sort of progress seems to be going on and erm er what I would say is sort of it might be a good idea to sort of line the numbers up a bit more but erm |
| 2 | Relationships with in-laws , especially with parents-in-law , conventionally are regarded as problematic and therefore it is not surprising to find that patterns of support seem to be affected by the quality of the relationship . |
| 3 | Child care policy and practice in the United Kingdom , Flanders , and the Netherlands appear to be converging towards family and community-oriented services , although the pace of change seems to be slower in Flanders than in the other two countries . |
| 4 | On the face of it , two lines of defence seem to be open to him . |
| 5 | In the case of the other three functions , it will be argued that it is difficult to see how they could be treated as separate : for example , the placement of tonic stress is closely linked to the presentation of ‘ new ’ information , while the question/statement distinction and the indication of contrast seem to be equally important in grammar and discourse . |
| 6 | The laws of physics seem to be the same for particles and antiparticles . |
| 7 | To him , ‘ the cause of collectivism seems to be the cause of Social Progress . |
| 8 | The areas of experience seemed to be reserved for describing areas such as arts and applied crafts ( aesthetic and creative experience ) , and history , geography , economics , social and environmental studies ( social and political education ) . |
| 9 | All the ages of man and all the races of Islam seemed to be represented : mustachioed Arabs , dark-skinned Somalis , small South Indians in lungis , huge Delhi businessmen bulging out of their pyjamas , prodigiously bearded Afghans swathed in shawls like Old Testament prophets — all of them surging up through the Meena Bazaar towards the Jama Masjid steps . |
| 10 | An important point to emerge out of the network model is that aspects of non-co-operation seem to be more common than prototypically co-operative behaviour from a reader 's perspective , at least as far as SF is concerned . |
| 11 | Althouth the risk from this sort of exposure seems to be less than that from percutaneous exposure , there are documented cases of occupational acquisition of HIV through mucous membranes . |
| 12 | The only place where this type of sedimentation seems to be going on at the present day is in the ocean depths , where the deposits consist mainly of the remains of minute pelagic organisms , literally raining down from a watery heaven , plus volcanic dust raining down more intermittently from the aerial heaven above . |
| 13 | On June 21 a pastoral letter signed by all the country 's Catholic prelates warned against extrajudicial action by the authorities and remarked that " the superiority of the party over the authority of parliament seems to be an accomplished fact " . |
| 14 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 15 | Take advice urgently if your intended course of action seems to be at all risky . |
| 16 | The peasantry remained distressingly unresponsive to agitation and the rapid development of industry seemed to be strengthening the regime and foreclosing the option of direct transition to peasant socialism . |
| 17 | In fact , in these cases the division of labour seems to be the product of the exploitation of women by men , rather than its cause . |
| 18 | Although you look like a child , you are not really a child at all because your mind and your powers of reasoning seem to be fully grown-up . |
| 19 | The thick patches of light seemed to be focal-points , somehow … |
| 20 | The sight of blood seems to be an important component of the process , and it often provides the patient with the sense of relief which may be mingled with feelings of disgust or guilt . |
| 21 | area to the south of the River Thames within the dockland district of London , ‘ where the accumulated scum of humanity seemed to be washed from higher grounds ’ . |
| 22 | But it was n't true ; today the invisible hand of fate seemed to be drawing a thick black line under that particular chapter of her life which involved anything related to Luke . |
| 23 | Therefore , the effect of PEN seems to be mediated by changes in the inflammatory activity . |
| 24 | The notion of identity and of healthy identity stemming from knowledge of and contact with one 's family of origin seems to be a crucial concept . |
| 25 | Thus , the coronary vasoconstrictive effect of sumatriptan seems to be less than that of serotonin or the ergot alkaloid , which show additional 5HT and alpha-receptor stimulation . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , the very concept of truth seems to be an irritant for some . |
| 27 | For movement and dance , the Pineapple Studios in the same part of town seems to be one of the best there is , though it is not intended primarily for dancers and actors — people from all sorts of professions come along to keep fit . |
| 28 | No short but complete definition of turbulence seems to be possible . |
| 29 | Mr Berge 's special brand of anarchy seems to be particularily suited to capitalism . |
| 30 | The balance of evidence seems to be swinging away from the original idea of swamp-dwelling giant dinosaurs to fully terrestrial habits . |