Example sentences of "be [verb] seem [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although these technical advances will not significantly alter the dominant influence of climate on the length of the growing season or on the difficulty of harvesting crops in the hills , the ideas on which they are based seem to be relevant and applicable to a wide range of hill environments and can accommodate many of the regional variations in farming practice . |
| 2 | The holy grail of limitless energy , ‘ harnessing the power of the Sun on Earth ’ , is metaphorically an irresistible force and today , 40 years after the quest began and with over twenty billion dollars already spent trying to achieve it , the barriers to be overcome seem to be immovable . |
| 3 | I think it might it might change a bit now it seems to be more American now especially in Australia all the music the current music in Australia that 's being played seems to be coming in from America . |
| 4 | Gabriel thought they could be talking about Bathsheba , except that the woman they were discussing seemed to be the mistress of a farm . |
| 5 | Even though information was not collected from women who were 45 years old or over , the pregnancy wastage in the older childbearing ages for which data were obtained seems to be of devastating proportions . |
| 6 | Forgetting where your car is parked seems to be an example of impaired memory for a relatively complex event at the tactical level . |
| 7 | Only a short time after Joe left , the ‘ phoney war ’ as it was called seemed to be over when Hitler invaded Norway and Denmark . |
| 8 | Being in the house was beginning to seem like being in Broadmoor , you know ? |
| 9 | And what he was saying seemed to be in direct conflict to the hurtful reasons for their marriage he had given her on the drawbridge yesterday . |
| 10 | The 375 years since it was unearthed seems to be short when compared to the 900 years or more it had lain buried . |
| 11 | He seemed to fill it — the very air she was breathing seemed to be full of him , air that he had pulled deep into his lungs first … |
| 12 | Cassie 's first reaction was that the temporal abnormality with which Rose Cottage was afflicted seemed to be worsening . |