Example sentences of "not seem to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she did not seem to be listening , Dexter knew from experience that she would remember everything important he had told her . |
| 2 | Lesley-Jane , perhaps from long experience of having her mother going on about her or perhaps just from exhaustion , did not seem to be listening . |
| 3 | God did not seem to be listening . |
| 4 | People in Donegal listened earnestly to the priest , craning forward as if to show him that they were there , but did not seem to be taking in the words . |
| 5 | The adviser argued that the school as a whole did not seem to be discussing , or have any explicit policy on multicultural education . |
| 6 | The idea that people enter care ‘ wilfully ’ or ‘ inappropriately ’ enter institutional care does not seem to be borne out by the available data . |
| 7 | These pit-stops proved to be disastrous for Hill , whose Williams crew did not seem to be prepared and he slipped back from second to fourth as a result of his stop which lasted more than 17 seconds . |
| 8 | However , the reluctance of sentencers to imprison women does not seem to be based on any clear principles , given the supposed principle of equality before the law . |
| 9 | It is introduced as a hypothesis which can bring coherence and understanding into this area — a piece of speculation which has continued to worry empiricists ever since it was first developed since it does not seem to be based on facts . |
| 10 | These comments do not seem to be based primarily on the notion of standardization as a process ( J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1985a ) that might have been beginning to have an effect about this time : they present the standard language as a coherent entity — a variety , like any other variety . |
| 11 | Recognizing the fact that they do not seem to be enjoying their children and are missing the fun of childhood can be one way into helping them realize the value of a positive approach . |
| 12 | My masters appeared to agree with me , but in spite of a number of recommendations in accident reports we did not seem to be getting anywhere . |
| 13 | HARD TIMES do not seem to be quenching the natural scepticism of Britain 's youngsters . |
| 14 | If we can identify style markers , we shall rule out , simply by ignoring them , whole areas of the English language which do not seem to be exploited in any unusual way in a particular text . |
| 15 | The pace of technological innovation in manufacturing does not seem to be slowing down . |
| 16 | The modern pressures on a clergy family do not seem to be explained to the laity . |
| 17 | In these papers , all kinds of non- and extra-philosophical activities become the basis for philosophical reflection , for instance menstruation and childbirth ( Brenda Almond 's paper ) ; a gut reaction to pornography ( Alison Assiter 's paper ) ; the fantasies that disturb because of their apparently unfeminist nature Jean Grimshaw 's paper ) ; and nonviolent demonstrations against missile bases ( Anne Seller 's paper ) ; the point in each case being that these experiences are the starting point , because their importance did not seem to be recognised within the theoretical categories already provided , and so urgently impel the theorist to work out categories that are more adequate . |
| 18 | Back in the early 1970s there were suggestions that some Auckland players were taking rather unusual medical treatment , although steroids did not seem to be involved then . |
| 19 | Daemons did not seem to be involved at all . |
| 20 | Furthermore , the balance of the domestic division of labour does not seem to be related to the work done by men . |
| 21 | One surprising aspect of the recall results was that they did not seem to be related to previous knowledge of the junctions , it had seemed possible that even simple junctions would be memorable if they had not been previously encountered . |
| 22 | Chemiluminescence was also inhibited by indomethacin , but this did not seem to be related to inhibition of cyclo-oxygenase . |
| 23 | The mechanism by which H pylori infection increases serum gastrin is unknown but does not seem to be related to the bacterium 's urease activity or any effect of this on antral surface pH . |
| 24 | The course and severity of the pulmonary involvement does not seem to be related to the activity of the intestinal disease . |
| 25 | Therefore the extreme versions of both theories do not seem to be supported by the empirical evidence on the demand for money , although measurement is complicated by various definitional and conceptual problems . |
| 26 | In contrast , the differentiation of γ thymocytes does not seem to be affected by the TCR- β mutation . |
| 27 | In human pathology , this kind of mutation has been correlated with severe diseases such as the Kearns-Sayre syndrome , but the mutant strain , does not seem to be affected by the mutation ( 1 ) . |
| 28 | Justice simply does not seem to be built into the system . |
| 29 | She did not seem to be moving around . |
| 30 | They do not seem to be burdened with the same difficulties as the private profession , presumably partly because of the different image of the agency involved and the different expectations of the client involved . |