Example sentences of "it [adv] seem [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A bit , but it mostly seems to be with rats and hedgehogs and seaweed . ’ |
| 2 | It only seems to be things I know already … . |
| 3 | We used to sell it but now it only seems to be Boots — I know it is still popular . ’ |
| 4 | So does it only seem to be |
| 5 | Similarly , there is nothing intrinsically right about Farmer and Parker 's typology of children affected ; it merely seems to be a revealing distinction . |
| 6 | Some of the cognoscenti had recognised why he was wearing the deaf-aid , but for the majority , it just seemed to be part of the character , justified by a couple of new lines . |
| 7 | It just seems to be a conversation we 've had before . |
| 8 | It just seems to be a sort of club for the clergy . ’ |
| 9 | No , I think it 's just that it just seems to be like this every year now Peter , that everybody tends to erm wait until the last minute . |
| 10 | This kind of worry is expressed more often in relation to the newer modular or semi-modular structures than the more traditional general degree which may have well-established patterns and requirements , but it nevertheless seems to be a widespread one . |
| 11 | It somehow seemed to be a cutting-off point , as if they were about to be flown away from any contact with civilisation . |
| 12 | Something like it still seems to be believed by some economists close to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 13 | It still seems to be over-green , rolling , bendy , miniaturised , unworldly . |
| 14 | The tiborium itself is thought to be a masterpiece of Renaissance art , although it hardly seems to be in the same class as that on Santa Maria delle Grazie . |
| 15 | Although Piers Place was the most beautiful house I had owned or ever would own , it always seemed to be in need of structural repairs , there was a large attic floor which we did n't need ourselves and yet were disinclined to furnish for renting out , and the traffic on the main road outside seemed to increase with every year . |
| 16 | Strong pink is not the easiest colour to handle , as it can clash terribly , but it always seems to be surrounded by masses of green foliage , blues and pale yellows . |
| 17 | Feminists have noted that it always seems to be appropriate for men to treat women as if they were intimates or subordinates . |
| 18 | But , whatever it is that her flooding liquid pigment does , one thing it always seems to be bringing about in the beholder . |
| 19 | These days , it always seems to be in at the deep end for Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd . |
| 20 | but it always seems to be something we want special , either a silly little comedy and things like that they were perfect , but anything we really want , it always seems to stop |
| 21 | It always seem to be the yachtie women that walk in between the locks , their men seriously at the wheel . |
| 22 | It also seems to be the character of the trust in personam to which a later source , the fourth-century paraphrase of Gaius from Autun , means to refer in speaking of the beneficiary of a trust of a whole estate as having no right to take possession of the estate himself but having to claim it from the heir . |
| 23 | It also seems to be roughly true that in domestic breeds of sheep the horns are more tightly coiled — they display greater torsion — whereas in the wild the horns of many antelopes are long , straight , extended twists . |
| 24 | It also seems to be more of a woman 's forte to keep in touch with what is happening in the future . |
| 25 | However , it also seems to be the case that science is presented in schools as a body of uniform fact with no disagreement . |
| 26 | Not only that , it also seems to be true that certain herbs are good company for other plants , discouraging pests and diseases ; for instance , chives and garlic have some ability to prevent roses being infected with black spot , and chamomile is said to improve the health of young plants if they are weak and slow to grow . |
| 27 | It also seems to be so wide in scope that it could encompass almost anything . |
| 28 | It also seems to be that it 's different in different cultures . |
| 29 | It also seems to be a sad fact that the increase in freedom since Die Wende The Turning has brought with it an increase in monetary problems and the 26 artists here , all of them under 40 , obviously have great , heart-searching problems to cope with . |
| 30 | To H. C. Wyld , for example — surely the best historian of English — it probably seemed to be common sense to believe that RP was the most important accent of Modern English , and that a historical account of English pronunciation should therefore be , in effect , a history of RP . |