Example sentences of "there [vb mod] seem [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 There may seem to be something excessive and paradoxical in this emphasis on a distant precedent as an important key to medieval kingship .
2 There may seem to be a lot of garlic involved here , but do n't let that put you off — this country-style stew is based on a Menorcan recipe and the traditional slow cooking gives the dish a sweet , mellow flavour .
3 There may seem to be no problem for an editor under these circumstances : each paper is assessed on its merits and published accordingly .
4 He points out that such a provision bans any invasion of sovereign territory , air space and maritime zones , even where there might seem to be good grounds .
5 There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations .
6 But when we turn to the input systems there would seem to be no choice but to use the language of ‘ representations ’ .
7 There would seem to be a strong argument , with so many millions of us , only to do it once .
8 These problems aside , there would seem to be much support from CAB advisers for a well-publicised telephone system to relieve pressure and widen the availability of the CAB .
9 While there is some research activity in linking statistical models to GIS there would seem to be scope for further applications of operations research techniques to GIS problems .
10 Firstly , there is wide recognition that the study techniques of higher education students are weak , and , if the small amount of institutional time and lecturing staff devoted to this part of higher education is any measure , there would seem to be some indifference to the students ' shortcomings .
11 There would seem to be little doubt that Parliament could , by passing an Act ( which would , of course , necessitate the Royal Assent ) establish a republic .
12 There would seem to be no problem about proving enactment — the Royal Assent is today granted by Commissioners and there would seem to be no privilege bar to their giving evidence as to the grant .
13 There would seem to be no problem about proving enactment — the Royal Assent is today granted by Commissioners and there would seem to be no privilege bar to their giving evidence as to the grant .
14 I have never been able to ascertain just why such an arrangement should exist , since there would seem to be no 480 volt mains supplies .
15 Both agreed that there would seem to be no rational explanation , but everything pointed to the fact that Aubrey Clark was revisiting his old signal box .
16 There would seem to be three points of especial significance .
17 There would seem to be two main differences .
18 Finally , at least in the social sciences , there would seem to be strong social influences on which methods do get displayed and which are ignored .
19 There would seem to be four types of players contesting the board and two axes on which the game pivots : conservative — transformist ( a safer term than ‘ radical ’ ) , and centraliser — de-centraliser ( a safer term than ‘ liberal ’ ) .
20 ( He does not even make any special point about the dishonesty which there would seem to be in doing this when acceptance of those claims is not the cause of one 's own attitude — to do so would be , from his point of view , to play the moralist rather than the philosopher who should simply describe ethical discourse . )
21 Since most societies would appear not to match up to Goody 's ideal , there would seem to be few studies that can avoid the question .
22 If , for instance , I volunteered to give up some of my bone marrow to save a person suffering from leukaemia , then , so long as my own health was not in danger , there would seem to be nothing wrong with my momentarily relinquishing my autonomy .
23 This provides that : There follows a set of four rules specifying which law is to apply , depending on the nature of the equipment There would seem to be no gaps here .
24 For such a contention there would seem to be not a shred of evidence .
25 There would seem to be an ‘ attitude-change ’ between times ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) .
26 For a study of lexical semantics , there would seem to be two principal sources of primary data ; needless to say , the native language-user is central to both of them .
27 There would seem to be two components to this notion .
28 In many situations there would seem to be an obvious need for a CD approach to health care , professionals and communities working together to increase communities ' hold over a precarious existence , tackling causes rather than symptoms .
29 Obviously it should not be possible to evade the statutory immunity by pleading the genus and relying on the species as unlawful means , but there would seem to be no statutory protection if the unlawful means take any other form such as nuisance or trespass .
30 Often there would seem to be a smaller round structure at the side of the entrance .
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