Example sentences of "and [noun prp] seem to be " in BNC.

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1 The lessons of such experiences as NADP/GMTS and MESOL seem to be that the issues are as much about targeting and fully funding as about elitism .
2 This fight between Ted and Jean seemed to be her life 's single pleasure , and who could blame her ?
3 Wallace and Deane seem to be sparking a bit though .
4 Bevan , Matthews , O'Donnell , Reiffel , Scuderi and Zoehrer seem to be the likely omissions from the final 14 if Bruce Reid is fit .
5 HP and IBM seem to be taking a vanguard position in this thing and are pretty cosy themselves ( UX No 430 ) .
6 Hewlett-Packard and IBM seem to be taking a vanguard position in this thing and are pretty cosy themselves .
7 The bills were mounting up and Nigel seemed to be earning less and less .
8 To Orderic Vitalis , an Anglo-Norman monk of the early twelfth century , the love poetry of Aquitaine and Provence seemed to be evidence of the moral corruption of the south .
9 Jim liked him , and Bruce seemed to be able to manage with her mother .
10 Alain was getting quite hot under the collar and Dieter seemed to be winding him up on purpose . ’
11 Colombia , it is true , still seems to regard herself as an Atlantic nation — her trade goes principally through the Caribbean port of Cartagena rather than through the dire and crime-ridden wharves of the Pacific port of Buenaventura ; but Ecuador ( which has island possessions in the Ocean ) and Peru seem to be becoming further and further entwined in Pacific matters ; and Chile — ah , Chile !
12 Ergotimos and Kleitias seem to be the inventors of a more elegant type , the ‘ Little Master ’ , which in the next generation settled into two forms , ‘ Lip-cup ’ ( fig. 50 ) and ‘ Band-cup ’ ( fig. 51 ) .
13 Both Richard and Rob seem to be jogging along quite nicely .
14 A difference between McGregor and Tuckman seems to be that the former sees some groups as fixed in their poor behaviour , whereas the latter implies that groups tend to move out of the ineffective stages into more effective behaviour .
15 Malcolm disposed of Haynes with a very fast , dipping full toss , and then after Greenidge and Richardson seemed to be settling down , wickets began to go .
16 Gillroy could no longer raise Darwin , and Koepang seemed to be off the air .
17 In Douglas 's defence , Jean Simmons once told me , ‘ When Stanley came on he said he would like me to do it , and Kirk seemed to be happy about that . ’
18 Clare was not fooled by any of this , although Sue certainly was , and Bryony seemed to be coming round .
19 It was the first Christmas anybody had even been absent and Moran seemed to be painfully aware of Luke 's absence .
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