Example sentences of "this [vb mod] seem [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may seem meaningless to non-churchgoers and trivial to churchgoers since it is part of the Athanasian Creed recited every Sunday . |
| 2 | This may seem idiotic to you , if you were brought up in the " filling-station " tradition . |
| 3 | This may seem strange to those who would think that Religious Affairs Correspondents would have the Glorious Twelfth of July firmly written in their diaries . |
| 4 | This may seem strange to us , but even among social insects , and certainly among birds and animals , there is a tremendous awareness of suffering , of danger to life and of mutual support in times of difficulty . |
| 5 | This may seem incredible to us today , but our actions would strike them as equally bizarre . |
| 6 | This may seem irrelevant to Hamlet taking revenge ; but this scene ( Act IV , Scene V ) shows the contrast between Hamlet , who thinks deeply about actions and their consequences ; and Laertes , the man of action , who does not think at all about the consequences of what he does , being driven by his heart rather than his head . |
| 7 | All of this must seem familiar to Brazil 's ex-President Collor , another economic reformer , also forced out on corruption charges . |
| 8 | This might seem artificial to those who have not had the joy of standing on the fells and watching this happen . |
| 9 | This would seem appropriate to the early stages of learning a foreign language , but is too restrictive if carried on to an advanced level . |
| 10 | Secondly , hemiplegic patients often have difficulties eating , chewing and swallowing , and this can seem repulsive to the carer . |