Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it seems [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are so ponderous and unwieldy and so vulnerable to obstruction that it seems remarkable that major decisions are ever made outside of crisis situations . |
| 2 | Staphylococcus aureus and alpha haemolytic streptococci were the most commonly identified organisms and were usually isolated from the biopsy channel of the endoscope and it seems likely that needle tip contamination is the chief culprit . |
| 3 | It is evident that Ollier ( 1981 ) , although making a plea for a more evolutionary geomorphology , does not cite the quantitatively expressed geophysical research and it seems unlikely that geomorphology can contribute in such areas unless it is willing to adopt the methods and language of other practitioners . |
| 4 | Though we did not measure reticulocyte counts in our patients there was no evidence from the blood films of significant reticulocytosis or polychromasia and it seems unlikely that this explanation might have contributed to our results . |
| 5 | He likes to ask voters if they are ‘ on board ’ and is quick to offer personal help where it seems appropriate . |
| 6 | ( In Example 90 , the triads are so frequently of the augmented type that it seems probable that the harmony was composed first and the horizontal outline of each voice delineated only afterwards . |
| 7 | Extreme reductionism is usually a sign of restricted outlook and it seems safe to say that sociobiology will not remain long in so puritanical a stage . |
| 8 | However , final planning permission may delay the start of work and it seems likely that the club 's Pizza Express National League team will continue to play their home matches at Feltham at least until Christmas . |
| 9 | But the information which was handled in FEMIS made up only the bones of college work and it seems likely that the initial difficulty experienced in FE about translating information into worthwhile knowledge about the improvement in learning would also be experienced at the primary or secondary levels . |
| 10 | The overall costs of implementing RMI are also beginning to be a worry and it seems likely that there will be a slowing down of large-scale implementation with a preference being given to smaller more gradualistic approaches to providing information needs . |
| 11 | This suggests that the solution of limestone in such areas must be controlled by components other than carbonic acid and it seems likely that organic acids play a major role . |
| 12 | I 'd have hoped the England team would have been selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more |
| 13 | ‘ I would have hoped teams were selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more . |
| 14 | Yesterday you mentioned that your contractors work to a pre-arranged schedule and it seems possible that they have accidentally omitted this stretch of Station Lane . |
| 15 | On the whole we are too ashamed to use inconvenience as a way of changing behaviour because it seems dishonest and inefficient . |
| 16 | And the grandmother 's homily in all its macabre detail , leading up to ‘ so if the dead could shave there 's no excuse for the living ’ releases a humorous response because it seems just what a respectable parent would say , in desperation to whip her errant son back to the straight ‘ n ’ narrow . |
| 17 | Secondly , at any time in the relevant period the property given to the donee must be enjoyed by the donee or it seems any other person to the entire exclusion or virtually to the entire exclusion of the donor . |
| 18 | ‘ I see no prospect of improvement in the North 's economy and it seems ridiculous to talk about an upturn . |
| 19 | Certainly witches still have a tradition of performing rites at special places in the countryside and it seems natural for people to want to express their relationship with the Earth in the form of ritual at sites where they know the earth energy can be found . |
| 20 | At Christmas we are confronted with the face of a baby and it seems churlish to obstruct the tide of warmth and sentiment which flows out to descend on Bethlehem . |
| 21 | and I thought come into my head , it 's probably complete rubbish but it seems logical at the time which was , if you got rid of er , a lot of the various taxes that they paid and put everything on to VAT , apart from the fact that you 'd be a few , just by upping the rate of VAT they would collect the extra monies , you 'd save a lot of the money you 'd pay in administration costs by , all the various different departments er |
| 22 | I call this an alternative theory because it seems obvious to me that the committee did think that clause 12 was necessary — and I am not simply referring to the definition of ‘ deception . ’ |
| 23 | We might be inclined to reject the arrangement because it seems unattractive and not what we want . |
| 24 | Although the threat of competition from institutions offering conveyancing may have receded for the moment , solicitors must not be complacent about the threat from the institutions because the Government may again consider encouraging outside competition if it seems political mileage may be gained . |
| 25 | Other factors such as the personal and public importance of the event are equally likely to be of significance and it seems inappropriate to regard such memories as providing evidence for a general enhancement of memory related to increased arousal or emotion . |
| 26 | Regional authorities are much happier with a combined approach and it seems possible to retain our individual identity within this framework , while promoting development education ( and allaying the fear of a hidden agenda for fundraising ) . |
| 27 | The reason that it seems unpromising follows directly from the Freudian theory of psychosis which sees it essentially as a withdrawal of libido from objects and its re-investment in the ego . |
| 28 | A variable which has played an important role in many theories of driving behaviour is subjective risk and it seems likely that this may have important influences on drivers ’ memory for situations for a number of reasons . |
| 29 | They will be able to weigh up the advantages of breaking a law and not doing so ; and they will tend to choose the former path if it seems likely to secure economic and career advancement . |
| 30 | Community care is being used as a euphemism for family care and it seems unlikely that recent policy developments will alter the basic pattern . |