Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] seem to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Studies of working memory in animals may seem to be rather remote from the standard , acquired distinctiveness procedure . |
| 2 | When a waiter asked me , and the people I was eating with , sentence ( 2 ) in Task 2 , we understood him , even though , in textbook terms , his words might seem to be nonsense . |
| 3 | This may look like an easy knock-down argument against a silly theory which nobody has ever seriously held : but what is true of mental pictures would seem to be true of any kind of mental representing process which encodes sensations in some determinate form . |
| 4 | Although the plots of the two books would seem to be very different , they actually end in a similar manner , on a promising note . |
| 5 | While in theory multiple images would seem to be a way of enriching the screen 's information , in practice it was usually just distracting and slowed down the narrative speed . |
| 6 | So these first results indicated that quantum mechanics is adequate even for those situations where nonlocal effects might seem to be necessary . |
| 7 | A successful outcome in these areas would seem to be necessary if the EC is to be able to finance the activities necessary to build the new European Economy . |
| 8 | Professional associations would seem to be well placed in terms of expertise and disinterest to carry out this kind of selection . |
| 9 | Questions about the quality and price of commodities would seem to be natural applications for expert determination , but events have not borne out that assumption . |
| 10 | The investigation of what writers typically do when marking the structure of their texts would seem to be a more appropriate goal of discourse analysis . |
| 11 | ‘ This self-important manikin simply will not do … a unique combination of vanity , greed , and incompetence … his capacity for deceiving himself about his own motives would seem to be boundless … underdeveloped arm and shoulder muscles … a chronic inability to formulate sublime thoughts … if the production models are not a vast improvement on this pitiful prototype , God help us all … ’ |
| 12 | Only those displaying offensive materials in the windows of multi-storey apartment buildings would seem to be safe from conviction . |
| 13 | Fourteen days would seem to be a more reasonable period though the landlord may be concerned that this could leave little time for it to make a considered response where the notice is subject to a time restriction . |
| 14 | The alternatives would seem to be handing General Noriega to the US forces to face trial on drug-trafficking charges , which the Vatican has said it will not do , or giving him up to the new Panamanian Government , which has already declared it ‘ has enough on him to put Noriega away for life ’ . |
| 15 | However ‘ hostile ’ the weather and other inanimate conditions may seem to be , they have no necessary tendency to get steadily more hostile . |
| 16 | Examples of this are far from rare : on the contrary , this state of affairs would seem to be the norm , for example , for senses which have undergone ‘ metaphorical extension ’ . |
| 17 | Sparkling performance figures would seem to be out of the question . |
| 18 | As a result of this research , some advantages of multidisciplinary working combining skills from different professions would seem to be : |
| 19 | The Canadian provisions would seem to be no better than the English in this respect . |
| 20 | The imposition of a slightly lighter sentence in a few cases would seem to be a small price to pay for the conviction of more guilty offenders . |
| 21 | Wide as this range of activities would seem to be , the registers omit one vital aspect of the Council 's work . |
| 22 | However , another case of a child brought up in semi-isolation illustrates how unusual behaviour patterns would seem to be the product of minimal socialisation rather than the result of any inherent deficiency or abnormality . |
| 23 | Such food fortification programmes would seem to be the most practical method in countries where no major improvement in dietary intake is anticipated . |
| 24 | Such speeds would seem to be at variance with the shared space concept ; indeed some have gone so far as to suggest eight km/h as a more appropriate maximum consistent with child safety . |
| 25 | These examples may seem to be somewhat removed from the experience of a child who has grown up in an inner-city slum . |
| 26 | Such refinements may seem to be out of reach , but any practical approaches to reducing environmental noise will be helpful to pupils who need to rely more on their hearing as a channel for information . |
| 27 | ( Pollock , 1976 , p. 157 ) Also , at least some of what we call causes may seem to be ordinary things or indeed stuff , such as the snow . |
| 28 | However , if a stalemate occurs , then new elections would seem to be in the offing . |
| 29 | On entering the yard through the correct entrance , they would have been met by me , who would then have informed them that the smoke was merely magic smoke to lend atmosphere to the proceedings and that there was no cause for total panic as some pupils would seem to be prone to . ’ |
| 30 | Acceptance of these presuppositions would seem to be possible only on the basis of faith , and this point is made by Gandhi when he says |