Example sentences of "not have seemed " in BNC.
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| 1 | That these people would one day be enthroned in the citadel of power could not have seemed conceivable to him . |
| 2 | The past world recorded in the rocks could not have seemed more alien . |
| 3 | IT MIGHT not have seemed so at the time , but Troy Coker 's sending-off for punching against Bath proved to be a blessing in disguise for the quarrelsome Queenslander . |
| 4 | Such timber buildings would have been built using the accumulated experience of the community and would not have seemed such an intricate task to those who regularly witnessed the activity . |
| 5 | Her school has a high proportion of ethnic minority children where I felt Balbinder might not have seemed such a problem . |
| 6 | A more rigorous church system , which in any case allowed them a chance to work out their own salvation , may not have seemed too high a price . |
| 7 | If a pair of twins were born into one of these families , would it not have seemed significant indeed — a divine sign , a portent , a confirmation of expectations ? |
| 8 | Truman was reminded that it was an agreed military estimate that if Indo-China falls , ‘ very likely all of South-East Asia may come under communist domination ’ and , although it might not have seemed a very credible danger , it was pointed out that the Philippines were less than 800 miles from Indo-China . |
| 9 | Neither Long not Chamberlain would have made great changes in the party , and the election of either would not have seemed to signify a great change . |
| 10 | In the early to mid-'80s , The Wasp Factory 's prole art debut would not have seemed so brave , but in releasing an album bound to infuriate and confuse most who cross its path at this time they really are pressing their luck . |
| 11 | If the lady of the house had swished down the stairs in a crinoline en route to her waiting carriage it would not have seemed out of place . |
| 12 | In the early to mid-'80s , The Wasp Factory 's prole art debut would not have seemed so brave , but in releasing an album bound to infuriate and confuse most who cross its path at this time they really are pressing their luck . |
| 13 | But even if I 'd thought , it would n't have seemed right to go poking and prying with her only just dead . |