Example sentences of "the [num ord] [noun sg] may seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extra complexity of the second hypothesis may seem a good reason for preferring the first , but in fact any theory of latent inhibition will need to find some place for the idea that associability can change if it is to accommodate the chief conclusions to emerge from Chapter 3 . |
| 2 | The twentieth century may seem threatening at times for someone with these problems , but at least you are not likely to be struck down in your prime by cholera , smallpox or bubonic plague , and there is little risk of being eaten by lions . |
| 3 | The last sentence may seem obscure or — in the light of recent outcry against paedophilia — a hedging of bets . |
| 4 | Indeed the reference to Sappho in the last stanza may seem to come out of nowhere ’ [ Landry , 84 ] . |
| 5 | The last symptom may seem tautological , but in effect it is self-reinforcing . |
| 6 | The last statement may seem to imply that a variant of the underconsumptionist thesis is being adopted , but as Marx pointed out , consumption by workers almost invariably reaches a high point immediately before a crisis breaks out . |