Example sentences of "seemed [adv] [adj] to be " in BNC.

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1	For the same reason they have focused on the groups who seemed most likely to be needy : the working class in the inner city , the isolated and the institutionalized .
2	The last of the great classic European wars ended in 1945 , and by 1989 seemed most unlikely to be succeeded by another .
3	For once , the girl seemed genuinely sorry to be finishing work .
4	Sjahrir seemed more likely to be acceptable to the Dutch government and late in November he indicated his willingness to begin ‘ tripartite ’ negotiations .
5	He seemed almost disappointed to be handed back the wad of notes .
6	Apart from a few Sikhs and a very irritable Hindu from East Sheen , most of the targeted persons seemed quite pleased to be asked .
7	It seemed too good to be true — I was going to Scarborough .
8	It seemed too good to be true and when Robyn had said all that was necessary she sat back and eyed him with suspicion .
9	It seemed too good to be true . ’
10	until they seemed too many to be counted .
11	Not a houseman — he seemed too confident to be a mere houseman .
12	Its procedures often seemed too specific to be worth the candle of locking someone up .
13	But not that curious ; she seemed too tired to be very interested .
14	When David Wood discovered his circle of churches at Rennes-le-Chateau in France , in 1982 , it was a remarkable discovery — that four ancient churches , a chateau and a megalithic feature stood exactly on the perimeter of a gigantic circle seemed too miraculous to be true .
15	Nobody doubted the fact of progress , both material and intellectual , since it seemed too obvious to be denied .
16	It seemed too modest to be profitable .
17	Even to Harry , then , her reaction to Clare Mallender 's death seemed too sincere to be ignored .
18	He always got up immediately and seemed very glad to be fighting in the correct manner .

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