Example sentences of "seems [prep] be [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The true position seems to be that something done or promised before the promise sued on is not by itself treated as a sufficient reason for the enforcement of the promise . ’ |
| 2 | The Marxist ethical imperative seems to be that whatever advances the cause of the proletariat or the advent of communism is ‘ ideologically correct ’ . |
| 3 | The modern perception of the hills , however , seems to be that they are one gigantic Butlin 's . |
| 4 | The answer seems to be that they are barely used at all . |
| 5 | Despite the popular image of Japanese employees as happy and harmonious group workers the reality seems to be that they are not . |
| 6 | The problem for Scotland 's lawyers seems to be that they are now exceeding their clients ' expectations of the legal services , Neil Fitzgerald explains . |
| 7 | The thing to remember is your last little note is that it seems to be that they 're accusing him of blasphemy as it was said . |
| 8 | And I wonder if it seems to be that they prefer you come out of the upper drawer than come up with your brilliant A levels or whatever . |
| 9 | One lesson seems to be that we can not tell anything about the consequences of taxation . |
| 10 | Okay , but why do we get the , the main thrust of erm , to the economic argument seems to be that we ought to be liberalizing , we ought to be facing that erm , that problem . |
| 11 | The sentimental message seems to be that it 's never too late to open up , confess and say sorry ( even if you 're dead ) , and once you do everything is OK , everybody gets a second chance in the new kinder , gentler America , tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life etc . |
| 12 | Although nature is infinitely diverse and the techniques and approaches used for its study are widely varied , a most obvious feature of science seems to be that it is concerned with the dismantling of superfluous structure , and the description of nature 's many facets in the simplest possible terms . |
| 13 | The problem seems to be that it is fundamentally about attitudes to work and such attitudes are subject to an inextricable and non-monotonic range of influences not only from work itself , with all the pressures of technological change , but also from prevailing economic , social and cultural changes in the community generally . |
| 14 | However , the prevailing view seems to be that it is preferable for women to withdraw from the labour market rather than for men to have to retire five years earlier . |
| 15 | The answer seems to be that it depends on their immediate environment , how they are socialized , their level of education or ‘ culture ’ . |
| 16 | The general attitude seems to be that it must have been a madman and the Church does n't have to deal with madmen . |
| 17 | It also seems to be that it 's different in different cultures . |
| 18 | It is difficult to be precise about the outcome , but again the general impression seems to be that there has been no significant and continuing deterioration , and some well-placed observers thought that behaviour had , on the whole , improved . |
| 19 | The problem seems to be that there is no majority in favour of any particular scheme . |
| 20 | It seems to be that there will be two consequences of the new law . |
| 21 | The meaning of the parable itself seems to be that there is a need for patience in the kingdom of Heaven . |
| 22 | The common pattern seems to be that there is an uneven flow of support across the generations , with a net transfer from older to younger which continues throughout the life cycle , and indeed after death in the form of inheritance . |
| 23 | The upshot of this foray into the literature on beliefs in antiquity seems to be that there was a great deal of credulity and some scepticism , as well as some wonderfully entertaining stories . |
| 24 | The idea seems to be that there is a training course that trains everybody in a certain response line . |
| 25 | ‘ But the difference with you Englishmen ’ , Mr Lewis said , ‘ seems to be that you do n't really hate the Germans any more . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , the received opinion seems to be that you should have sex and that it 's not all right not to have it . |
| 27 | The idea seems to be that you have tacitly accepted the protection of the laws and thereby you have tacitly undertaken to obey them . |
| 28 | The consensus view seems to be that he probably did not . |
| 29 | The main criticism seems to be that he wanted to change things , forms of service and such like . |
| 30 | Whether strictly order twenty eight , er order sixty , rule twenty eight for erm applies in this case is not amount entirely clear to me because the obligation to lodge a bill of taxation under rule twenty nine provides that he must begin proceedings for the taxation either within three months after the judgement direction or order of the terminations enter sides are otherwise perfected , and that is presently on it 's face which seemed to be debited May of nineteen ninety three and er accordingly that is right , it 's not in fact been any failure to comply with order tw order sixty two , rule twenty nine , one , and that has n't been disregarded , it 's not entirely clear to me that erm there is any matter come from paragraph sub paragraph A of rule twenty eight , four , it may already require , still nevertheless erm fall within paragraph B of rule fo , erm there has in fact been a delay in lodging the bill of costs for taxation , the delay being really and truly , the delay in having the order of Mr Justice perfected and it seems to me that although in chasing matters generally speaking it is the court will itself draw the order , nevertheless where er it seems to be clearly in this case would contemplate it that counsel would sign a minute erm that counsel do sign a minute and that minute has been signed having forwarded by the defendants solicitors to the defendants solicitors seems to me it must be the case that erm the obligation to , as it were , forward that minute to the court , it is an obligation which would lie upon the plaintiffs solicitors and it maybe said that erm there has been delay and erm on the best it should be lodged with the court sealed , er shortly after it was received and that therefore on that footing there has been delay lodging the bill of costs for concession , er Mr , doctor does n't seemed to be take any point in relation to that er because it 's not in his interest to do so , it seems to be that he does have to say if it has been delayed , with an order of twenty eight rule four that 's a rule , rule , rule twenty eight er four if he is to have interest disbarred and er Mr er he 'll apparently have the matter of read before the taxing master , it seems that the taxing master did not chew any sympathy with that er suggestion , that er there was in fact no breach of the requirement rule twenty , four , Mr he said , very probably , that erm , look on text upon it , he really is concerned to erm have this case dealt with as you put it on the merits , it seems to me it 's in the interest of all parties that erm I should deal with the case on merits have on the assumption erm that er , that that was lodged properly I think , I ca I , a matter of which found within rule twenty eight , four and that the taxing officer give our interest under that rule . |