Example sentences of "it seems [that] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I was not allowed to speak to the workers … it seems that their trade union membership is not allowed by the management . |
| 32 | Under the Summerskill regime it seems that officials can indulge in any sort of brutality they like . |
| 33 | Thankfully , it seems that the charming Claudio Zampolli , who , two years ago , brought the first prototype Cizeta to Geneva , is dreaming no longer . |
| 34 | It seems that one underlying problem is your relationship with your husband , who is gradually undermining your self confidence by comparing you as you are now with the way you looked as a teenager . |
| 35 | Well , it looks as though the Queen Mother is off to Scotland for the day , but that wo n't affect us , so it seems that we can go ahead . |
| 36 | It seems that another Lance-Corporal from the Stores Platoon , responsible for running the Force laundry contract , somehow managed to get all his personal laundry starched and pressed . |
| 37 | ‘ It seems that there are some , well , some low drinking dens on the other side of the tracks . |
| 38 | It seems that we do have some rights after all ! |
| 39 | It seems that the system of central planning , adopted after the Communist Party took power in 1948 , did bring some economic progress in the 1950s and even into the 1960s . |
| 40 | Difficulties abound , but it seems that the Russians are coming anyway . |
| 41 | It seems that while the definition of the word multimedia has changed , the baloney factor has n't . |
| 42 | On that evidence , therefore , and in spite of last night 's ominous phrases that the government would not tolerate ‘ chaos and anarchy ’ , it seems that the statement is more likely to be a specific warning — that people breaking in to armouries to steal weapons or ammunition could expect to be met by physical force — than a sign that the military are planning a political takeover . |
| 43 | It seems that China is still smarting over Britain 's decision to suspend the work of the JLG in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre . |
| 44 | It seems that although English greenswards remained innocent of South Africans , score cards from agreed events were exchanged through the mails . |
| 45 | It seems that although English greenswards remained innocent of South Africans , score cards from agreed events were exchanged through the mails in what is said to be a contravention of the Gleneagles Agreement . |
| 46 | It seems that scarcely one Black artist in Britain has had the benefits of an extended professional career : a dealer , regular exhibitions , interested critics , sales and the support of one 's peers . |
| 47 | Sure thing It seems that the only certain thing about the race is that it will be run at Doncaster . |
| 48 | You 're right — in rock and pop , it seems that people just have their thing . |
| 49 | As one settles down , then , to a quieter pop life , grows a little older , the more it seems that the ‘ correct ’ , the ‘ valid ’ response to music is the appreciative , the considered and discerning response , the thinking cap doffed to the craftsman . |
| 50 | The real significance of these comparisons remains unknown , as do the real workings of the dolphin mind , but it seems that dolphins and porpoises achieved their modern enlarged brains about 15–20 million years ago , whereas the evolution of the human brain is a phenomenon of the past few million years at the most . |
| 51 | It seems that the dolphin has been able to eliminate frictional drag and turbulence when it swims , a feat never achieved by any human-made vessel . |
| 52 | Although all ICI 's board members have endorsed the reorganisation ( which they all claim to be a radical one ) , it seems that both Mr Hampel and Mr Hutchison initially favoured a different course for ICI . |
| 53 | We wake in the night with a churning mind and it seems that nothing will settle the anxiety . |
| 54 | In chapter 17 it seems that Abraham did not tell Sarah that she would be having a child . |
| 55 | It seems that the use of a weapon is important in determining the legal classification of offences ( not surprisingly , since offences involving weapons may tend to have more serious consequences ) : some three-quarters of the serious woundings involved a weapon , whereas the proportion was only one-fifth for the less serious offences . |
| 56 | Indeed , it seems that the merest touching of another may constitute a battery , and this prompts the question of whether the criminal law ought to extend to such trivial incidents . |
| 57 | It seems that problems of proof loom large here : there is a fear that the unscrupulous would manipulate any law permitting ‘ mercy killings ’ , and the argument is presumably that this would put at risk more unwilling parties than a law allowing euthanasia would benefit willing parties . |
| 58 | In the case of Rose of Lima , who is simply a very extreme and therefore very demanding example of a more widespread phenomenon , it seems that we must at least understand , even if we do not wish to reclaim and emulate , the ideas about purity which governed her life . |
| 59 | It seems that a new vocabulary was emerging for describing the physical events of women 's lives . |
| 60 | It seems that it might take a great deal of commitment and determination to drag yourself out in the pouring rain or snow , until you think about how much you miss your husband when you can not even touch him for nearly two weeks . |