Example sentences of "[modal v] seem to [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This should take into account the physical , legal and market implications of what , on the face of it , might seem to be a simple process . |
| 2 | The arrival of the ‘ Extremities , Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions ’ album seemed to provide an apt moment to compile the required discography and , thanks to help from readers John Elliot of Hawick and Mark from Sheffield along with Frank O'Donnell and his valiant cohorts at PolyGram , I 've managed to piece together what would seem to be a complete run-down . |
| 3 | The day when Britain 's independent power producers will be able to sell competitively and freely into a European grid as a matter of right would seem to be a long way off , despite the fact that this was all supposed to have been in place by the end of 1992 . |
| 4 | Now would seem to be a good time to buy PCs , but there could well be a certain amount of hassle before your new wonder computer is up and running properly . |
| 5 | After a meal consisting largely of refined carbohydrate food the blood-sugar level goes up very quickly , which would seem to be a good thing in satisfying the appetite . |
| 6 | And do n't forget , in two or three years time your son would be leaving home anyway , so his decision would seem to be a practical one . |
| 7 | The imposition of a slightly lighter sentence in a few cases would seem to be a small price to pay for the conviction of more guilty offenders . |
| 8 | There would seem to be a strong argument , with so many millions of us , only to do it once . |
| 9 | As an initial hypothesis , this seems reasonable : given the amounts of money involved in the experiment , and the fact that their payment was the total over the eight periods of the experiment , this would seem to be a reasonable approximation . |
| 10 | Identifying theirs from those that surround it would seem to be a baffling task in the darkness and some researchers believe that a bird is able to recognise the particular smell of its own burrow . |
| 11 | Moreover , given the open-ended nature of this phrase and the already existing divergence of opinion among the national courts as to how those words are to be interpreted , this would seem to be a classic situation for the UK courts to give effect to Community law by interpretation of the national law so as to achieve congruence between the national and the Community norms . |
| 12 | It might be felt that this is not perhaps the set of circumstances in which ignoring ail Continental experience would seem to be a logical and easily justified decision . |
| 13 | On specification alone it would seem to be a logical alternative to an imagesetter for any small to medium volume publishing house who were not obsessed with typographic detail — ie the majority … |
| 14 | ‘ That would seem to be a fair inference . ’ |
| 15 | So , it would seem to be a clear case of accord and satisfaction . |
| 16 | This rather formal term found in Scottish English is often used in academic writing in Scotland , and would seem to be a clear case of dialectal variation between different standard academic registers . |
| 17 | School internal evaluation would seem to be a pressing need in the region with the advent of the Delegated Management of Resources programme . |
| 18 | She will need to go if she is to take what would seem to be a deserved place in the record books . |
| 19 | Gravity has a similar effect ; a spaceship could skip close to a black hole for what would seem to be a short period of time and then emerge to find that , for the rest of the Universe , millions of years had passed . |
| 20 | Reducing drinking hours , therefore , would seem to be a sensible way of curbing some of the worst examples of drunken violence . |
| 21 | To insist that that is so would seem to be a hard claim to substantiate . |
| 22 | It would seem to be a basic condition of effective classroom practice that the setting in which children work should be consistent with and supportive of the particular learning tasks they are given . |
| 23 | The use of TIPSS would seem to be a valid alternative to surgery and has several advantages over either esophageal transection or surgical shunts . |
| 24 | This may seem to be a gloomy picture but it must be noted that , in relation to work , age is not a large aspect of individual differences compared with natural endowment , and that increases in ability can more than compensate for small decreases in capacity . |
| 25 | The obvious answer to all this may seem to be a separate crew to work and clean the ship and a team of specialists for the revenue work . |
| 26 | This may seem to be a difficult way of creating a tapestry or some embroidery , but if you are skilled at needlework you will find it extremely satisfying to have made something from your own design . |
| 27 | Elsewhere will seem to be er will seem to be a little bit cheaper to the purchasing authorities . |