Example sentences of "[noun] it seemed [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To American eyes it seemed that the whole of South-East Asia was now threatened . |
| 2 | There was something inside me after all , and whatever it was — to my untutored mind it seemed that it must be exceedingly unpleasant , even hideous — it was not well . |
| 3 | We were in line with the Craven fault it seemed and in an electric storm the tower and all its domestic equipment spat and sizzled like a jumping cracker . |
| 4 | In my own study it seemed that young women are becoming more critical of ‘ traditional ’ gender roles , but young men are not . |
| 5 | A few stars pricked the sky , and in the warmth of the car it seemed that she and Luke were the only two people in the world , travelling through a hushed darkness together . |
| 6 | At first glance it seemed that the vision of Monnet and Schuman of gradual sectoral integration binding the participants even closer together was one important step nearer realisation . |
| 7 | It is Eastern European in origin , and when I was in Hungary it seemed that every back garden was devoted to growing a mixture of dill and poppies . |
| 8 | In many respects it seemed that feminist aims regarding women 's rights in the public sphere had been achieved . |
| 9 | In all other respects it seemed that I was winning . |
| 10 | For a second it seemed that he would be unable to respond , but then he found his voice . |
| 11 | And for many years of their marriage it seemed that she was . |
| 12 | In all directions it seemed that scientific investigation was triumphing over ignorance , and scientific analysis replacing rule of thumb . |
| 13 | In the early days of July it seemed that the president 's plan could not fail : the leaders of every mainstream party joined the ‘ Yes ’ campaign , leaving opposition in the hands of an unholy alliance between the Fascists and Communists . |
| 14 | To Nkrumah it seemed that the British — and also the United States and France — were behaving in a devious and cynical fashion , pretending to uphold the UN but in reality sanctioning the separatist regime of Tshombe in Katanga . |
| 15 | In the early postwar decades it seemed that governments had some clear options . |
| 16 | During the Cold War it seemed that aliens , like communists , were poised to invade the West . |
| 17 | Even with the drama of Munich and the prospect of war it seemed as though Alec Reid had not found time for the outside world . |
| 18 | For a brief moment it seemed that the rain still hesitated , that it would only patter dispiritedly on the dust-filled gutters where its drops rolled like quick-silver . |
| 19 | Rodrigo , hearing of this , rushed to Alfonso 's aid and for a moment it seemed that the Emperor would relent and rescind El Cid 's banishment . |
| 20 | For a heady moment it seemed that they would not be disappointed . |
| 21 | For a moment it seemed that he would protest , but then he got up . |
| 22 | She did not turn her head when Melissa entered and for a moment it seemed that she was unaware of her presence . |
| 23 | for one moment it seemed that the bald man would carry the situation through by sheer force of character . |
| 24 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
| 25 | For a moment it seemed as though everyone but d'Arquebus would career back down fifty metres to the base of the tube . |
| 26 | For the next few weeks it seemed as though a genuine " United Front " would be established . |
| 27 | When I consulted a textbook it seemed that these were nuchal organs , important in food detection . |
| 28 | At one point it seemed that any would-be London cabbie seeking to learn ‘ the knowledge ’ had only to memorise Ray Davies ' song output in order to locate any part of the Metropolis . |
| 29 | When he landed on 20 October it seemed that the magic of Uncle Ho had not faded . |
| 30 | In the High Court it seemed that the " going rate " for personal injury matters in 1991 was about £65 per hour and in the county courts in London in 1991 between £55 and £60 per hour . |