Example sentences of "as it seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all was not as it seemed . |
| 2 | It mattered as little as it seemed to matter to Lucy that they would have — yet another — three weeks apart . |
| 3 | It appears the US policy was to assist the coup if it appeared likely to succeed ; but to back away as soon as it seemed doomed to fail . |
| 4 | Yet the very study of mythology from a scientific attitude distanced modern man at the same time as it seemed to bring him closer . |
| 5 | I have stopped telling customers that it used to be ripened under piles of manure , as it seemed to stop them from buying it . |
| 6 | Taken as a whole , the cost of capital in Japan in 1988–93 will not have been as low as it seemed . |
| 7 | And then , not much later as it seemed , there they were , father pushing the pram , a very happy little family . |
| 8 | Then , just as it seemed in danger of becoming stale and repetitive , it threw up De La Soul . |
| 9 | Impossible as it seemed , he had forgotten that he must never , under any circumstances , leave her presence without kissing her cheek as a dutiful son should always do . |
| 10 | They wanted her to be admitted as soon as possible for treatment as it seemed she had cancer of the oesophagus . |
| 11 | As a consequence , the very idea of politics became degraded and execrated in the minds of the citizens , as it seemed to them synonymous with lawlessness , mendacity and opportunism . ’ |
| 12 | As it seemed to get closer to reality , I felt myself changing . |
| 13 | At some point or other , though Jack has never discussed the possibility in public , he appears to have suspected that all might not be as it seemed in the Nicholson household . |
| 14 | As it seemed , if she were not to die of her love she had to poison it ; and even , over its death agonies , to exult . |
| 15 | Ludens had , as it seemed to him with helpless fascination , seen , in the last days , perhaps more obscurely weeks , his feelings about Irina undergo a transformation . |
| 16 | And the little key slipped into the keyhole and melted , as it seemed into the glass body of the casket , so for a moment the whole surface was perfectly closed and smooth . |
| 17 | The atmosphere was fantastic at the end as it seemed to build up over the rounds . |
| 18 | If , as it seemed , Mr. Gordon did too , it was a matter that greatly concerned the Brownies . |
| 19 | Among those aged 46 or more ( approximately those born before the Second World War ) , the relationship is as it seemed from the bivariate table : the more highly educated are more prepared to break the law . |
| 20 | I do n't think he was fitted for the job as it seemed to bring out the worst in him and his language used to become very picturesque . |
| 21 | She had started to look for another job , as it seemed that it would be possible to sell the shop within the next few weeks . |
| 22 | As far as nudity was concerned they quickly accepted it in Josephine 's act as it seemed such a natural part of her but their attitudes were quite prudish when confronted with the nudes backstage . |
| 23 | As it seemed to be fairly certain that the children would now not come that way and the main rides need be watched no longer , the Leader went back and called the thin man in . |
| 24 | Just as it seemed that they may be some sort of communication , the wind grew stronger and all went awry , the sky momentarily clearing , the celestial blue briefly highlighting the monochrome grey . |
| 25 | McIllvanney had offered to let her stay on board Wavebreaker , so long as the boat 's air conditioners were disconnected , but his offer was not as generous as it seemed for Ellen would have been little more than an unpaid security guard and also subject to Bellybutton 's endlessly tedious suggestions , and she far preferred her small hot room in the busy crowded apartment block that smelt of cooking all day and marijuana all night . |
| 26 | Sweetman crowed with laughter , but too soon , for , just as it seemed as though Ellen 's gesture had indeed collapsed into an ignominious anti-climax , the extinguisher first coughed , then spat a vicious deluge of white muck that fanned from the flared nozzle to splatter spectacularly against Sweetman 's chest . |
| 27 | I soon discovered , of course , that this discipline was not as simple as it seemed — as indeed the author tirelessly points out . |
| 28 | Unbelievable as it seemed to him , she almost looked as if she had been crying . |
| 29 | We were surprised to find the saw so easy to control , as it seemed rather cumbersome at first . |
| 30 | The study of the proposed L.R.T. system had been ordered by the Department of the Environment , and it appeared to all intents and purposes that any future for the Comber-Dundonald portion of the line , at least as far as the Trust was concerned , were dead and buried , as it seemed evident that the D.O.E . |