Example sentences of "thing [conj] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because so many things that seemed important are n't important any more . ’ |
| 2 | Our very own Adventures deal in all the things that seemed to go AWOL in the late 80s — luscious harmonies , strong guitar driven songs with big big choruses , all topped with strong echoes of classic 60s pop . |
| 3 | He could n't believe that those nobs in the West End were willing to pay good money for things that seemed to him to be nothing more than unnecessary luxuries . |
| 4 | The problem may not be so much that when we talk of God we say nothing , as that we say too much — we say things that seem to combine irreconcilable images that can never be focussed upon one ‘ being ’ . |
| 5 | This urge to preserve the valued and precious non-material things that seem to come inevitably into human life , has found its expression in the setting up of idols in every conceivable form . |
| 6 | All the same , Dustin does some things that seem strange to the natives , like making the Woodstock peace sign to the yobbish workmen , who return it mockingly , and also by playing loud bagpipe music on the record-player when the vicar and his wife pay a call . |
| 7 | Following the election result , it seems almost inevitable that Labour will adopt a commitment to some form of proportional representation ( writes Backchat 's ‘ things that seem almost inevitable following the election result ’ correspondent ) , although , ironically , it seems considerably less inevitable now than it did a few weeks ago . |
| 8 | The struggle begins when they see many of the things that seem routine to the rest of us as ways of devaluing them . |
| 9 | The third is that they may say things that seem absolutely correct at the time , but which are made ludicrous by the unfolding of events . |
| 10 | Cos I know they 're the things that seem |
| 11 | I shall also describe some of the remarkable things that seem to happen when one tries to combine the two theories . |
| 12 | ‘ But since Sir Charles died , I have heard about a number of things that seem to be supernatural . |
| 13 | The only thing that seemed to be stirring most people was their scorn of Chamberlain . |
| 14 | But once or twice in a while I would despair of producing the kind of thing that seemed likely to win approval from one whose standards were so high — impossibly high I felt so far as emulation on my part was concerned — and therefore I had moods in which I would feel unworthy of his attention . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , there 's one thing that seems sure to me : she 's not goin' to have it as easy as she 's had it up till now , by the sound of her . ’ |
| 16 | The only real thing that seems to be changing in is the compound in position of the oxy |
| 17 | Unfortunately , the only thing that seems to unite Conservative Members in this debate is their refusal to accept the social charter and the social measures which many of us feel are so important . |
| 18 | The one thing that seems to be doing now is to string it out as long as possible . |
| 19 | The one thing that seems to be identified by members of the public er when they come here and address present erm petitions to us as they did this morning er they want in most parts , in Hertfordshire . |
| 20 | And the only thing that seems to stand in the way of doing anything commercially sensible with County Farms is that every time we deal with it , somebody says , ah , but it can only exist as an entity , let's keep it as that , let's pass it on to a trust , let's safeguard it , let's do this and that . |
| 21 | Now the thing that seems to be the most interesting on the er face value of it , is er how it 's going to affect fuel consumption and transport , and he is saying that they 're considering whether further changes should be made in the taxation of er fuel and vehicles . |
| 22 | Now one thing that seems to be a bone of contention with local people particularly , is the cost of it — what 's the cost going to run out to ? |
| 23 | Yet at times kung fu appears to contradict itself , professing one thing while seeming to do the opposite . |