Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] seem to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they 'd seem to be ideal for anyone wishing to avoid police cameras . |
| 2 | If such stipulations are made for so mundane a practice as motoring , they would seem to be reasonable precautions for protecting our environment for the rest of time from possible damage by man-made creatures . |
| 3 | There are three records which have defied the searches of record-collectors , and since no one alive today has examples to compare them with , they would seem to be prime candidates for potential forgers . |
| 4 | On contractualist grounds , he argues , they would seem to be bereft of equality . |
| 5 | In the contract market , quality seems to be more important than price and it would seem to be good for the company to concentrate on contract carpet sales . |
| 6 | It would seem to be middle sized undertaking , since the very large business will employ personnel managers and legal experts who need no introduction to the subject , while the smaller operator ( the book quotes the average number of goods vehicles per operator 's licence as no more than three trucks ) is normally too concerned with driving by the seat of his pants while looking over his shoulder at legal requirements ( one may envisage ! ) to worry unduly about the skills of communication or the restrictions on picketing flowing from decisions of the courts as well as statute in the event of a major dispute . |
| 7 | The scepticism follows because if we are confined in experience to the contents of our own minds alone , it would seem to be impossible that we should ever come to know anything about — or even come intelligibly to think about — things outside our own minds . |
| 8 | Perhaps this position can best be tested by taking an extreme example — a crime which it would seem to be impossible to accept as being within the ‘ normal ’ range of human motivations : sexual abuse of children . |
| 9 | But it would seem to be impossible for us to return to patristic sensibilities , for the framework of thought which made that Christology possible is no longer with us . |
| 10 | Accordingly it would seem to be impossible to entrench a provision in our constitution . |
| 11 | It would seem to be doubtful whether a fall of this magnitude was commensurate with the effort put in by those who called for a boycott , that is , Provisional Sinn Fein , I RSP , Unity and Fathers Faul and Murray . |
| 12 | Whilst there has been some confusion as to exactly what ‘ remoteness ’ consists of ( it seems to have been equated to distance from London whereas it would seem to be psychological remoteness in the sense of inaccessibility of decision-makers which really matters ) , the lesson nevertheless seems clear . |
| 13 | As they contribute nothing to the signal , it would seem to be advantageous to remove them from the fountain . |
| 14 | And in its current form it would seem to be leading , at both regional and local level , to an increasingly unequal national geography ( Martin , 1988 ) . |
| 15 | With slides at £5 each it would seem to be hard to justify buying one 's own film recorder unless you were dealing with confidential material . |
| 16 | Although the existence of a teacher 's independent authority to punish contrary to parents ’ wishes is inconsistent with the generally pervasive notion of parental choice in education , it would seem to be justifiable . |
| 17 | It would seem to be inappropriate for the criminal law to remove a whole category of persons from its protection on the basis of words spoken at a ceremony of marriage which have no binding force . |