Example sentences of "seem [prep] be essential " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to be essential to her sense of identity , but I was finding it wearisome . |
| 2 | Likewise , ‘ moral rectitude , social conformity , clean living , and a clean rent book on occasion seem to be essential for eligibility for at least a new house ’ ( Central Housing Advisory Committee , 1969 , p. 32 ) — qualifications that a woman left on her own with dependants on a low income or social security benefit may well find hard to fulfil . |
| 3 | The hard work begins with effective lifelong follow up , for which separate clinics seem to be essential for efficient division of labour , and detection and control of drop outs . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , some sort of classificatory scheme to group patient types seems to be essential . |
| 5 | In the process , we shall explore some recent attempts to construct a theoretical notion of ‘ topic ’ , a notion which seems to be essential to concepts such as ‘ relevance ’ and ‘ coherence ’ , but which itself is very difficult to pin down . |
| 6 | And with the millions of insects buzzing , crawling , flying and swimming about , all needing to communicate with their own kind and with other associated species , but not with the millions of other creatures , this would seem to be essential to avoid confusion . |
| 7 | Although the latter would seem to be essential , they could contain a large proportion of practical exercises , as is common in papers in mathematics . |