Example sentences of "seems to have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that they had contentious articles written with a fearless pungency seems to have been due to his joint editorship of both . |
| 2 | He remained there for about two years before returning to England in July 1657 to take up a position as mathematics tutor to Joscelyne Percy , son of Algernon Percy , tenth Earl of Northumberland [ q.v. ] , at Petworth , an appointment which seems to have been due to the influence of the Puritan reformer Samuel Hartlib [ q.v . ] . |
| 3 | Although some may be quick to say that the vast majority of the book was actually written by Bullett , and not by Freud , no less than the actual intellectual framework of the book apparently seems to have been due to Freud 's input , er , Freud certainly was psychoanalytically trained , in any , in any sense of the word . |
| 4 | The General Medical Services Committee 's working party seems to have been unconcerned about how the public and politicians might view its proposals — otherwise it would not have proposed to increase professional control over a system already under challenge for partiality , lack of openness , and professional control . |
| 5 | With the last three murders it seems to have been pure chance that a suitable victim did , in fact , come along . ’ |
| 6 | On one hand there seems to have been strong appreciation of fine results achievable under dual control of violin and keyboard , as in Italian opera . |
| 7 | Most of the high-tech inward investment in Ireland is concentrated around Dublin and in Cork , and it seems to have been remiss on the part of the Industrial 7Development Agency that having enticed DEC to Galway , it was not able to turn the town into a centre of high-tech inward investment so that if DEC — or others — pulled out , there was every chance of attracting new ones . |
| 8 | The elusive nature of the reactions seen in food intolerance makes it difficult to rule out this diagnosis without very thorough testing , and there seems to have been undue reliance on skin-prick tests in this study , despite the fact that these are unreliable indicators in most cases of food sensitivity . |
| 9 | However quickly he may have acted , the actual taking of the handbag must have taken more time than seems to have been available — since Eddie Stratton and Shirley Brown were seen walking out of The Randolph almost immediately , if the evidence of at least two of you here is to be believed , the evidence of Mr Brown and Mrs Roscoe . |
| 10 | Alhred 's eclipse seems to have been total . |
| 11 | Editor , — The working party set up to make recommendations on a national standard of entry into general practice seems to have been unaware of European Community directive 86/457/EEC . |
| 12 | This one has Ionic columns and a balustrade , and the speaker 's gallery seems to have been right . |
| 13 | Freud seems to have been right in seeing that , at least in Christianity and its associated arts , both in works positively related to it and those antagonistic to it , there is to be found the theme of God the Father , and God the Son , who is sacrificed and eaten in Holy Communion . |
| 14 | The most potent influence however , seems to have been hieratic Mrs Vreeland : ‘ The first time I saw Diana , I was mesmerized : she looked so incredible . |
| 15 | Internal promotion seems to have been frequent , and occurred with Ælfstan of St Augustine 's Canterbury , Leofric and Leofsige of Ely , Æthelstan of Ramsey and Leofsine of Thorney . |
| 16 | A rectangular spring chamber nearby seems to have been accessible only from outside the temple . |
| 17 | He seems to have been content with his wife , though he saw little enough of her in the years which followed . |
| 18 | Furthermore , the juxtaposition of particular historical , political events with economic forces often seems to have been decisive in stimulating defensive reactions by employers . |
| 19 | Equity seems to have been prominent in your career very early on . |
| 20 | Indeed , his only problem seems to have been chronic constipation . |
| 21 | The book 's reception seems to have been good . |
| 22 | Hope asked the greatest number of questions , 782 , while Tite , who seems to have been anxious to display his professional knowledge as well as counteract Hope 's stylistic bias , was a persistent questioner , with 426 questions . |
| 23 | In most other respects he seems to have been anxious to preserve the status quo , and there was relatively little reshuffling of office . |
| 24 | In most other respects he seems to have been anxious to preserve the status quo , and there was relatively little reshuffling of office . |
| 25 | However , the patterns of species diversity do not coincide with those of endemism and one of the present ‘ refugia ’ seems to have been underwater 5000 BP and its endemism must have arisen subsequently . |
| 26 | And looking round the hall tonight , I think I would be inclined to say that this occasion seems to have been successful in doing that . |
| 27 | An agricultural commune was established at Lindfield but seems to have been short-lived , and Lord Chichester helped 300 people to emigrate . |
| 28 | His correspondence with the queen , while it may confute accusations of lasciviousness , reveals the poverty of his courtier mind ; his main concern and topic was the health of the royal couple and his bond with Maria Luisa seems to have been hypochondriacal rather than sexual in nature . |
| 29 | Yet Rider Haggard seems to have been dissatisfied with his presentation of the character ( and naturally he must have been influenced , as a professional novelist , by the enormous popularity and sales of She ) and he did not resist the temptation to give his readers a further insight into her . |
| 30 | The same tenure seems to have been usual for officials in most lawcourts — except for the judges — and in such administrative departments as the Signet Office and the Privy Seal Office . |