Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were a primitive and tribal people , and do not seem to have been such fierce opponents as the Saxons . |
| 2 | There would seem to have been little doubt , however , in Mr Justice Lindley 's mind . |
| 3 | But even where there may seem to have been little affection shown and where few apparent links remain , emotional ties that go back to earliest days are strong , and feelings about the death of a parent are bound to go deep . |
| 4 | Unlike the issue of sterling there would seem to have been little choice in the line of action to be followed . |
| 5 | Since then home viewing has largely taken over from cinema going but there does not seem to have been much criticism of the format as such but perhaps more so the screen size . |
| 6 | There therefore does n't seem to have been much of a change , and furthermore Smith ( 1983 ) in his text specifically entitled Recreation Geography has also followed this model , albeit in the modified form of the relationship between ‘ travel/resources ’ which he calls the two main branches of the tree of recreation geography . |
| 7 | The practical services rendered by each side to the other do not seem to have been all that large although there is still considerable speculation about the volume of weapons with which the Vietminh were supplied . |
| 8 | And it was in Paris that the Liszt-Thalberg rivalry began ( though it was not a thing of their own making , and there does not seem to have been any genuine animosity between them ) ; when they played in a contest in an aristocratic household Thalberg was declared the first pianist in the world and Liszt was thus deemed to have won on points , and it was said that Thalberg departed with his head hung low . |
| 9 | Difficulties arise because there does not seem to have been any system of numbering or any attempt to group subjects . |
| 10 | The news about the lady 's quiverful of kiddies does not seem to have been any more than a very temporary dose of saltpetre , and it 's worn off . |
| 11 | … there does not seem to have been any dispute between the parties [ in Tharsis Sulphur ] . |
| 12 | But there do n't seem to have been any serious consequences from the BBC spoof . |
| 13 | This , plus tax demands and a steady loss of communal land to corrupt mandarins and village notables , would seem to have been enough to produce this peasant revolt in whose heartland both Phan Boi Chau and Ho Chi Minh had been born . |