Example sentences of "seem to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This broad framework , and more especially the premises to enable such gatherings to be facilitated , seem to be absent in Scotland as a whole , and within the context of the Highlands in particular . |
| 2 | Or at least seem to be absent . |
| 3 | For other parameters , including the experimentally accessible C = — 20 , similar behaviour is seen , except that the breathing and spiking seem to be absent . |
| 4 | Languages and stuff seem to be boring . |
| 5 | There is a quite hideous screaming and wailing coming from what seem to be endless depths within the Slough . |
| 6 | As usual Black people are on the margins , and seem to be animated props . |
| 7 | Also , men have no worries about pregnancy and single parenthood , they still seem to be blithe about AIDS , and have n't taken heed of the warning from One Plus One ( formerly the Marriage Research Council ) that men cast out of marriage between the ages of 25 and 50 are twice as likely to die prematurely and drink too much . |
| 8 | normally after + very heavy rain + or something like that + and + you 're driving along the road + and + far away + you see + well + er + a series + of + stripes + + formed like a bow + an arch + + very very far away + ah + seven colours but + + I guess you hardly ever see seven it 's just a + a series of + colours which + they seem to be separate but if you try to look for the separate ( kAz ) — colours they always seem + very hard + to separate + if you see what I mean ++ ( Postgraduate student speaking informally ) |
| 9 | When light dawns as to what we are fighting for and why it is so difficult to achieve , sometimes we can break off and laugh with relief and take the steps to reconciliation that , again and again and again seem to be necessary . |
| 10 | None are particularly satisfactory and all seem to be unprovable . |
| 11 | ( Actually , it is surprising how facts often can be proved in practice that at first sight seem to be unprovable if the defendant is prepared to contradict them . |
| 12 | Certainly , living cephalopods have a sophisticated nervous system and a relatively large ‘ brain' : octopuses seem to be capable of very rapid learning . |
| 13 | The following four seem to be typical : |
| 14 | Although the actual rates produced by studies appear to differ two trends seem to be consistent : the lack of an association between depression prevalence and age and an excess prevalence among women compared with men . |
| 15 | String theories , however , have a bigger problem : they seem to be consistent only if space-time has either ten or twenty-six dimensions , instead of the usual four ! |
| 16 | These results seem to be consistent with the idea of attention focusing in the arousal condition , hence improving memory for the central detail at the expense of peripheral information . |
| 17 | Patterns of erosion , sedimentation and igneous activity recorded over the area during this period seem to be consistent with a migrating region of uplift related to the track of this hot spot . |
| 18 | In fact , libertarian ideologists seem to be scarce in the Young Conservatives over the whole West Midland region . |
| 19 | Most of these receptors are promiscuous in their ligand recognition , but VLA-5 and VLA-6 seem to be specific for fibronectin and laminin respectively . |
| 20 | Exporters seem to be unaware the first 15 boxes on the consignment note should be completed by them . |
| 21 | We seem to be unaware of our true essence , unable to express that essence authentically , and therefore unable to embody who we really are in the sight of others . |
| 22 | Some officers seem to be unaware that in terms of the number of people who do it , cycling 's second only to walking . |
| 23 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend consider advising local authorities — which still seem to be unaware of their present powers on which they can act and circulating information to them to tell them that if they want to come down on Sunday traders , the statute book in Britain already gives them that authority ? |
| 24 | In this paper , we identify a number of conditions that seem to be conducive to their optimum level of functioning . |
| 25 | Brooks emphasizes the internal contradictions of the poem : the fact that the urn is silent , but also speaks ; that it is motionless , yet the scenes depicted on it seem to be alive ; that unheard melodies are sweeter than those which one hears , and so on . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | There seem to be strong parallels between energy in the body and energy in the landscape and , in the early 1970s , John Wheaton put forward in The Ley Hunter the idea of ‘ Earth Acupuncture ’ subsequently taken up and developed by Tom Graves . |
| 29 | But barley yields seem to be good . |
| 30 | Loadings seem to be good this summer . |