Example sentences of "the [noun] it seem [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1	If that proves to be the case it seems unlikely that he would even be able to claim compensation . ’
2	To the LDDC it seemed apparent that any effective programme for Docklands would need to concentrate on a number of key objectives .
3	As regards malicious referrals , what seemed to be the case in a very few instances was that at least some of the allegations had substance to them and were worthy of investigation , but in discussion with the parents it seemed possible that the referrer might be using the allegation to progress some dispute with them .
4	Whatever the outcome it seems absurd that having supposedly wiped the poll tax off the political agenda , ministers are still saddled with it , Darlington council is still saddled with imposing it and , worst of all , ordinary people are still saddled with paying it .
5	This is the only company whose entire membership appears to have figured in the loan ; in the case of such as the Goldsmiths and the Ironmongers it seems clear that only the livery was assessed .
6	When he struck it hard against the trunk of the tree it seemed solid and did not break or splinter .
7	On the whole it seems likely that the Channel Tunnel will have a minor regional impact in its own right although it could bring short term benefits to depressed areas through , for example , the awarding of Tunnel-related contracts .
8	None of the remaining small proprietors of Empingham had other holdings in Rutland , and on the whole it seems unlikely that their interests extended beyond its boundary .
9	Whatever the details it seems clear that : ( 1 ) except in the case of
10	If they were implicated in the cover-up it seemed inconceivable that the President had been unaware of what was going on .
11	If Spencer is taken as the model it seems clear that Victorian evolutionary social theory was far from being collectivist in its orientation .

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