Example sentences of "[conj] it seem that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutty switched her attention once more to the deep end , where it seemed that Nails was giving Jazz a compulsory lesson in turns . |
| 2 | Where it seemed that this would cause injustice , equity stepped in with the doctrine of " part performance " : if the contract were partly performed , equity would not allow a statute to be used " as an engine of fraud " . |
| 3 | That consideration of one 's own advantage can be entirely proper is particularly clear in relation to sharing accommodation , where it seems that it is the foundation of most such arrangements . |
| 4 | Other work in progress has examined this issue in one district where it seems that the other community services are so much less well organized than the special service that managers have found it impossible to prevent that service being undermined by lack of staff , continuity , training , and good practice leadership . |
| 5 | Although it seems that the South is recovering its appetite for fresh fish , with restaurants buying about 30 per cent of the fish sold in the area , there is no doubt that there has been a positive nosedive in the demand for fresh fish in Britain as whole . |
| 6 | Although it seems that the luminosity of the centre can be provided by the central star cluster , there remain compelling reasons for searching for a possibly dormant massive black hole . |
| 7 | No one knows just what causes stammering , although it seems that there may be a genetic link . |
| 8 | Private Acts of Parliament could be used to overcome opposition ; 472 between 1770 and 1779 , 2000 in all ( Darby 1973b ) , although it seems that more land was enclosed in the seventeenth than in the eighteenth century . |
| 9 | He had been too rushed and busy in Rome to enjoy his stay there , although it seems that the American writer , Frederic Prokosch , persuaded him to go on a pilgrimage one afternoon to find the legendary " Golden Bough " on the shores of Lake Nemi ; what they found was an old and dilapidated oak . |
| 10 | Like Caton , Berger attempted to record electrical responses to sensory stimuli in animals , although it seems that the work he did between 1902 and 1910 was , in general , unsuccessful . |
| 11 | In September 1987 an official of West L.B. , Paul Kiang , was arrested although it seems that he was not actually charged until June 1988 . |
| 12 | Nothing is known of Freeth 's education or his early years , although it seems that he was once an itinerant street ballad-singer . |
| 13 | Children could leave school entirely at thirteen on possession of the ‘ labour certificate ’ , which required either a minimum attendance record or the passing of Standard VII , although it seems that the certificate was rarely if ever refused and 10 per cent of 10–15-year-old girls were fully employed as late as 1911 . |
| 14 | What the case does not make clear is how ISS made its profit , although it seems that Philips retained some control over the prices charged by ISS ( see point 14 of the judgement ) . |
| 15 | The sea roared like a pride of hungry lions , thudding against the side of the ship like a thousand battering-rams , so that it seemed that at any moment it must break through and drown them all . |
| 16 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 17 | These changes show how financial pressures brought about the collapse of the early Roman coinage system ; so much so that it seems that for a time the Roman state had to fight the war on credit given by some of its citizens . |
| 18 | Also , I 'd like to come over all clichéd now and say that it seems that you do get what you pay for , and while the Hohner is a very capable bass I would personally bypass this mid-price level and put the money to something else . |
| 19 | Of even greater importance is the fact that it seems that many of the Roman estates , the holdings belonging to villas and towns , continued into the post-Roman period and beyond to emerge as the basic administrative units of late Saxon and medieval England . |
| 20 | If one just casts an eye over the history of the condition of women — marked by struggles , it has continued to evolve , but at such pace that it seems that women who struggle for their liberation and at the same time for that of their societies , are undertaking a long drawn-out campaign . |
| 21 | But the thing is that it seems that we 're a cultural the way the system is set up |
| 22 | It seems to me from what Mr in particular said , that the bottom as it were has dropped out of the market to this extent that it seems that the policy that he 's advocating , is not thirty one thousand any more , but thirty one thousand plus any amount of windfalls and recycling . |
| 23 | Erm , it has actually worked , erm , in that it seems that there 's a very fair chance that er , in spite of the very discouraging things that were said by some of the people on my right when I moved this , erm , there is a very good chance now for a reasonable er , settlement in South Africa , which I think should erm , make everyone in this chamber very happy , and it is that , undoubtedly the case that economic pressure had a great deal to do with that . |
| 24 | As the storm had increased in strength , so it seemed that the enthusiasm of the pressmen on the ‘ public 's right to know ’ , coupled with the fact that the pubs were still open in town , had served to weaken their resolve somewhat . |
| 25 | But as she thought of her Moondream mask , so it seemed that the elms were creeping in to crush no one but her . |
| 26 | They had evolved once , so it seemed that it must be possible to evolve them again . |
| 27 | Well , it looks as though the Queen Mother is off to Scotland for the day , but that wo n't affect us , so it seems that we can go ahead . |
| 28 | One study showed that some such children had high IgE levels for foods that caused behavioural problems , so it seems that this could sometimes be a true allergic symptom . |
| 29 | It has also been observed that moderate alcohol drinkers ( two glasses of wine , beer or whisky a day ) have higher levels of HDLs in their blood ; so it seems that a small tipple each day may actually be good for you . |
| 30 | The first card you turn over is the matching ace , so it seems that you have had the first strike of luck for you can clearly get the first pair . |