Example sentences of "[conj] it would seem " in BNC.

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1 Today this detached attitude to learning is being questioned even in subjects like science where it would seem to be most at home .
2 These criticisms are , in many respects , justified although it would seem a bit far-fetched for historians to believe that the Labour Party , even in alliance with the Communist Party , could have forced a National government with an overwhelming parliamentary majority , to have capitulated to external pressure .
3 The Regulations do not deal with the form of this record and although it would seem desirable for the sole member to sign it , in case of dispute , there is no requirement of signature in the Regulations .
4 As a mother of adolescents myself , I now find this combination of intolerance and inaction extraordinary , although it would seem to confirm Selvini Palazzoli 's point that the parents in anorexics ' families are both unwilling to assume leadership .
5 I do not want to make too big an issue of the large sums of money that are spent on taking LTA committee members and officials around the world , travelling in premium class and always staying in the best hotels , although it would seem that it is considerably more than the amount of money actually spent on transporting the competitors themselves .
6 The presence of vines is more difficult to explain as viticulture has yet to be proved positively in Roman Britain , although it would seem logical after the Edict of Probus .
7 He drew the conclusion that this cult was popular in Britain , although it would seem more likely that it was restricted to the Army .
8 Although it would seem an enormous sum to ordinary people it was a comparatively run-of-the mill sum to Mr. Ronson .
9 In view of Vane 's other commitments , Hutchinson must have had practical charge of parliamentarian naval finance , although it would seem that he was only paid a salary out of the treasurer 's profits .
10 The whole elaborate farce had been staged so that it would seem that the wanted miscreants had been arrested , whereas in fact they were still free .
11 At this point , Alf Jacobson entered the room to inform us that when he rang the Canadian Pacific Railway to check on the 9.15pm train by which Mr Murray and party were to travel to Regina , he was informed that the train was held up at Swift Current because of the blizzard , and that it would seem the CBC party might have to spend the night in Moose Jaw .
12 All the experiences of life are remembered in such exact form that it would seem that we possess inside us a high fidelity recorder .
13 ‘ Sometimes we have to watch what we say when we go home because we do so many interesting things now that it would seem like we were boasting .
14 What attracted me to this way of speaking is that it would seem to allow for a celebration of the diversity of human beings , this held together with an emphasis on the commonness of their humanity .
15 It is of interest that it would seem to be the case that the Galatians verse , that in Christ ‘ there is neither Jew nor Greek , there is neither slave nor free , there is no ‘ male and female ’ , makes direct reference to Genesis .
16 Prices satisfying these costs are Pareto-superior to go-it-alone prices or prices for subgroups , so that it would seem people would be willing to pay them , yet in our example it turned out that they are not .
17 The Labour government , however , argued that it would seem like an act of ‘ sabotage ’ if Britain entered the talks only to walk out at a later date .
18 So ordinary is ordinary life that it would seem paranoid to see the hidden influence of capitalists , or whoever , behind it .
19 She would , I knew , have liked to categorise the shortcomings of her supplanter 's domestic arrangements but was aware that it would seem too much like jealous triumph .
20 According to The Lancet in 1859 photography was so ‘ essentially the art of truth — that it would seem to be the essential means of reproducing all forms and structures which science seeks for delineation ’ .
21 ‘ All right , then , ’ she conceded , realising that it would seem odd if she went on refusing his offer .
22 I agree that it would seem very strange to sell Kerslake and then buy another right back though .
23 She was well aware that it would seem thoroughly feeble — if not downright pathetic — to refuse to accompany him to New York simply because they had been separated for almost five years .
24 Now , I have put down reports about the finance committee er as it were but I think the responses from the churches and districts sort of calculator will be there , we think that it would seem as though we should only offer the same amount as last year .
25 So it would seem , James .
26 If deterrence really is the name of the game , then , so it would seem , the missiles that NATO already deploys in submarines add up to a threat to soviet cities and centres of industry that is more than sufficient .
27 So it would seem , ’ said the police officer .
28 So it would seem . ’
29 In Kent a prince of the native line emerged in Oswine , a descendant , so it would seem , of Eormenred , brother of King Eorcenberht .
30 So it would seem .
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