Example sentences of "[noun pl] seem to have [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These young jet lads seemed to have little respect even for their parents . |
| 2 | It is not at all easy to see what it is that makes one thing tough and another brittle because the substances in each of these lists seem to have little enough in common . |
| 3 | Neither of my parents seemed to have any friends , and tended to talk disparagingly of neighbours or colleagues . |
| 4 | Adrian is envious of his schoolfriend , Nigel , whose parents seem to have much more money than Adrian 's . |
| 5 | In some cases , trade associations seem to have little sanction over rogue members . |
| 6 | Although bankers seem to have some optimism , even members of the Reichmann family say the debt restructuring will be a long haul . |
| 7 | But such models seem to have little to offer in the elucidation of the behaviour of complex societies practising family limitation . |
| 8 | Some groups seem to have more power than others . |
| 9 | Things seemed to have more of a sense that they were leading somewhere . |
| 10 | It is just that modern physicists seem to have more imaginative ways of naming new particles and phenomena — they no longer restrict themselves to Greek ! ) |
| 11 | And nowhere in our lives do more problems seem to arise than in the area of relationships — and no other problems seem to have such a long-lasting effect . |
| 12 | Yet in other respects , as was mentioned earlier , anomie-based ‘ invention ’ theories seemed to have much in common with classical criminology in their assumptions about human behaviour . |
| 13 | Exposed ( high energy ) beaches seem to have more gentle slopes for a given grain size of sediment than do protected ( low energy ) beaches . |
| 14 | ‘ The players seemed to have much less belief in themselves than I had in them . |
| 15 | I always thought I had a good appetite , but I remember being at a college feast once at Cambridge , where they had seven or eight courses and the elderly dons seemed to have less trouble than anyone else getting through it . |
| 16 | Even certain elevated atolls seem to have such a thickness of limestone as to indicate subsidence before present uplift . |
| 17 | Dr Margaret O'Brien , a chartered psychologist at East London Polytechnic and author of The New Man , told the conference : ‘ Though there have been many changes in family life over the century , it is surprising to discover that children seem to have such a traditional view . ’ |
| 18 | Children seem to have little difficulty accepting this convention because it is so like the action replays they will frequently have seen on television . |
| 19 | Erm indeed there are many within in the education system , particularly older men seem to have this attitude in my experience , that y'know it 's just it 's just boys messing about and having a good time . |
| 20 | Northern men seem to have most sex : it 's slightly more common for them to be having sex 4–6 times a week , they 're least likely to have had only one partner in the past year , and most likely to say they get enough sex . |
| 21 | Study of Mackmurdo 's character reveals a strong vein of the mountebank and many of his claims seem to have little basis in fact . |
| 22 | These bulky little cows seem to have some physical resemblance to the old South and Westland cattle of Norway and also to the Jersey : the face , for example , is slightly dished . |