Example sentences of "[that] it [adv] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , the fiction of Hollywood merged with fact ; scenes of fantasy portrayed on celluloid for entertainment — like those in Easy Rider had become , it was said , the acted-out realities of a group of people whose minds had been expanded to breaking point , until they performed deeds so indescribably vile that it barely seemed possible that one human being could inflict such wounds upon another for no apparent reason . |
| 2 | Timothy Hutton was looking uncomfortable and McLeish said that it just seemed a lot to him . |
| 3 | No , I think it 's just that it just seems to be like this every year now Peter , that everybody tends to erm wait until the last minute . |
| 4 | Officially , the reason given was that it now seemed more sensible to store the highly active waste above ground for at least fifty years before disposing of it , probably in the form of glass blocks , and meanwhile allowing more of its intense heat to dissipate . |
| 5 | Caroline Bynum has suggested that the association of women with nature was , at least for thirteenth-century religious , not the negative image that it now seems , but a positive source of spiritual strength and energy . |
| 6 | The only real difference is that it now seems to have been taken over by the 22 clubs who , having escaped Football League control , no longer find their pursuit of commercial success frustrated by the decisive voting power of their poor relations . |
| 7 | The first is that it now seems the £200 must all be for personal injury or death and not just include such damages . |
| 8 | So much had happened that it hardly seemed so important any more . |
| 9 | The pattern is so simple that it hardly seems worth studying . |
| 10 | ‘ There are always so many firings in radio that it hardly seems a big deal any more . ’ |
| 11 | It showed that not only was Wood 's circle feasible but that it definitely seemed to exist , at least within the limitations of maps and acetate overlays . |
| 12 | Sometimes composers decorate their music to such a degree that it almost seems to be the main substance of the music . |
| 13 | ‘ Everything happened so rapidly that it afterwards seemed part of an evil dream , ’ Edward said slowly . |
| 14 | It struck me as a bit odd that it never seemed to leave the ground . |
| 15 | That it never seems boring is due first , of course , to the richness of the youthful Mozart 's music ; but given the fantastical convolutions of the story even that might not be enough . |
| 16 | This score is so inspired and obviously such a pleasure to play that it never seems to receive a really disappointing recording . |
| 17 | In fact , the whole programme had an unsually philosophical undercurrent ( quoting , for example , philosopher Mary Midgeley ) — so much so that it sometimes seemed less like a current affairs report than an enquiry into a fundamental shift in Western attitudes to nature . |
| 18 | Even music is so often used as a ‘ background noise ’ in shops and restaurants that it sometimes seems that we have forgotten how to listen to it . |
| 19 | She had replied that it still seemed an expensive policy compared with even the dearest of umbrellas , and George had thought about that and said : ‘ You ca n't piss into an umbrella , either . |
| 20 | It is precisely because Berlin is such a true mirror of so much European history that it always seems to embody so much of the darker , subconscious side of the European identity . |
| 21 | Feminists have noted that it always seems to be appropriate for men to treat women as if they were intimates or subordinates . |
| 22 | One of the criticisms sometimes levelled at the whole group drama approach is that it always seems to involve lots of meetings and discussions , and that this disadvantages those children whose grasp of language is uncertain ; that this " type " of drama can rapidly become nothing more than a heated discussion involving only the teacher and the more articulate members of the class . |