Example sentences of "[Wh det] seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up on Tottenham Court Road there were all the gadget shops , all displaying their various ranges of radios , record players , compact-disc players and videos — all of which seemed to be housed in bewilderingly similar sleek black boxes . |
| 2 | This was no more evident than on the Isle of Wight at the end of 1989 , which seemed to be going backwards despite getting new stock . |
| 3 | I counted only six white workers in the factory , half of which seemed to be of below average intelligence . |
| 4 | I did not think much of the CPRS blunderbuss which seemed to be aimed firmly at the Government 's feet . |
| 5 | I tried to keep my eyes off his muscular thighs in their tight blue jeans , but as we bent over the café table it was easy to cast occasional surreptitious glances at his powerfully outlined sexual equipment under the much-rubbed fly , which seemed to be almost bursting at the seams . |
| 6 | The strength which seemed to be stressed at the beginning of the campaign was his niceness . |
| 7 | Before Morrissette , Robbe-Grillet had appeared to accept the chosiste label attached to him by Barthes on account of the supposedly flat and neutral representation of external reality and the minute descriptions of objects in his early novels , which seemed to be in accordance with the phenomenological position outlined in Pour un nouveau roman . |
| 8 | and before them a knight of great stature upon a white horse with a bloody cross , who bore in one hand a white banner , and in the other a sword which seemed to be of fire , and he made a great mortality among the Moors who were flying . |
| 9 | The air was sweet with the smell of bread from the bakeries which seemed to be on every other street corner . |
| 10 | I trundled along the valley , keeping the curve of the plateau to my left and watching the distant Land Rover , which seemed to be going too far south . |
| 11 | A few minutes later we drew up at a big concrete building which the officer told me was the town jail but which seemed to be a large Luftwaffe barracks . |
| 12 | Smith , who summed up the philosophy as one of ‘ Discipline and Religion ’ , hoped that by emphasizing masculinity and the becoming of ‘ Christian men ’ , the boys would come to see the ‘ manliness of Christianity ’ and that this would counter their tendency to regard it as ‘ effeminate and weak ’ , an idea which seemed to be too popular . |
| 13 | The great fun was doing the pulling which seemed to be an essential part of the process . |
| 14 | But for the most part we shivered in our beds that winter , heaping on more and more blankets , which seemed to be made of a mixture of cardboard and lead and only increased the weight without increasing the heat . |
| 15 | We would decorate it with pieces of cotton wool for snow , and one or two other nice things like those shining coloured balls , which seemed to be metallic , but which were easily broken . |
| 16 | Jack 's glance fell on the tiny computer screen , which seemed to be going crazy — flashing up numbers , graphics and a kind of blue fuzz , each image speeding into the next . |
| 17 | She compromised on the kitchen garden with prayers , which seemed to be heard because they reached the stable unobserved . |
| 18 | The make-up , which seemed to be her sole extravagance , cluttered the single shelf in the cramped shower and he would find half-empty , opened jars and bottles in the food cupboard . |
| 19 | Ten Trekkies got down on the floor to play this , some still wearing Federation anoraks , which seemed to be cheating somewhat . |
| 20 | ‘ I told Warton about the descent , then the ditching ahead of us , which seemed to be a perfectly controlled set-down ’ . |
| 21 | Nor , when a more viable alternative does appear , are they necessarily much bothered if it reopens issues peripheral to the main line of advance which seemed to be already settled . |
| 22 | Terrified , Mildred backed away and crashed into something hard , which seemed to be a huge iron railing towering above her . |
| 23 | All Mr Handford heard , however , were the eerie sounds which seemed to be a faint moaning and chuckling coming from the nearby wood . |
| 24 | He could distinctly hear voices which seemed to be coming from the parcels office next door . |
| 25 | Simon Pardy mumbled for the third or fourth time in the aggressive undertone which seemed to be his preferred manner of replying to any remark . |
| 26 | Jennifer 's father , Stefano resumed sole charge , at least for the time being , of Jennifer 's work on court , while a lady trainer , Laurie Schuett from Palm Beach Sports Institute in Florida , was brought in to help the youngster overcome the weight problems which seemed to be developing . |
| 27 | There was surprise among dealers in the room that the fine and large pair of Lacroix de Marseille ‘ Morning ’ and ‘ Evening ’ ( lot 34 ) failed to find buyers : ‘ too big ’ was one verdict , which seemed to be justified by the success of a smaller pair two lots later ( £120,000 ; $192,000 ) . |
| 28 | The rapid progress towards integration which seemed to be occurring also , in December 1952 , led the Dutch foreign minister to write to his counterparts that the extent of political and military integration currently under consideration should be accompanied by an equally extensive economic integration — in short , by a common market . |
| 29 | The crux of the debate was whether this was the most cost-effective way of meeting the demand for heating in Britain , 7 and the Boards were under considerable pressure from the Government to justify their commercial policy , which seemed to be attracting peak loads at uneconomic prices . |
| 30 | This for him came to symbolize the futility of the war , which seemed to be fought for no discernible purpose , between opponents whose essential common humanity was denied by the mass slaughter . |