Example sentences of "[conj] it seems [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | His father had been killed in the Rostock riots of 1931 , and it seems that Gustav himself had for certain been a Worker Youth . ’ |
| 4 | The S.N.M. declined to attend and it seems that General Aidid did not do so either . |
| 5 | On the one hand , ethnic minorities currently settled in Britain have been here for a relatively short period of time , and it seems that circumstances of migration and initial settlement are conditions under which support between siblings assumes greater significance than it might otherwise do — a point illustrated by the patterns of chain migration and of joint households which I discussed earlier in this chapter . |
| 6 | And it seems that women are keen to use NORPLANT . |
| 7 | I saw the goal again on the box this morning , and it seems that Brian Deane was pushed into a marginally offside position . |
| 8 | The idea of the unchanging east was widespread in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century thought and it seems that Marx accepted this view , although it has subsequently been shown to be misleading . |
| 9 | The term was derived from the Greek oikos , referring to the operations of the family household , and it seems that Haeckel intended his readers to visualize a kind of global organic economy in which all species played a part . |
| 10 | The cutting comes from a feature on breweries , and it seems that HO 2 has a lot to answer for : ‘ although TT myself , my lab friends frequently described local beer as rodent or feline effluent . |
| 11 | Further readings are more favourable ; the strange cry and the endless sobbing remain in our minds , and it seems that Alice is weeping for far more than she or her unimaginative protector can understand . |
| 12 | There is no limit to the number of times the button may be pressed , and it seems that mourners in cars queueing behind can get somewhat restive . |
| 13 | She had died during the night , and it seems that Maurice Haigh-Wood telephoned Carlyle Mansions very early in the morning ; John Hayward received the call , and then passed on the news to Eliot who , according to one friend , " buried his face in his hands , crying " Oh God ! |
| 14 | But investigations into the leaking of sensitive material from Washington had narrowed down to Maclean as chief suspect , and it seems that Burgess was detailed , probably by Philby , who was still in Washington , to warn him and organize his escape , although it does not seem to have been intended that Burgess should go too . |
| 15 | It has been suggested that although some occupations in north Staffordshire experienced real-wage falls over the war years , these were generally of no more than 10 per cent , and it seems that colliers , like potters , were among the groups who could maintain living standards by working harder and longer , even if at times money wages lagged . |
| 16 | Christians will see in this the biblical command to ‘ look after the widows and the orphans ’ and it seems that churches are uniquely placed to provide this sort of support . |
| 17 | If it seems that things could be finally settled by deciding whether a foetus is a person , this can only be because ‘ person ’ is used to ascribe a moral status rather than merely to describe . |
| 18 | The full story of what happened has never been reported , but it seems that Kambona had lost in a power struggle with other key figures in the Cabinet and TANU . |
| 19 | The evidence is partial , but it seems that Kennett was timid to the point of indifference . |
| 20 | There has been no love lost between Scots and English at big sporting occasions for as long as one can remember , but it seems that England 's rugby aficionados find it hard to forgive Scotland for that Grand Slam defeat in 1990 . |
| 21 | The real significance of these comparisons remains unknown , as do the real workings of the dolphin mind , but it seems that dolphins and porpoises achieved their modern enlarged brains about 15–20 million years ago , whereas the evolution of the human brain is a phenomenon of the past few million years at the most . |
| 22 | But it seems that people will actually pay money ( money that you can buy cakes with , imagine ! ) to hear me sing . |
| 23 | Because it seems that Albie got himself into trouble two times over — once for the money , once for something else . |
| 24 | I have represented both approaches simplistically , to draw out the contrast specifically because it seems that Howard favoured both approaches , but did not have the experience of both to see the contradictory implications . |
| 25 | It becomes interesting when it seems that Jane might hit Tom , or when one of them stops for a moment and thinks . |
| 26 | The ‘ toughness ’ of plants is not necessarily a characteristic of either angiosperms or gymnosperms. as it seems that plants struggling to make themselves ever more unpalatable , grew ‘ tougher ’ as time passed . |