Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the name " pupa " derives from a Latin word meaning a doll , for at this stage the insect within seems to be wrapped in swaddling clothes . |
| 2 | Suddenly running the club successfully seemed to be the most important thing in her life . |
| 3 | It is miffed that after struggling to get where it has , the industry suddenly seems to be rallying around an unproven — if conceptually similar — port by Apple rather than its own available technology . |
| 4 | Social classes , political parties , ideologies and state organizations still seem to be ‘ explained ’ by the logic of the mode of production . |
| 5 | It was in those days , when Margaret was still alive , that I gave my former colleague Peter Duval-Smith — whose private life and whose work as an academic journalist always seemed to be equally chaotic — the introduction to Braemar Mansions that he so much wanted . |
| 6 | The likeliest alternative always seemed to be worse . |
| 7 | Some candidates still seem to be anticipating an examination paper that exclusively tests discrete technical topics ( for example , leasing , deferred tax , disposals , pensions and foreign currency translation ) . |
| 8 | Most of the enemy still seemed to be asleep as the avalanche of horses and riders bore down upon them in pounding fury . |
| 9 | Experience of the project leader and absence of status consciousness also seem to be advantageous , but the effect of CEO involvement is disadvantageous . |
| 10 | It is , of course , not easy to interpret the columns of figures which appear in the school brochure — and headteachers often seem to be adept at presenting their results in positive terms . |
| 11 | What is extraordinary is that it is taking off in England — the land of the Stiff Upper Lip , where the primary emotion often seems to be fear of embarrassment . |
| 12 | Staff relationships often seem to be most successful when the unit or resource teacher takes a full part as a member of the school staff and is involved in general activities in the school . |
| 13 | Mrs Holloway says that she 's sad that a once great industry now seems to be in terminal decline . |
| 14 | These covers often seem to be added for effect rather than functionality . |
| 15 | The second is transfer pricing : a subject which has received considerable attention in academic study , but where practice frequently seems to be restricted to what in theory may be regarded as the least satisfactory approaches . |
| 16 | The association therefore seems to be robust . |
| 17 | Yet the yawning emptiness out here upon the vast deck already seemed to be swallowing any sense of connexion with the interior of the fortress-monastery … |
| 18 | For Joe Trace , a door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products , and his wife Violet , the good times finally seem to be rolling . |
| 19 | Well it 's , the shirt just seems to be too fine for it . |
| 20 | The last of the winter snow was melting off the steep slopes , but the flatter areas and the passes still seemed to be well covered . |
| 21 | Mick still seemed to be looking for an excuse to return home , so I chose not to make an issue of the blunder . |
| 22 | No Roman Catholic movement of the left had appeared to help Rome in its political struggles at a time when the suffrage was spreading ; in spite of a few ‘ Christian socialists ’ , Roman Catholicism still seemed to be tied to social and political conservatism . |
| 23 | February always seems to be the busiest month for me . |
| 24 | Arabs always seem to be either in a great hurry or without any sense of time at all . |
| 25 | Although attitudes are changing , the V6 engine configuration still seems to be the one ideally suited to the needs of a big executive car like the Safrane . |
| 26 | Large companies still seem to be finding it increasingly difficult to retain top management . |
| 27 | Personal appearances always seemed to be a bone of contention . |
| 28 | ‘ Most of the time , ’ she said slowly , ‘ Jonathon hardly seems to be there . |
| 29 | Back in his hometown of Cork , Fergus always seemed to be floating in the wake of the other noted Cork scrum-half , Michael Bradley . |
| 30 | The existence of other endothelin receptors also seems to be increasingly likely ; indeed , it may well be difficult to imagine that the actions of three different peptides are mediated by just two receptors . |