Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of this study full colonic assessment seemed to be required in patients with iron deficiency anaemia regardless of the findings of upper gastrointestinal investigations . |
| 2 | Thus diversion of faecal stream by split ileostomy may induce remission of resistant Crohn 's colitis , and enteral or parenteral nutrition seem to be as effective as corticosteroids in inducing remission whereas both forms of treatment are singularly ineffective in the management of ulcerative colitis . |
| 3 | In Read v. Lyons , Lord Porter commented that ‘ non-natural user seems to be a question of fact … and in deciding this question I think that all the circumstances of time and practice of mankind must be taken into consideration so that what may be regarded as dangerous or non-natural may vary according to the circumstances . ’ |
| 4 | This emotional response seems to be the result of the unique yin-formation of the pit : deep unconscious imagery can arise in these places , and a mood of chastening solemnity will prevail . |
| 5 | A far distant bell in her exhausted mind seemed to be ringing some kind of warning . |
| 6 | In fact , libertarian ideologists seem to be scarce in the Young Conservatives over the whole West Midland region . |
| 7 | Posh Porky seemed to be torn between going along with her old man to the synagogue and staying put at the shop , where she 'd sit by the window and start scoffing cream buns the moment he was out of sight . |
| 8 | The northern , pale-blue eyes seemed to be everywhere , and he was reputed to have a remarkable instinct for knowing whom to praise and whom to blame . |
| 9 | An interesting , if somewhat methodologically weak , study by Flaherty and his colleagues ( 1983 ) on adolescent pregnancies seems to be in line with this notion of planning ability . |
| 10 | Their painted eyes seemed to be full of a malignant resentment , as if they 'd once been living horses that had been turned to wood by an enchantment . |
| 11 | The current culture at British Rail seems to be — and I have heard this said by the chief executive — that freight is not time-sensitive . |
| 12 | Given the social determination of the concept of a person and the absence of unanimity in the the outcome of moral deliberation , the only proper course seems to be to endorse constitutional arrangements neutral between conceptions of the good in order to enable all individuals to develop and pursue their own conception of the good . |
| 13 | MYSTICAL manifestations seem to be in the news at the moment , what with the imminent publication of a book about recent sightings of the Virgin Mary in a London tower block . |
| 14 | In systems integration , for example , Gartner Group rates Bull fourth in Europe and sixth in the world , which is a fact that continually gets lost amid all of Bull 's other bad news — and the French authorities seem to be oblivious to how badly the regular injections of state cash to prop Bull up play in the outside world , causing the company to be regarded as a corporate basket case that would no longer exist if it were subjected to the normal commercial disciplines faced by all its foreign competitors . |
| 15 | When Kostomarov , probably in collaboration with kindred spirits , wrote an emotive tract which concluded by saying that " Ukraine will become an independent People 's State in a Slavonic union " , his cultural activities seemed to be taking on clear political overtones . |
| 16 | Fear stalks the world of financial reporting So far , the Review Panel 's tough attitude to wayward accounting seems to be working |
| 17 | His brown eyes seemed to be saying things again , things she wanted to hear him speak . |
| 18 | Erm all the s all the all the rumours you hear about public schools seem to be true . |
| 19 | It does not follow that the relationships with each of these figures is the same as different satisfactions seem to be derived from each . |
| 20 | The structuralism that Lévi-Strauss applies in cultural anthropology seems to be asking the question ‘ what does it mean ? ’ — a very different problematic from that of structural linguistics . |
| 21 | The intention is to use this information to throw light on why British companies seem to be more reluctant than their US counterparts to make use of such methods . |
| 22 | The hon. Lady seems to be confusing the regulatory record of my Department with the regulators outside my Department , who were deliberately set up as independent regulators as a result of legislation passed by the House . |
| 23 | But sexual intercourse seems to be becoming ever more popular . |
| 24 | Every conceivable exercise seems to be here , apart from diving full-length to catch lemons hurled the length of a swimming-pool . |
| 25 | However , there are fears that transport congestion , environmental damage and other symptoms of over-development in the south east may prove a positive disincentive to growth once the Tunnel is opened , and that the main beneficiary will be the Nord Pas de Calais region , especially as French companies seem to be ahead of their British counterparts in planning for the future . |
| 26 | And in Britain the proportions of them who depend on social assistance seem to be higher than anywhere else . |
| 27 | The idea that it was a foreign plot seems to be the least likely of the possibilities , because although Stalin believed that they wanted to crush Russia I do n't see how killing Kirov this would help a foreign power in any way to crush Stalin 's Russia . |
| 28 | Some mythic elements seem to be transformations of this cult practice , for example the episode where the young goddess Britomartis leaps into the sea to escape the clutches of Minos , or the contest at Aptera between Muses and Sirens which ended in the defeat of the Sirens , who then threw themselves into the sea . |
| 29 | The public mood seemed to be that more organizations mean more bureaucracy , complexity and expense . |
| 30 | Just as predictably , the immediate French reaction seemed to be a silent Gallic shrug of the shoulders . |