Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [conj] it seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason the coding metaphor has such currency in contemporary talk about perception is that it seems to suggest a way in which very simple and apparently homogenous elements such as nerve impulses can generate the richness and variety of consciousness . |
| 2 | One of the oddities of Foucault 's work is that it seems riven by an internal tension — for example , as peter Dews notes , while on the one hand Foucault lays claims to a form of objectivity in his archaeology , and eschews interpretation in favour of ‘ intelligibility ’ , on the other hand throughout his life he was also prone to endorse a Nietzschean insistence on the interminability of interpretation . |
| 3 | The first is that he has got her into bed so easily and the second is that it seems to mean nothing to her . |
| 4 | One of the attractions of swearing for a child is that it seems a grown-up thing to do . |
| 5 | Another of the ironies of penal reform is that it seems not to apply in Texas , one of the spiritual centres of capitalism . |
| 6 | Among those aged 46 or more ( approximately those born before the Second World War ) , the relationship is as it seemed from the bivariate table : the more highly educated are more prepared to break the law . |
| 7 | The image of royalty gives us an idea just how powerful and proud the train is as it seems to influence and belittle all the things around it . |
| 8 | A parallel attraction of the theory is that it seems to constrain perception to be true — to be only about things that impinge on the nervous system ; that are , in other words , ‘ really there ’ . |
| 9 | One thing about the strategy is that it seems to me the ultimate goal is perhaps to get rid of the warlords |
| 10 | Seamans said it was very rare that violence broke out at American football , baseball or basketball games , ‘ and what is the biggest concern is that it seems to be organised violence at European soccer games which is something we have never experienced , ’ he added . |
| 11 | But the thing is that it seems that we 're a cultural the way the system is set up |
| 12 | The problem with the word involvement is that it seems to imply a single-mindedness , a deep identification with character which is not only unnecessary , but often counter-productive . |
| 13 | Our reason for stressing the concept of representative volume element is that it seems to provide a valuable dividing boundary between continuum theories and molecular or microscopic theories . |
| 14 | A second problem is that it seems somehow contradictory that to should have meaning in some of its uses but not in others . |
| 15 | The thing to remember is your last little note is that it seems to be that they 're accusing him of blasphemy as it was said . |