Example sentences of "it seemed as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually there arose a faint humming from outside the tent as people gathered to talk and speculate , so it seemed as if those left inside were surrounded by a swarm of curious but not unfriendly bees . |
| 2 | In the 1950s , it seemed as if there might be a place for literature in the academy , so that the writing of fiction or poetry , of criticism , and the teaching of literature would become a unified form of life . |
| 3 | At the time it seemed as if the government had crushed the nationalist movement by locking up its leaders for life . |
| 4 | It seemed as if one of the most respected women on television had succumbed to the lure of glitzy fame . |
| 5 | Not so long ago it seemed as if the world was to divide into three main trading blocks : the EC based around the West German economy ; a Northern American block based around the US-Canadian free trade area , and a Pacific unit incorporating the Asian tigers with Japan and the yen at the centre . |
| 6 | Old feuds of race were diminishing , rivalries and prejudices were by degrees fading out.Such frequent and such intimate relations had thus been established between nations , that it seemed as if they must soon unite in one family , in one single federal state . |
| 7 | Still looking down , it seemed as if the pattern of squares was moving . |
| 8 | While the early days of autumn lasted , it seemed as if she might settle down . |
| 9 | To others , including Tennyson and Arnold , it seemed as if ‘ the ringing grooves of change ’ were carrying them at break-neck speed into a future full of uncertainty and alarm . |
| 10 | It seemed as if another person had done this , not her . |
| 11 | At the height of all the media fuss over a comic creation which was basically nothing more than a walking catch-phrase , it seemed as if Enfield 's career was in danger of burning out before it had properly ignited . |
| 12 | It seemed as if the Führer was right yet again , and that the end of the Russian campaign was only a few weeks away . |
| 13 | A week later it seemed as if Evelyn 's plan had had a miraculously swift outcome . |
| 14 | Rushmere spent 71 balls over his 29 , and at times it seemed as if Wessels and Kirsten were more interested in spending much-needed time in the middle than trying to set a challenging target . |
| 15 | It seemed as if Glasgow was on the brink of revolution . |
| 16 | For several moments it seemed as if he might refuse to go with her , then he decided that he would . |
| 17 | Surprisingly little drink was enough to intoxicate him but it seemed as if the wine released the power in him . |
| 18 | It seemed as if the conservative group were determined to drive the president towards a coup d'état , from which they could benefit — for he was a guarantee of order and stability — but from participation in which they could be legally , if not morally , absolved . |
| 19 | It seemed as if the circular ironies of history in Ben Ami were too strong . |
| 20 | For one brief moment , it seemed as if there might be a conventional route to fame , through the young director Roman Polanski who had just entered the fast new Hollywood crowd of which Nicholson was a member , as was his friend Robert Evans , who had been recently appointed vice president of Paramount and in charge of all new production projects . |
| 21 | Through the glasses it seemed as if the whole sky was showering brilliance on the town below . |
| 22 | It seemed as if the world had stopped to listen . |
| 23 | A comp is held by popular demand , but although there was a good turnout by competitors and supporters , it seemed as if the old Farnborough magic had gone forever despite some damn radical action from Jeff Hedges . |
| 24 | It seemed as if she 's been awaiting this opportunity for years . |
| 25 | The next day it seemed as if everyone in the school knew . |
| 26 | Again it seemed as if she was about to say something but changed her mind . |
| 27 | When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive . |
| 28 | All these went out so silently , and with such a measured pace , that it seemed as if there were only a score . |
| 29 | Fear often played tricks with my perception and now it seemed as if I was losing my grip of reality . |
| 30 | Some of the great controversies were so trivial that it seemed as if people had positively to search for something to quarrel about . |