Example sentences of "it seems [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touch the ‘ marble ’ and discover that it is not what it seems but beautifully painted plaster — scagliola . |
| 2 | In such forms it seems but a short step from saying that the courts are also our only effective guardians against the evils of socialism . |
| 3 | The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his neighbour , or whose mine is flooded by the water from his neighbour 's reservoir , or whose cellar is invaded by the filth of his neighbour 's privy , or whose habitation is made unhealthy by the fumes and noisome vapours of his neighbour 's alkali works , is damnified without any fault of his own ; and it seems but reasonable and just that the neighbour , who has brought something on his own property which was not naturally there , harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property , but which he knows to be mischievous if it gets on his neighbour 's , should be obliged to make good the damage which ensues if he does not succeed in confining it to his own property . |
| 4 | But for his act in bringing it there no mischief could have accrued , and it seems but just that he should at his peril keep it there so that no mischief may accrue , or answer for the natural and anticipated consequences . |
| 5 | It seems but yesterday that the Bill was given its Second Reading on 26 November , yet there has been a great deal of debate of its contents . |
| 6 | We did n't want the reforms it seems but now sixty to seventy percent of consultants are wanting the reforms . |
| 7 | It seems or it seemed to us till lately — a natural thing that love ( under certain conditions ) should be regarded as a noble and ennobling passion : it is only if we imagine ourselves trying to explain this doctrine to Aristotle , Virgil , St Paul , or the author of Beomuy , that we become aware how far from natural it is . |
| 8 | Again , this is easier than it seems and far easier to do than to put into words . |
| 9 | You take it in for what it seems and forget , as likely as not , the precise detail . |
| 10 | Month after month , as the British economy has languished in a deep and damaging recession , the only reaction from a puzzled and beleaguered Government is the claim that it is not as bad as it seems and that good times are round the corner . |