Example sentences of "but it seems " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it seems clear that this one bears the marks of defeat and despair , and of a reprisal directed at the liberal England which has let the violator down . |
| 2 | But it seems safe to say that there are circumstances in which litost and glasnost can be recognised as enemies , and that this enmity can be recognised in the novel Life is elsewhere . |
| 3 | Knighton declined to comment ahead of the talks with Edwards , but it seems he is keen at all costs to avoid a court case . |
| 4 | But it seems a shame not to challenge yourself because other people say you 're not as good as you used to be . |
| 5 | I am certainly going to miss him , I have only really known him for the past seven days , but it seems like years . |
| 6 | But it seems that his interest in primitive ritual had led him to place his own stress on life as a ritual . |
| 7 | This may sound harsh , but it seems to me that when we lost our empire our eyes came down from the horizon and looked at our feet . |
| 8 | One such difference is largely a matter of emphasis but it seems to me of significance . |
| 9 | Difficulties abound , but it seems that the Russians are coming anyway . |
| 10 | This is a fine ideal but it seems to me to rest on biological , theological and philosophical mistakes . |
| 11 | But it seems more plausible to highlight the financial market liberalisation which has taken place in both economies . |
| 12 | But it seems he 's suddenly being rediscovered here . |
| 13 | The real significance of these comparisons remains unknown , as do the real workings of the dolphin mind , but it seems that dolphins and porpoises achieved their modern enlarged brains about 15–20 million years ago , whereas the evolution of the human brain is a phenomenon of the past few million years at the most . |
| 14 | Most of the money for the campaign has come from the central government and the United Nations , but it seems to be Marxist enthusiasm that has put it to good use . |
| 15 | Perhaps , as with the Abyssinian episode , public opinion might have been sufficient to temporarily deflect the leaders of the National government from their chosen course , but it seems unlikely that Chamberlain 's government would have been so easily , or temporarily , blown off the course of appeasement . |
| 16 | The precise meaning of this formulation is unclear — does it mean ‘ lose self-control and kill ’ , or ‘ lose self-control and kill in the way D did ’ — but it seems to derive from the notion that there are degrees of loss of self-control . |
| 17 | Inevitably , the lost that set the buyers alight were the North American and European imports , but it seems mere novelty value can no longer secure the top prices . |
| 18 | ‘ We were sceptical about packets , though , and did n't think all the powder would dissolve , but it seems to be fine . ’ |
| 19 | Ari strains and tumbles in the foam , but it seems as if her insides have become hard and dark . |
| 20 | I sometimes worried that he did n't have enough time to see his own music but it seems he has it by memory . |
| 21 | I would have preferred this afternoon but it seems he is riding in three races at Wincanton . ’ |
| 22 | But it seems to me that by several cultural tests — a preference , for example , for a nice cup of tea — she is . |
| 23 | ‘ We are checking rail stations but it seems you can catch a train to anywhere in the country at 5pm on a Friday from Leeds and so they could be absolutely anywhere . ’ |
| 24 | Central Park looms to the south with its jewelled fringe of MidTown skyline , but it seems like a mirage beyond the grasp of Welfare City . |
| 25 | But it seems there are some that still have plenty of money . ’ |
| 26 | This was obscure , but it seems to have something to do with going downhill with an out-of-control supermarket trolley . |
| 27 | Orrell are content to keep Wasps guessing but it seems likely Kimmins will play — a line-out challenge for Kinsey , O'Leary and Ryan . |
| 28 | It also transpired that parts of England ( east and south-east ) were put on full invasion alert at the time , but it seems that ‘ Cromwell ’ had been ignored in some places where the junior officers who happened to be on duty had not been let into the secret of what it meant . |
| 29 | But it seems a pity that he had to leave Education when the changes in the system still have so far to run . |
| 30 | But it seems unlikely that decline will be halted without change . |