Example sentences of "seemed to have [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to have many roles , in reproduction , in blood vessels , in certain enzyme systems , and in the activity of nerves . |
| 2 | At that time the party seemed to have many of the characteristics of a party which did not expect to win elections : it had changed its leadership only a few weeks before the general election was called , Lansbury having resigned and been replaced by Attlee on a temporary basis ; and it suffered from a good deal of internal factionalism , and found its major policy demand — collective security through the League of Nations — ‘ scooped ’ by Stanley Baldwin , the Prime Minister . |
| 3 | She seemed to have such endless resources of anger , so many obviously right , sincerely held opinions . |
| 4 | And in spite of , or perhaps because of , this framework , they all seemed to have such fun , such carefree , girlish fun . |
| 5 | ‘ And Terry and Stephen seemed to have such a good time there . |
| 6 | The American sexologist , professor J L McCary , devised a pudding which seemed to have all the best attributes of an effective aphrodisiac . |
| 7 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |
| 8 | He seemed to have all the answers , all the zeal … ( he was ) the structural engineer of Reaganomics . ’ |
| 9 | As he said himself , with something of a mixed metaphor : ‘ The baby seemed to have all its parts but was liable to fall to pieces in the hand . ’ |
| 10 | While media seemed to have little influence on driving behaviour , both groups of drivers felt that it showed cars in an unrealistic light — only seven percent thought otherwise . |
| 11 | His mother , preoccupied with paying the bills , seemed to have little time and energy for her children — particularly Graham who , as the only boy , was a bitter reminder of her husband . |
| 12 | The phenomenal rise in venereal diseases and the performance of abortions ‘ for social reasons ’ were two of the unintended consequences of sexual hedonism which nevertheless seemed to have little effect on sexual behaviour . |
| 13 | This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence . |
| 14 | A salt watchman was paid a salary of £15 per annum , while a tidesman was paid £20 , so on the face of it Main seemed to have little cause for complaint . |
| 15 | This picked up language used in earlier Hague Conventions ; given the establishment of the Central Authority system , this provision seemed to have little point , as the Rapporteur himself admitted . |
| 16 | When in the 1880s , anxiety about the question grew more acute , and when exhortation to society members not to instruct " female learners " or to allow their daughters to take up the trade seemed to have little effect , more organized attempts were made to confront the problem . |
| 17 | Equally , the degree of unionisation of the workforce seemed to have little impact on the personnel practices of manufacturing establishments in their use either of fixed-term contract workers or agency workers . |
| 18 | Amber , however , seemed to have little consideration for Lucien or what was considered sacred . |
| 19 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 20 | ‘ These young jet lads seemed to have little respect even for their parents . |
| 21 | ‘ The players seemed to have much less belief in themselves than I had in them . |
| 22 | Yet in other respects , as was mentioned earlier , anomie-based ‘ invention ’ theories seemed to have much in common with classical criminology in their assumptions about human behaviour . |
| 23 | We never seemed to have much trouble anyway . |
| 24 | I suppose in the First World War , I do n't remember an awful lot about it , we wer always seemed to have enough to eat but er I , I think the Second World War whatever there was it was fairly distributed . |
| 25 | Erm , I do n't know how they live , yet they always seemed to have enough money you know . |
| 26 | She told me she made a point of taking a walk each day to get out of the way of all the old people , but I was reassured when I saw that she was well-known at the café and seemed to have several friends among its patrons . |
| 27 | The new comprehensive schools , educationalists complained , seemed to have less social mixing than the old grammar schools had done . |
| 28 | But the earlier propaganda image of a ‘ human ’ and even ‘ family ’ Hitler , coming from the people , sharing its worries and cares , and understanding ‘ the little man ’ seemed to have less and less to do with reality . |
| 29 | The whole incident made the short cut longer than the long cut but in time we reached the approach to the camp , much to the relief of Hassan who seemed to have less and less faith in the Second Son 's navigation . |
| 30 | But they seemed to have less , do n't misunderstand me , I 'm not class conscious , but it was a different class of person . |