Example sentences of "seem to have [det] " in BNC.

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1 Dr Margaret O'Brien , a chartered psychologist at East London Polytechnic and author of The New Man , told the conference : ‘ Though there have been many changes in family life over the century , it is surprising to discover that children seem to have such a traditional view . ’
2 And nowhere in our lives do more problems seem to arise than in the area of relationships — and no other problems seem to have such a long-lasting effect .
3 It all began because my friend Pat was called by the Lord to work as a nurse in Saudi , and her experiences there gave me an interest in that country and especially in the Women as they seem to have such a hard life .
4 Seeing as you seem to have such a small and narrow-minded attitude , you will never have heard of them .
5 It is strange that those who wish to discredit the reliability of the Bible sometimes seem to have such strong faith in the reliability of other ancient records !
6 Even certain elevated atolls seem to have such a thickness of limestone as to indicate subsidence before present uplift .
7 Adrian is envious of his schoolfriend , Nigel , whose parents seem to have much more money than Adrian 's .
8 Though theoretically useful to library planners and funding authorities , standards rarely seem to have much influence upon events , which are determined by political factors or chance .
9 Sue Robertson , Educational Officer at The South Bank Centre , feels extremely grateful to Kodak for their essential contribution to this project , and believes that it 's very important to combat the idea many young people seem to have that galleries are very boring places to visit .
10 Others in the same country seem to have little notion of what is happening ( e.g. Bajracharya ( 1981 ) from eastern Nepal ) .
11 Application of ether or certain vital dyes to the ulcers both have their adherents but seem to have little effect on the natural course of the disease .
12 For the Government in general and the Employment Secretary in particular seem to have little idea about the problems of working women .
13 It is not at all easy to see what it is that makes one thing tough and another brittle because the substances in each of these lists seem to have little enough in common .
14 Some visually handicapped pupils have good central vision and seem to have little difficulty in reading , but poor peripheral vision can give them problems in managing their environment .
15 But such models seem to have little to offer in the elucidation of the behaviour of complex societies practising family limitation .
16 At ward level , managerial changes often seem to have little impact or significance on clinical practice , and experience suggests many nurses are unaware of or uninterested in the implications of such reforms .
17 Now let us explore what lies behind the contemporary appearance of quite another group of towns : towns which reveal nothing at first sight of their secret , physical history , and which indeed seem to have little or nothing in common as one looks at them and around their streets .
18 " Too many ill-presented , ill-written and extremely long-winded scripts are seen from candidates who seem to have little idea even of the basics of sentence construction . "
19 In some cases , trade associations seem to have little sanction over rogue members .
20 Study of Mackmurdo 's character reveals a strong vein of the mountebank and many of his claims seem to have little basis in fact .
21 ‘ I seem to have little choice as far as you 're concerned . ’
22 The FAP gene has ras mutations may be important initiating events in colorectal cancer , but seem to have little independent prognostic importance .
23 Children seem to have little difficulty accepting this convention because it is so like the action replays they will frequently have seen on television .
24 and do n't and particularly these days they do n't go , seem to have all that much interest in doing so do they ?
25 A French scientist said ‘ Most of the work to be done in science and the useful arts is precisely that which needs the knowledge and co-operation of many scientists that is why it is necessary for scientists and technologists to meet — even in those branches of knowledge which seem to have least relation and connection with one another . ’
26 We seem to have another unfortunate trade-off imposed by the laws of physics .
27 The authors of the Arkleton Trust publication seem to have this in mind when they state : —
28 ‘ But we seem to have this thing in Wales about always knocking our best players and looking around to try to put forward rivals who are n't as good . ’
29 They seem to have this idea about natural talent and any kid who shows the slightest promise is put into sport and made to concentrate on that .
30 Yeah although the tape 's on I 'll still say I 'll still say I mean there are people within the company as within any company I 'm sure who you when you get to know their technical ability or lack thereof you think well how have they managed to get where they have but they just seem to be able they seem to have this ability to be able to be in the right place at the right time .
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