Example sentences of "do not seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young academics and critics do not seem to have had the same difficulty , or if they do , are not letting on . |
| 2 | I do not seem to be alone in this response . |
| 3 | One problem is that there do not seem to be many potentially blue-chip names in the pipeline , ready to join what is now a severely restricted group . |
| 4 | The East German authorities do not seem to agree . |
| 5 | While the fashion lasts , these are considerable : figures of £200,000 to £300,000 in profit for one well-organised party are being bandied about , and do not seem to be greatly exaggerated . |
| 6 | Into it comes the shamanic figure of ‘ An Unidentified Guest ’ who is in control of potent and primitive forces , which the other characters do not seem to understand . |
| 7 | Though the authorities do not seem to have been aware of the scale and significance of capital flows within the sterling area , they were aware that the exchange controls in that area were not all that London hoped . |
| 8 | It is remarkable how this interest extends even to topics which do not seem related to the main themes of his studies . |
| 9 | By contrast , on the other side of the equator , there are societies , such as some of the traditional pre-colonial Southern African states which though they have pastoralism and agriculture , do not seem to have had slavery . |
| 10 | The results are both impressive and disquieting , for unlike natural forms his do not seem to invite our participation , nor do they depend on us for their formidable originality and sense of completion . |
| 11 | Earlier in the week Pipe was not sure to give his Gold Cup candidate a race on the firm ground but the stable is in tremendous form and the inmates do not seem unduly affected by the state of the ground . |
| 12 | As Liverpool have been all Greek to most First Division clubs for a decade , Swansea 's chances do not seem that brilliant , but … and that ‘ but ’ is the delight of the FA Cup . |
| 13 | You do not seem to appreciate that the point at which Soul is stretched the furthest , globally , is the point at which it is weakest . |
| 14 | Curbs on ownership of water buffaloes and other ruminant emitters do not seem likely , nor would it be possible to cover up rice paddies and melting permafrost in the tundra . |
| 15 | The two most prudent Latin American governments , Chile and Colombia , do not seem interested in the Brady plan . |
| 16 | Even the nastiest Soviet generals do not seem to want to restore ‘ international class struggle ’ — stirring up third-world trouble for the West . |
| 17 | But customers do not seem to care . |
| 18 | But the Americans do not seem likely to force the Japanese to overcharge them for chips again . |
| 19 | The biggest flaw in Mr Chandler 's argument is that it applies more readily to industries where fast changes in technology do not seem likely . |
| 20 | Others speculate that a bad harvest around Hanoi may be to blame ( though the new arrivals do not seem to be starving ) . |
| 21 | And even with a larger army , the Saudis do not seem to think that they would be able to protect themselves . |
| 22 | The time and dedication demanded do not seem to put people off : the course is so popular that it has had to shift from a country house to a conference centre on an industrial estate in the Midlands . |
| 23 | In families that did not indulge themselves in this way a healthier climate prevailed ; children do not seem to have been unduly obsessed with death . |
| 24 | Narcissi do not seem to like her garden , and so they have been abandoned . |
| 25 | Use an orange or yellow pencil for the remainder , that is , things you are unsure about or which do not seem to fit clearly into either the good or the bad categories . |
| 26 | Ascarids , or large roundworms , are very common in young horses , but do not seem to appear in those over five years old . |
| 27 | If we teach a horse to move to the right away from the pressure of a rider 's leg on their left side ; they do not seem to be able to reason that pressure on the right side is intended to make them move to the left . |
| 28 | North also said that biblical verses were brought up in conversation , though they do not seem to have made it onto the surreptitious tape . |
| 29 | In a fortunate moment I noticed a sign reading ‘ Jardin de Paris — Restaurant Français ’ , and abandoning Anastasia on a pavement , a procedure to which East Europeans do not seem to take exception , I ventured in to discover whether anyone spoke French . |
| 30 | People who are used to stock market investment do not seem concerned about risk and those who are worried over risk do not seem keen to put funds in the market . |