Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] seem [prep] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some candidates still seem to be anticipating an examination paper that exclusively tests discrete technical topics ( for example , leasing , deferred tax , disposals , pensions and foreign currency translation ) . |
| 2 | For Joe Trace , a door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products , and his wife Violet , the good times finally seem to be rolling . |
| 3 | Large companies still seem to be finding it increasingly difficult to retain top management . |
| 4 | We have failed to grasp it and , although some of the eastern European countries now seem to be succeeding in the adaptation to a market economy , many others , including Russia , are likely to fail . |
| 5 | It is a symptom of sociology 's low status as a scientific discipline that so many researchers still seem to be seeking for the philosophers ' stone , or seeking status by attempting to theorize beyond their means . |
| 6 | Doctors and nutritionists always seem to be telling us to eat less of the foods we enjoy . |
| 7 | ‘ The guitars always seem to be drowning him out , ’ she complained , with some justification . |
| 8 | On last week 's events — Wabi and the Microsoft/Insignia roll-out ( UX No 434 and see pages one and three ) — Burnham says he 's glad that vendors finally seem to be acknowledging the importance of the application community with real initiatives . |
| 9 | On last week 's events — Wabi and the Microsoft Corp-Insignia Solutions Ltd roll-out , Burnham says he 's glad that vendors finally seem to be acknowledging the importance of the application community with real initiatives . |
| 10 | Indeed , the key choice many managers now seem to be making is whether they develop their own system or buy one ‘ off the shelf ’ from several management consultants in the field . |
| 11 | Things now seem to be moving . |
| 12 | It is unavoidable to begin by referring to Young and Willmott 's ( 1957 ) study of Bethnal Green , and to the much quoted chapter in which they itemize how mothers and daughters and sisters constantly seem to be doing each other 's shopping , drying each other 's washing and looking after each other 's children for the afternoon . |
| 13 | Just as generals always seem to be planning for better ways to fight the last war , so the study of international relations has often reflected the concerns of the previous generation . |
| 14 | Mainstream teachers and heads of language departments often seem to be lacking in knowledge of their pupils ' languages . |
| 15 | The masterclasses certainly seem to be going down well with parents . |
| 16 | Venture capitalists thus seem to be moving away from riskier start-ups and towards more established companies in buy-out situations . |
| 17 | Though ‘ LSI ’ bombed with them , the college crowd already seem to be going for the more obviously British routines of ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ . |
| 18 | Epiphytic and epilithic algae colonies also seem to be expanding in the acidic lakes and watercourses of southern Scandinavia . |