Example sentences of "seem [prep] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to be on good terms with the people behind the bar . |
| 2 | She was still taking medication after her breast cancer operation but she seemed to be on top form and very bubbly and full of plans for the future . |
| 3 | Perhaps that was why every cell of her normally controlled body seemed to be on red alert in Rune Christensen 's presence . |
| 4 | Heim again presented her view that the accused was faking , and added the comment that from her observations of his behaviour in the witness box he seemed to be of average intelligence . |
| 5 | Attacked by its critics as a sort of institutional megalomania in which a defeat of free institutions anywhere was a defeat everywhere it was a supercharged containment policy in which , in defence of the perimeter , all points seemed to be of equal importance . |
| 6 | This question , said Mrs B , seemed to be of particular significance , but she had felt unable to make any sense of it . |
| 7 | All the services for mental health seemed to be at full stretch already , he said . |
| 8 | The cellular source of soluble ICAM-1 ( sICAM-1 ) in samples of healthy blood donors seemed to be from mononuclear cells , because sICAM-1 was only detectable in cell culture supernatants of lymphoid cell lines and peripteral blood mononuclear cell cultures . |
| 9 | The United States seemed to be in great shape . |
| 10 | I looked at Oliver and he seemed to be in genuine distress . |
| 11 | Holyhead mayor Tom Ross added : ‘ He was very happy and seemed to be in good spirits . |
| 12 | And what he was saying seemed to be in direct conflict to the hurtful reasons for their marriage he had given her on the drawbridge yesterday . |
| 13 | ‘ Well … well , then — ’ her only recourse seemed to be in stiff formality ‘ — I wish you Godspeed , my lord , and … and success in your … that is … ’ |
| 14 | It seemed to be in permanent decline , possibly for some of the same reasons as the Liberals after 1918 . |
| 15 | In comparison with London , everything seemed to be in miniature . |
| 16 | The schools market is an area where booksellers and publishers increasingly seem to be on opposing teams , playing on that all too familiar unlevel playing field . |
| 17 | The tone of Tithonus ' words seem to be of great regret and self lamenting . |
| 18 | While the top three or four companies now seem to be in reasonable financial shape it is the medium-sized firms in the top thirty that are feeling the pressure . |
| 19 | You all seem to be in good spirits tonight . |
| 20 | You seem to be in excellent health . ’ |
| 21 | FMEs prepared to advise defence lawyers seem to be in growing demand , and that is borne out by the experience within our group , whose members go out of their way to stress that we work as independent consultants . |
| 22 | Even though information was not collected from women who were 45 years old or over , the pregnancy wastage in the older childbearing ages for which data were obtained seems to be of devastating proportions . |
| 23 | I ca n't imagine I would try and scramble up over rocks using my nose , but the use of hands in the mountaineering hierarchy seems to be of prime importance . |
| 24 | The ecological factors responsible are largely unexplored , but the availability of plants to provide seeds seems to be of prime importance . |
| 25 | Adorno 's preferred picture for music listeners seems to be of inert , private critical spirits , without bodies , without vocal sensuality . |
| 26 | It is within reach of the stage 's edge and seems to be of medium length , not an elongated canne . |
| 27 | What seems to be of primary importance is the gentleness not only of the scene , but of the forces that surround the child , and himself . |
| 28 | The continued marketing of products of dubious provenance , dubious efficacy , and dubious quality could bring discredit to a new approach to stopping smoking that seems to be of great potential benefit . |
| 29 | It was found in a Late Helladic IIIA context , dating to 1400–1300 BC , yet it seems to be of Minoan workmanship or inspiration ; it may well have been brought to the mainland by proud Mycenean conquerors as booty . |
| 30 | We believe that these findings suggest that osmolality is the key determinant of water absorption in both normal and secreting intestine and that it seems to be of particular importance in the secretory state . |