Example sentences of "seem [adj] that it was " in BNC.

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1	It seemed amazing that it was less than a year since that had been said .
2	So much had happened that it seemed incredible that it was barely a week since she 'd crossed the bridge in the opposite direction .
3	It seemed incredible that it was only just a week since she 'd arrived , Luce thought .
4	It seem improbable that it was an entirely autonomous female decision , particularly given the absence of sex instruction for girls .
5	It seems likely that it was neither of these nearest agnates , and that it was an heir from outside the family .
6	Yet , particularly as the early Christians accused the pagans of worshipping trees and streams and stones , it seems likely that it was the natural sites which were looked upon as being truly important .
7	Their date is unsure , perhaps around the mid sixth century , and it seems likely that it was near that time that Greek sculptors did learn to hollow-cast bronze on a large scale .
8	It is impossible to say to what extent Cézanne was aware of the fact that he was doing this , and in the process breaking the laws of scientific linear perspective , but it seems likely that it was part of a natural desire to emphasize the two-dimensional aspect of the canvas while continuing to explain the nature of objects and also insisting on their solidity by modelling them as fully as possible .
9	However , it seems unlikely that it was intended that less disclosure should be made to private customers than to professionals .
10	It seems probable that it was not until the doubling in the size of crowds between the wars that the ‘ rough ’ as opposed to the ‘ respectable ’ working class was fully represented as a proportion of the total population .
11	He did n't seem upset that it was empty and Trent had the feeling that , given the chance , the President would have poured himself another whisky and drunk it for something to do rather than from desire for alcohol .

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