Example sentences of "seem to be one of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seemed to be one of her bad days . |
| 2 | Why has there been no mention in your mag of the Harmony company , who seemed to be one of the earliest to rely on mass-production techniques to rival the ‘ hand-built ’ approach of Martin , Gibson and Washburn in terms of sales figures and affordability ? |
| 3 | THE Eight Bells seemed to be one of those pubs that do most of their trade in the late evenings , for at seven o'clock the saloon bar was deserted . |
| 4 | Gloriana , by contrast , was launched in the most auspicious of circumstances but seemed to be one of Britten 's most upsetting professional disappointments . |
| 5 | Thus in university towns and cities , there is often comparatively little gonorrhoea compared with the large urban areas , where shifting populations seem to be one of the reasons for an increased prevalence of the venereal diseases . |
| 6 | Off set pressure UV systems seem to be one of the most effective means of achieving a healthy , balanced pond , since they continuously bombard and kill algae by means of a low but effective dose of radiation . |
| 7 | For movement and dance , the Pineapple Studios in the same part of town seems to be one of the best there is , though it is not intended primarily for dancers and actors — people from all sorts of professions come along to keep fit . |
| 8 | The predators that preyed on the giants were even more spectacular , and by now the name of Tyrannosaurus is so well-known that it seems to be one of the first tongue-twisters mastered by small children . |
| 9 | It seems to be one of the valves sticking in its guide and the piston just tapping it as it reaches the top of its stroke . |
| 10 | Dark but lustrously rich in vocal and tonal colour , the predominant mood — if it 's permissible to speak of such a thing in relation to a Mass setting — seems to be one of elegiac lyricism . |
| 11 | Teachers do not , as a breed , read or talk much about education and this presumably reflects the general feeling that ‘ something 's got to go ’ , and that concern with ideas and ideals seems to be one of the areas that is dispensable . |
| 12 | It seems to be one of the basic functions of art to enable us to acknowledge thought and perception in a way that other things do not . |
| 13 | The point seems to be one of the relative facility with which working-class and middle-class housewives can , in response to a direct question , immediately describe their individual feelings about housework . |
| 14 | In the second period , however , the relationship — if such there be — seems to be one of relatively stable unemployment but sharply accelerating inflation , with average unemployment higher than in the previous period . |
| 15 | But this seems to be one of those cases where thinking can not make it so . |
| 16 | There is no useful definition of ‘ production ’ in the Act so the question seems to be one of the natural meaning of the word . |
| 17 | It seems to be one of the things actually that people that are home on holiday to Orkney , you know , maybe you have lived here in the past and Orkney cheese is one of the things they want to take back with them , a farmhouse cheese . |
| 18 | I , I , ca n't see it , it seems to be one of those things that has no purpose . |
| 19 | Assertiveness always seems to be one of these subjects that really , I do n't why but it seems to get to get people talking about about being aggressive about dismissive about lots of different things and I think assertion perhaps is one thing that we need we need to clarify |
| 20 | It is a very long novel ; on the other hand it seems to be one of the best novels ever written , and I would strongly recommend somebody who has perhaps read a little George Eliot to go on to that . |
| 21 | ‘ If murder is to be reserved for those homicides which are most deserving of stigma , this does not seem to be one of them . ’ |
| 22 | This would seem to be one of the few events that had any lasting emotional effect on him . |
| 23 | On balance , however , the predator/prey theory of dinosaur endothermy does seem to be one of Bakker 's stronger points . |
| 24 | Harris , Heston claimed , may appear to be very strong , but he ‘ does seem to be one of those people who seemed to enjoy ill health . |