Example sentences of "it [adv] seem [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he had the freedom to hang around with anyone , it only seems natural that somewhere along the line he was going to get mixed up with people who were bad news . |
| 2 | It suddenly seemed terrible that Marcus was leaving the flat . |
| 3 | But to me , standing there in the autumn sunlight , it suddenly seemed natural and comforting . |
| 4 | With hindsight it perhaps seems strange that one of the indisputably greatest figures in the whole of Western art devoted the better part of his life to sell-advancement , and to painting the King , his family , and their attendant dogs , dwarves and sycophants Certainly the irony of this , together with the fact that this inbred family of often considerable mental as well as physical fragility should have controlled the destiny of so vast an empire , is not lost on Gironella . |
| 5 | Well , not an awful lot really I mean , you know , you , you ca n't win , as I say , it just seemed wrong that you know when people ask being asked to make cuts and make these charges that that amount of money should be spent on something else |
| 6 | It just seems incredible that after a 90 nm flight with some 10 time checks , known and secret , plus 25 observation targets , one Pole had a total penalty score equivalent to a two second error . |
| 7 | It already seems obvious that Mr Kinnock will be the earliest beneficiary , and this for a simple reason . |
| 8 | It nevertheless seems clear that the brand of Whiggery we associate with the Walpolean ascendancy of the 1720s and 1730s was very different from that which had been predominant for much of the later-Stuart period . |
| 9 | It thus seems significant that there appears to have been a rumour that Edmund was in some way responsible for the death of Cnut 's father , after issuing a vain warning that tribute should not be levied from his church 's lands . |
| 10 | Though it is impossible to date the provisions with any confidence , in favour of dating them in the reign of Mehmed II is the fact that Sultan Murad III ( 982–1003/1574–95 ) , in a firman sent to his Grand Vezir in 985/1577 in connection with reform of the learned profession , speaks of " the ancient law ( kanun ) of Sultan Mehmed Gazi " : it thus seems likely that Mehmed II promulgated some legislation concerning the learned profession , if not these actual provisions . |
| 11 | It thus seems likely that the junctions which are recalled may be simply the large congested ones , ones which also happen to be risky . |
| 12 | Over the weekend , when it still seemed possible that Baldwin would resign in the next few days , Sydney Arnold and Lees Smith advised MacDonald not to take office , on the grounds that a Labour Government would be bound to fail and that the party would then be ‘ overwhelmed ’ . |
| 13 | In London there were doubts as to whether the likely trade justified the expense of full diplomatic representation : it still seemed possible that Japan 's ports would be used mainly by whaling ships in the north Pacific rather than by merchantmen . |
| 14 | Even in incessant rain it still seemed lovely and , at least within its walls , remarkably unspoilt , though behind the medieval faades many houses have been relentlessly modernised . |
| 15 | Many of these are , and will be , disputed , but it still seems probable that such collisions must be considered as a regular feature of earth history . |
| 16 | And yet it still seems questionable whether Scorsese 's work has the range and the depth which would properly carry him beyond celebrity to ‘ greatness ’ . |
| 17 | Since both Koreas joined the UN in September 1991 , it looks slightly more possible that the two Chinas could be members as well ; but it still seems unlikely that China , committed to opposing formal Taiwanese independence by force , would allow it . |
| 18 | For heavy goods , especially of timber and stone , it still seems likely that water transport , by river and sea and a little by canal , was cheaper and more expeditious than long-distance travel by road — and that there was sense as well as sentiment , for example , in the devotion the Norman builders showed in England for their native stone from Caen . |
| 19 | It hardly seemed possible that powerful , destructive passions could spring unendingly from such an unpromising source ! |
| 20 | It hardly seemed fair that a kid of — what would she be ? |
| 21 | It hardly seems right that we should get the chop |
| 22 | It hardly seems accidental that the extremely imprecise and tentative nature of his proposals allowed the maximum scope for the exercise of political judgement at all levels of the administrative system . |
| 23 | It hardly seems likely that the Government was jolted into action by the Northamptonshire Society 's letter , but nevertheless three days later the House of Commons ordered that a Select Committee ‘ be appointed to consider and report upon the Re-construction of the Foreign Office in relation to the future Rebuilding of other Offices on a uniform Plan , due regard being had to Public Convenience and Economy ’ . |
| 24 | But it always seemed better once I had got the anger out of my system . " |
| 25 | It always seemed miraculous that the Maggot could fit himself into a small aircraft , for John Maggovertski was a huge man : six foot five and well over two hundred pounds , and none of those pounds was fat . |
| 26 | It always seems funny when a Rottweiler guards for the first time , barking loudly , usually backing off , not quite sure if he is doing the right thing . |
| 27 | It also seemed obvious that the universe had a unique history , yet since the discovery of quantum mechanics , we have had to consider the universe as having every possible history . |
| 28 | It also seems right that the offence under clause 12(1) , as well as applying to obtaining possession or control without ownership , should apply to obtaining ownership without possession or control . |
| 29 | It also seems probable that cells from inflamed epithelium ( colitis ) will be more prone to toxicity from cytokines than will cells from control tissue and this may have introduced artefactual abnormalities in dispersed colitic cells . |
| 30 | It also seems inescapable that , however much conscious experience depends on the orderly biochemical working of the body , consciousness is itself outside the ordinary material concepts of matter and energy . |