Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [conj] it seems " in BNC.

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1 The reason the coding metaphor has such currency in contemporary talk about perception is that it seems to suggest a way in which very simple and apparently homogenous elements such as nerve impulses can generate the richness and variety of consciousness .
2 One of the oddities of Foucault 's work is that it seems riven by an internal tension — for example , as peter Dews notes , while on the one hand Foucault lays claims to a form of objectivity in his archaeology , and eschews interpretation in favour of ‘ intelligibility ’ , on the other hand throughout his life he was also prone to endorse a Nietzschean insistence on the interminability of interpretation .
3 The first is that he has got her into bed so easily and the second is that it seems to mean nothing to her .
4 One of the attractions of swearing for a child is that it seems a grown-up thing to do .
5 Another of the ironies of penal reform is that it seems not to apply in Texas , one of the spiritual centres of capitalism .
6 The image of royalty gives us an idea just how powerful and proud the train is as it seems to influence and belittle all the things around it .
7 A parallel attraction of the theory is that it seems to constrain perception to be true — to be only about things that impinge on the nervous system ; that are , in other words , ‘ really there ’ .
8 One thing about the strategy is that it seems to me the ultimate goal is perhaps to get rid of the warlords
9 Seamans said it was very rare that violence broke out at American football , baseball or basketball games , ‘ and what is the biggest concern is that it seems to be organised violence at European soccer games which is something we have never experienced , ’ he added .
10 But the thing is that it seems that we 're a cultural the way the system is set up
11 The problem with the word involvement is that it seems to imply a single-mindedness , a deep identification with character which is not only unnecessary , but often counter-productive .
12 Our reason for stressing the concept of representative volume element is that it seems to provide a valuable dividing boundary between continuum theories and molecular or microscopic theories .
13 A second problem is that it seems somehow contradictory that to should have meaning in some of its uses but not in others .
14 The thing to remember is your last little note is that it seems to be that they 're accusing him of blasphemy as it was said .
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