Example sentences of "be that it seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Regatta chairman talks about the way hospitality had taken over the regatta course and howm glad they are that it seems to be declining . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | One of the attractions of swearing for a child is that it seems a grown-up thing to do . |
| 5 | What makes it attractive to him is that it seems to fascinate his parents . |
| 6 | Another of the ironies of penal reform is that it seems not to apply in Texas , one of the spiritual centres of capitalism . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | One problem with the Royal College of General Practitioners is that it seems to equate general practice exclusively with being an NHS general practitioner . |
| 9 | The first is that he has got her into bed so easily and the second is that it seems to mean nothing to her . |
| 10 | All I do know is that it seems someone here does believe that they still have an influence . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Now , when you read Totem and Taboo , one of the things you may notice , particularly if you 've read more recent anthropological social science literature , is that it seems very old fashioned . |
| 13 | But the thing is that it seems that we 're a cultural the way the system is set up |
| 14 | A second problem is that it seems somehow contradictory that to should have meaning in some of its uses but not in others . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The point about [ 20 ] is that it seems to achieve most of its relevance through this range of weak implicatures . |
| 17 | Yeah but but the point I 'm trying to make is that it seems to me that if we 're continually spending money on advertising , we 're creating another problem elsewhere . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | One thing about the strategy is that it seems to me the ultimate goal is perhaps to get rid of the warlords |
| 21 | The trouble was that it seemed almost unfair to Donald not to have another go . |
| 22 | The importance of Irwin 's triumph was that it seemed both classical and prototypical — an exemplification of triumphs past and a portent of triumphs to come . |
| 23 | All he did know at this moment was that it seemed a shame a girl such as Maggie here , with brains , because she was no fool , and a talent such as she had , should be encased in a body that held no appeal . |
| 24 | Film was nothing in itself but what had confirmed its worthlessness was that it seemed the exclusive property of a class of showmen who were direct descendants of the old fairground showmen . |
| 25 | The chief reason I 'd always been against abortion was that it seemed like tearing up a bill instead of paying it . |
| 26 | So all she could report was that it seemed dark and cruiser-shaped . |
| 27 | The trouble was that it seemed as likely as a lion apologising to a gazelle . |
| 28 | One of the reasons for using a recognition task was that it seemed less likely than the first study which used a recall test to be biased by the fact that subjects were aware that the study was concerned with risk . |