Example sentences of "it seem to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first Sergeant Bramble thought it was one of the latest Atco motor-mowers but it seemed to be coming from above them . |
| 2 | Rumours of transatlantic bids persistently hover over Burmah but it seemed to be the suspected presence of SHV , the big Dutch group , that fuelled the price . |
| 3 | ‘ It seemed to be a credible account , ’ Mr Callan said . |
| 4 | It seemed to be genuine . |
| 5 | There is some corroboration for our conclusion in previous research , however : at the 1983 election Gunter , Svennevig and Wober ( 1986 , p. 119 ) found that ‘ whilst television clearly emerged from among various sources of information about politics as the major source , it seemed to be relatively less important in the decision-making process of which way to vote ’ . |
| 6 | It seemed to be in permanent decline , possibly for some of the same reasons as the Liberals after 1918 . |
| 7 | As in the autumn of 1981 , it seemed to be losing its way , with doubts over government support for British Leyland , ministers attacked over repeated strikes by secondary school teachers , and criticisms also over Britain 's support for President Reagan at the time of bombing raids on Libya . |
| 8 | It seemed to be a very important project but the Area Health Authority felt it would be ‘ unethical ’ . |
| 9 | It seemed to be a sign of status . |
| 10 | It seemed to be saying : ‘ You and who else ? ’ , or ‘ Do you think that you 're really big enough ? . ’ |
| 11 | It seemed to be working . |
| 12 | People wanted it and it seemed to be the right thing to do — and we did it . |
| 13 | It seemed to be like , ‘ Do n't worry about the money and if you need the equipment , you get the equipment , if you need clothes , get clothes made ’ . |
| 14 | But then it seemed to snowball from ‘ Hunky Dory ’ into ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ because after playing one or two gigs as an acoustic outfit , it seemed to be natural to take it that step further — to add the bass and add the drums and make it bigger and better — more of a show of it — and so it evolved into ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ . |
| 15 | When it seemed to be getting out of hand , he insisted that its aim was to improve the system , not to change it . |
| 16 | How could Mrs Hollidaye consider allowing Dot to return to that unsafe place where the air robbed your cheeks of their roses , where buildings collapsed though the bombs had long since stopped , where there was no glass in half the windows , no water in the taps , where nothing was quite what it seemed to be . |
| 17 | It seemed to be given up to the birds and their morning hymns … |
| 18 | It seemed to be time to play his ace in this particular trick . |
| 19 | As he approached , it seemed to be a crumpled sheet of paper , brilliant on the cold , dark earth . |
| 20 | In this paradox , we see the essence of the heightened detestation of the new breed of Party ‘ functionaries ’ , the agents — along with the traditionally disliked State civil servants — of this bureaucratized control , and the popularity of the Führer , whose personal power was idealized and elevated to a plane where it seemed to be executed outside the realms of ‘ everyday life ’ . |
| 21 | With Walsh then skimming the bar with a spectacular overhead shot , it seemed to be just a matter of time before Tottenham would score . |
| 22 | To the waiters standing about it seemed to be perfectly stationary , but they were not members of the Chop Society and it was not their table . |
| 23 | It seemed to be heading from the far side of his grandfather 's bed towards the door . |
| 24 | Sir David Cardinal spoke next , and though I missed much of his speech , it seemed to be more technical in substance , and quite frankly , rather above my head . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , although time is not identical with motion or change , it seemed to be dependent on them . |
| 26 | She wrote , ‘ You ca n't imagine how strange it seemed to be journeying thus , without any visible cause for progress other than the magical machine , with its flying white breath and rhythmical , unvarying pace … ‘ |
| 27 | It seemed to be a parlour or sitting room . |
| 28 | It seemed to be impossible to straighten both at the same time ) and thrust out his chest . |
| 29 | It seemed to be smiling . |
| 30 | As for her voice , it seemed to be down at her elbow somewhere , and it was only by a kind of automatic reflex that she was singing at all . |