Example sentences of "seem to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sentences seemed to be one-sided . |
| 2 | No thought of any homework , and it was patently obvious that only Imran Khan and Javed Mianded seemed to be recognisable down there . |
| 3 | But his general gist seemed to be close to his lordship 's , concluding with a call for a freezing of German reparation payments and the withdrawal of French troops from the Ruhr region . |
| 4 | At time of NME going to press , the situation in the charts was still ongoing , but the MAS campaign seemed to be close to striking its first blow with the new HOLLY JOHNSON single hovering around the Top 100 . |
| 5 | Always Poshekhonov seemed to be close to him . |
| 6 | The the options seem to me , as Mr Mr said that the thing had got so convoluted and confused that the simple option seemed to be close it all down and I I would imagine that groups , other than ourselves who 've had people like me in the group who 've said why are this thing coming up again , let's close it down and have done with it . |
| 7 | The engine seemed to be complete except for the obvious loss of the reduction gear and its housing . |
| 8 | For they were melting as she stood there , and she seemed to be liquid inside too , her limbs strangely turning to water . |
| 9 | All that was there , however , was a complex mass of brass mechanism , though many of the pieces seemed to be inlaid with solid-state etchings . |
| 10 | It was amazing how his underwear and the case seemed to be involved in a kind of dance , in which the arrival home of his shirts might depend on who was found guilty of what . |
| 11 | When police arrived they found two Englishmen who seemed to be shocked victims of an armed hold-up , said James Curtis , prosecuting . |
| 12 | The whole line of docks seemed to be ablaze and ships in the river , shops , offices , streets of terraced houses and mansions , as well as beautiful and historic buildings like the Walker Art Gallery , the Museum and Central Library , had all suffered as high explosive bombs , land mines and incendiary bombs had rained down upon the city from hundreds of aircraft . |
| 13 | The voice on the telephone seemed to be sharp and peremptory , but I did n't hear too well what it said — partly because I was only half awake and partly because I was holding the receiver upside down . |
| 14 | Whilst this was not denied there seemed to be general confusion among teachers about the nature of ‘ multicultural education ’ and the nature of the school 's problems with respect to this issue . |
| 15 | Discontent seemed to be general . |
| 16 | Finding it impossible to break into movies after the production slump of the 1940s , before television offered an alternative route to aspiring filmmakers , people like Anderson , Tony Richardson and Karel Reisz worked instead within sponsored documentaries , while writing about the sort of passionate , personal filmmaking that seemed to be possible in France , Italy , even India , but not in Britain . |
| 17 | They seemed to be personal constructions arising from his knowledge of Greek or Latin roots , and proving how clever he is with words . |
| 18 | In 1940 the United Kingdom , with no defences , faced what seemed to be certain invasion by hostile armed forces . |
| 19 | He seemed to be sure he would make his price . |
| 20 | Dolores felt good , supper seemed to be sure |
| 21 | ‘ I mean , they seemed to be incompetent morons like you . |
| 22 | Yes and eventually Shirley and I thought , well I mean , we spent weeks grouting , we grouted and we grouted and still water was coming through and we grouted and at last it seemed to be dry and the man came and did the re-artexing on the insurance and I had wa new wallpaper put up , for which I paid extra because he only allowed eight pounds a roll , the insurance company only pays eight pounds a roll and I had eleven pound wallpaper and a border and having got the whole thing up the s the patches have appeared again ! |
| 23 | His eyes were fixed on someone or something at the room 's edge and Lucille , turning to see what had caught his astonished attention , saw the golden girl returning d'Alembord 's gaze with what seemed to be pure poison . |
| 24 | He seemed to be upset about something . |
| 25 | But the man himself seemed to be unconcerned about this . |
| 26 | His uncle seemed to be unaware that time had passed him by . |
| 27 | The irritating thing was that he seemed to be unaware of the beneficial effects of AZT , or the creative potential of AIDS sufferers . |
| 28 | Jack Foley 's eyes rarely left Nan 's face , but she seemed to be unaware of this and talked as if all three of them were equal partners in the conversation . |
| 29 | He seemed to be unaware that there had been a further post-duopoly review and that competition within the telecommunications industry is being opened up generally . |
| 30 | For example , he thought that BT should be allowed to offer entertainment services but seemed to be unaware that it could and had applied for cable franchises . |