Example sentences of "to i [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to me that it lacks somehow a soul or a purpose . |
| 2 | Since I knew that I was to have the privilege of addressing this seminar , I have studied with great textual care the document issued by the federation under the title Dear Fellow Citizen because it appeared to me that it was ‘ the brief ’ for what I was to say to you . |
| 3 | You prove to me that it gives just the very impression I desired . |
| 4 | ‘ The research results of the people who defined the structure of DNA — deoxyribonucleic acid — and others working in related fields suggested to me that it might be possible to identify specific genetic details in a newly fertilized human egg cell , since DNA is the substance of which genes are made . |
| 5 | When we hear of the Communist Party appealing for law and order it seems to me that it is a matter of Satan rebuking sin . |
| 6 | ‘ It seemed to me that it did not please you greatly when you first tasted it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It has no name , ’ Sapan said , ‘ but when I told some other people I brought here that it had no name , they said to me that it was called Narnia . ’ |
| 8 | And so , from 1958 onwards , these characters became my dolls , and their way , of life and the houses they inhabited became so real to me that it was quite a shock when I occasionally returned to the place which had started it all , Wood Green , near Witney . |
| 9 | The form it 's taking is not extremely reactionary , I would n't want to say that , but it does seem to me that it 's shifting away from progressive forms of narrative resolution that were available a few years ago . |
| 10 | As much of the sulphurous pungency of garlic is also eliminated through the skin , it occurred to me that it might succeed in gassing the squatters out ! |
| 11 | It seems to me that it was the high-water mark of collective Cabinet government [ of ] the traditional type in recent times . |
| 12 | But , although I hoped very much that he would be here , it seemed to me that it mattered little whether one knew anybody in the camp or not . |
| 13 | Even at the time it seemed to me that it was pointless to be vindictive or even to allot responsibility for such happenings . |
| 14 | One officer explained to me that it would not help their credibility nor their promotion prospects if they were too closely identified with investigations into the occult . |
| 15 | IT OCCURS to me that it might be as well to quote the time related charges or TRC that British Telecom should apply in making up bills for work , following last week 's item . |
| 16 | It seemed to me that it would be more advantageous to spend less on officials and more on medical supplies . |
| 17 | Well , I 'd never heard this expression before and ‘ I ’ explained to me that it was another word meaning ‘ lesbian ’ . |
| 18 | Orwell claimed the novel was an essentially protestant art form ; increasingly it appears to me that it must in the broadest sense be a Christian-humanist endeavour . |
| 19 | It seems to me that it should be the purpose of all in-service courses to develop such schemes through the joint enterprise of the participants . |
| 20 | It seemed to me that it was not only natural but positive : it demonstrated that he still had a relationship with God . |
| 21 | Audetto , who was present in the later stages , once denied to me that it transpired entirely as Niki says . |
| 22 | This was generally considered to be brilliant , although it seems to me that it was as much my father 's achievement as my own , and probably perceived unconsciously by him as such . |
| 23 | It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne . |
| 24 | He explained to me that it must be stronger because it contained stronger bonds and more of them than any previous material . |
| 25 | It seems to me that it 's better to be an actor as far as the critics are concerned . |
| 26 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 27 | R.B. Yes , another teacher mentioned this when I talked to her and I was saying that it seemed to me that it was a blind spot . |
| 28 | One TDC guard remarked to me that it is like fibre in the diet . |
| 29 | Few medical procedures carry no risk of any kind , and it seems to me that it would be impossible for one body to assume responsibility for measuring risks and assessing treatments throughout the whole of medical practice . |
| 30 | This suggests to me that it may not always be the lack of children that causes the distress — I 'd watched them childless , enjoying life enormously — rather , it is the realisation that biologically , they will not now be parents . |