Example sentences of "do not seem [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | But the Guild 's now you see erm do n't seem to be they 're not , not at all as active , its , its quite honest . |
2 | The Commandos in the trench with me did not seem to be put out by the noise and the explosions caused by the Moaning Minnies ; no doubt they had heard it all before . |
3 | No doubt a few treated awareness as implied approval , but for most people that did not seem to be so . |
4 | There did not seem to be a half-way house between public and private ownership . |
5 | Jim did not seem to be there enough for them to talk it through and neither of them had any money . |
6 | She knew perfectly well she was going to make love to him sometime , so there did not seem to be any hurry . |
7 | WHEN it was published in a journal called Cell in April 1986 , ‘ Altered Repertoire of Endogenous Immunoglobulin Gene Expression in Transgenic Mice Containing a Rearranged Mu Heavy Chain Gene ’ did not seem to be the stuff of history . |
8 | There did not seem to be any wounds or any broken bones . |
9 | ‘ Look — ’ There did not seem to be any way of wrapping it up . |
10 | Then he saw , with relief , that she did not seem to be badly hurt . |
11 | It did not seem to be of any consequence , for it made no immediate difference . |
12 | People in Donegal listened earnestly to the priest , craning forward as if to show him that they were there , but did not seem to be taking in the words . |
13 | Viewers did not seem to be repelled by the complexities of procedures — in fact many were intrigued — but there had been reaction to the sight of empty benches . |
14 | While there did not seem to be an overall shortage of teachers , their distribution was very uneven between regions , and their qualifications varied widely . |
15 | Strangely , there did not seem to be much on-going practical application in the early days . |
16 | While the nursing staff had been keenly following the implementation of the ENP , some of them did not seem to be familiar with my parameters of practice — I sometimes missed patients that I could have treated because they were not being filtered through to me . |
17 | Back in the early 1970s there were suggestions that some Auckland players were taking rather unusual medical treatment , although steroids did not seem to be involved then . |
18 | It really did not seem to be a problem . ’ |
19 | They pointed out that the information provided by such an analysis of the components of shareholders ' funds did not seem to be useful and was difficult to interpret . |
20 | Dr Alex Schmid , the founder of P100M , categorised the many academics who did not seem to be interested in human rights . |
21 | The other did not seem to be a real problem at all . |
22 | De Benedetti explained his prevarication yesterday , saying : ‘ It did not seem to be the appropriate moment to clarify the position of the company on arguments that must first , by their nature , be illuminated and discussed in front of judicial authorities . ’ |
23 | Daemons did not seem to be involved at all . |
24 | My masters appeared to agree with me , but in spite of a number of recommendations in accident reports we did not seem to be getting anywhere . |
25 | The transition to the new order did not seem to be going smoothly . |
26 | In these papers , all kinds of non- and extra-philosophical activities become the basis for philosophical reflection , for instance menstruation and childbirth ( Brenda Almond 's paper ) ; a gut reaction to pornography ( Alison Assiter 's paper ) ; the fantasies that disturb because of their apparently unfeminist nature Jean Grimshaw 's paper ) ; and nonviolent demonstrations against missile bases ( Anne Seller 's paper ) ; the point in each case being that these experiences are the starting point , because their importance did not seem to be recognised within the theoretical categories already provided , and so urgently impel the theorist to work out categories that are more adequate . |
27 | And yet , when she talked , she seemed to be there , and with them ; she did not seem to be elsewhere . |
28 | But he did not seem to be in any hurry . |
29 | Upstairs , Fleury had taken the pistol to pieces ( as far as it could be taken to pieces which did not seem to be very far ) and put it together again . |
30 | On second thoughts he also sent one of his aides to fetch blankets as well , for some of the ladies did not seem to be very decently attired and , although they did not look very enticing , he still did not want them to give his men ideas . |