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 .
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