Example sentences of "be [conj] it seems [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A parallel attraction of the theory is that it seems to constrain perception to be true — to be only about things that impinge on the nervous system ; that are , in other words , ‘ really there ’ . |
| 2 | What makes it attractive to him is that it seems to fascinate his parents . |
| 3 | The point about [ 20 ] is that it seems to achieve most of its relevance through this range of weak implicatures . |
| 4 | The problem with the word involvement is that it seems to imply a single-mindedness , a deep identification with character which is not only unnecessary , but often counter-productive . |
| 5 | One of the oddities of Foucault 's work is that it seems riven by an internal tension — for example , as peter Dews notes , while on the one hand Foucault lays claims to a form of objectivity in his archaeology , and eschews interpretation in favour of ‘ intelligibility ’ , on the other hand throughout his life he was also prone to endorse a Nietzschean insistence on the interminability of interpretation . |
| 6 | The reason the coding metaphor has such currency in contemporary talk about perception is that it seems to suggest a way in which very simple and apparently homogenous elements such as nerve impulses can generate the richness and variety of consciousness . |
| 7 | One problem with the Royal College of General Practitioners is that it seems to equate general practice exclusively with being an NHS general practitioner . |
| 8 | Our reason for stressing the concept of representative volume element is that it seems to provide a valuable dividing boundary between continuum theories and molecular or microscopic theories . |
| 9 | The first is that he has got her into bed so easily and the second is that it seems to mean nothing to her . |
| 10 | The image of royalty gives us an idea just how powerful and proud the train is as it seems to influence and belittle all the things around it . |