Example sentences of "seem fair [to-vb] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it seems fair to say that by the 1530s social grievances were again being voiced to an extent that they had not been in the previous century . |
| 2 | At the same time it seems fair to say that until recently , writing about Proust , particularly perhaps in England , but in France , too , has concentrated too much and too exclusively on the social element in the dualism , has concentrated too much , if you like , on the nose and the beard . |
| 3 | The second , which has only one complete sentence out of six units bounded by full stops , very clearly does make sense ( at least it seems fair to predict that for most people it will ) . |
| 4 | Colleges should be doing to meet the needs of Roman Catholic schools , notwithstanding the harsh economic regime they share with the rest of higher education , it seems fair to conclude that without them the Roman Catholic educational sector would be very much the poorer . |
| 5 | However , it would seem fair to say that in a western liberal democracy with a market based economy , society has a legitimate interest in protecting the market from conduct which is perceived to be an abuse of normal practice in that market . |