Example sentences of "it [adv] seems to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A bit , but it mostly seems to be with rats and hedgehogs and seaweed . ’ |
| 2 | It only seems to be things I know already … . |
| 3 | We used to sell it but now it only seems to be Boots — I know it is still popular . ’ |
| 4 | Similarly , there is nothing intrinsically right about Farmer and Parker 's typology of children affected ; it merely seems to be a revealing distinction . |
| 5 | It just seems to be a conversation we 've had before . |
| 6 | It just seems to be a sort of club for the clergy . ’ |
| 7 | No , I think it 's just that it just seems to be like this every year now Peter , that everybody tends to erm wait until the last minute . |
| 8 | This kind of worry is expressed more often in relation to the newer modular or semi-modular structures than the more traditional general degree which may have well-established patterns and requirements , but it nevertheless seems to be a widespread one . |
| 9 | Something like it still seems to be believed by some economists close to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 10 | It still seems to be over-green , rolling , bendy , miniaturised , unworldly . |
| 11 | The tiborium itself is thought to be a masterpiece of Renaissance art , although it hardly seems to be in the same class as that on Santa Maria delle Grazie . |
| 12 | Strong pink is not the easiest colour to handle , as it can clash terribly , but it always seems to be surrounded by masses of green foliage , blues and pale yellows . |
| 13 | Feminists have noted that it always seems to be appropriate for men to treat women as if they were intimates or subordinates . |
| 14 | But , whatever it is that her flooding liquid pigment does , one thing it always seems to be bringing about in the beholder . |
| 15 | These days , it always seems to be in at the deep end for Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd . |
| 16 | but it always seems to be something we want special , either a silly little comedy and things like that they were perfect , but anything we really want , it always seems to stop |
| 17 | It also seems to be the character of the trust in personam to which a later source , the fourth-century paraphrase of Gaius from Autun , means to refer in speaking of the beneficiary of a trust of a whole estate as having no right to take possession of the estate himself but having to claim it from the heir . |
| 18 | It also seems to be roughly true that in domestic breeds of sheep the horns are more tightly coiled — they display greater torsion — whereas in the wild the horns of many antelopes are long , straight , extended twists . |
| 19 | It also seems to be more of a woman 's forte to keep in touch with what is happening in the future . |
| 20 | However , it also seems to be the case that science is presented in schools as a body of uniform fact with no disagreement . |
| 21 | Not only that , it also seems to be true that certain herbs are good company for other plants , discouraging pests and diseases ; for instance , chives and garlic have some ability to prevent roses being infected with black spot , and chamomile is said to improve the health of young plants if they are weak and slow to grow . |
| 22 | It also seems to be so wide in scope that it could encompass almost anything . |
| 23 | It also seems to be that it 's different in different cultures . |
| 24 | It also seems to be a sad fact that the increase in freedom since Die Wende The Turning has brought with it an increase in monetary problems and the 26 artists here , all of them under 40 , obviously have great , heart-searching problems to cope with . |
| 25 | After some initial hesitation it now seems to be generally accepted that the value should be assessed at the date of the conversion ( though it should be noted that in other contexts the courts show some resistance to any universal rule that damages are to be assessed at the date of the wrong ) . |
| 26 | This happened with early reports of resistance to chloroquine , quinine , and mefloquine , and it now seems to be happening with halofantrine ( May 15 , p 1282 , and the above letter ) . |
| 27 | Once thought of as a disorder of upper social classes , it now seems to be well represented across the socioeconomic spectrum . |
| 28 | It now seems to be a tradition and a very pleasant one , to welcome Rita to the summer training day . |
| 29 | But it now seems to be established that there is no clear-cut difference in the role of environmental factors in so-called ‘ neurotic ’ or ‘ psychotic ’ depressions ( see Paykel et al. , 1984 ) . |
| 30 | But , as today 's funeral of the student Paul Sheldon , so needlessly killed , reminds us , it now seems to be more random , thoughtless . |