Example sentences of "seems [prep] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though information was not collected from women who were 45 years old or over , the pregnancy wastage in the older childbearing ages for which data were obtained seems to be of devastating proportions . |
| 2 | I ca n't imagine I would try and scramble up over rocks using my nose , but the use of hands in the mountaineering hierarchy seems to be of prime importance . |
| 3 | The ecological factors responsible are largely unexplored , but the availability of plants to provide seeds seems to be of prime importance . |
| 4 | Adorno 's preferred picture for music listeners seems to be of inert , private critical spirits , without bodies , without vocal sensuality . |
| 5 | It is within reach of the stage 's edge and seems to be of medium length , not an elongated canne . |
| 6 | What seems to be of primary importance is the gentleness not only of the scene , but of the forces that surround the child , and himself . |
| 7 | The continued marketing of products of dubious provenance , dubious efficacy , and dubious quality could bring discredit to a new approach to stopping smoking that seems to be of great potential benefit . |
| 8 | It was found in a Late Helladic IIIA context , dating to 1400–1300 BC , yet it seems to be of Minoan workmanship or inspiration ; it may well have been brought to the mainland by proud Mycenean conquerors as booty . |
| 9 | We believe that these findings suggest that osmolality is the key determinant of water absorption in both normal and secreting intestine and that it seems to be of particular importance in the secretory state . |
| 10 | Whatever the cause , though , it seems to be of fundamental importance . |
| 11 | Therefore the relation between the ICAM-1 expression and the clinical course seems to be of diagnostic interest for colonic carcinoma . |
| 12 | But now he sort of seems to be with other contracts . |
| 13 | Yet as far as discourse structure is concerned , a more fundamental distinction seems to be between formal , planned discourse , which may be either written or spoken , and less formal , unplanned discourse which — though it may also be either written or spoken — is usually associated with speech . |
| 14 | A month ago this fish developed pop-eye , but eats well and seems to be in good health otherwise . |
| 15 | Mrs Holloway says that she 's sad that a once great industry now seems to be in terminal decline . |
| 16 | But this pain , I 'm not sure what that is , I mean your arm seems to be in perfect working order , so |
| 17 | However , Article 16 allows ‘ the States Parties ’ ( and the use of the plural is puzzling , as the action contemplated seems to be by individual states , and will be effective in this context only insofar as the declarant state is the state of destination ) to declare that the convention 's provisions cover the execution of letters rogatory in criminal , labour , and ‘ contentious-administrative ’ cases . |
| 18 | Perhaps it is unwise to draw a final conclusion , but the balance seems to be against systematic enforcement of modus for public purposes , and for enforcement of trusts of that kind . |