Example sentences of "seems to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something which seems to be soluble at some stage and the water gets hot and it 's not soluble , so we 're looking for things here that are not not soluble . |
| 2 | The functionalist approach seems to be inadequate on both counts . |
| 3 | He seems to be obsessed with investing every penny , while at the same time turning a blind eye to the needs of his growing family . |
| 4 | This interaction seems to be crucial for the activity of the enzyme . |
| 5 | In particular , the pretty , milky little Jersey seems to be successful in the tropics , especially if boosted with a small proportion of zebu blood ; these zebu-Jerseys are described in the sections for the appropriate countries of origin such as India , Jamaica and Brazil . |
| 6 | This cichlid seems to be tolerant to most water conditions although neutral ( pH 7.0 ) water is recommended . |
| 7 | Not only does he appear in many guises — far more than the few I have mentioned here — but the Devil seems to be chief of the evil spirits . |
| 8 | In fact the left brain seems to be bored with spaces . |
| 9 | Specifically in Highways and Planning , if you look at the previous report , the enclos following profile one , you will see that in the Highways Planning Department excepting the offices , it is almost entirely male , and I think this is , it 's for the Director of Highways and Planning to say in the end , I think this is an acknowledgement by him that in the way that you mentioned nevertheless it seems to be apparent in some way , shape or form , women are not getting equal opportunity in that department . |
| 10 | In the process , we shall explore some recent attempts to construct a theoretical notion of ‘ topic ’ , a notion which seems to be essential to concepts such as ‘ relevance ’ and ‘ coherence ’ , but which itself is very difficult to pin down . |
| 11 | A number of processes have been proposed to explain the formation of back-arc basins but no one mechanism seems to be applicable to all cases . |
| 12 | Numerous mechanisms have been suggested to explain the often significant uplift that has occurred in plate interiors but none seems to be applicable to all cases . |
| 13 | The one word which seems to be uppermost in every discussion , decision or political behind-the-scenes scheming in tennis these days , is MONEY . |
| 14 | Cullen ( 1974 ) , unreported , seems to be contrary to cases such as Mainwaring . |
| 15 | According to the Bishop of Durham , ‘ This Government also seems to be indifferent to poverty and powerlessness . |
| 16 | Where the home environment seems to be unsupportive in as much as it is highly arousing , strategies to increase the social distance in key relationships , or to modify their ways of interacting , would be helpful . |
| 17 | But it has to be said ( it has to be said ! ) wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , typing , smiled to himself , it has to be said , wrote Harsnet , that if every project is likely , if not certain , to result in the addition of a little more shit to the shit that already exists , there is also the possibility , faint it is true but real , of the unexpected , and this is what delay makes possible and what the onward rush of time , the ever-increasing acceleration of time , perpetually denies , and in addition to the possibility of the unexpected appearing in the coils of delay , in addition to that , it has to be said , he wrote , that whatever the project , however trivial , however exalted , it will always say more than its maker knows , and , if genuine ( I will return to genuine ) , something will emerge which is distinct from whatever came before , from whatever elements went to make up the whole , a tone , a voice , which is not the tone or the voice of the maker but something else , something which , in my more optimistic moments , or perhaps my less clear-sighted moments , seems to be distinct from the shit though inseparable from it , a tone , a style , which links it to its maker 's other genuine ( I will return to genuine ) productions . |
| 18 | Many people 's experience of parents ' evenings seems to be unsatisfactory with parents attending through almost a sense of obligation and duty rather than that of pleasure . |
| 19 | The UDC seems to be intent on creating inner city science parks and industrial estates , which would push even more people out of the city — already the young people are moving out , leaving the middle-aged and the elderly . |
| 20 | His view seems to be undeniable in this situation , and it serves to convince me that ageism will never be tackled unless recognition of the problem is followed by the introduction of positive measures . |
| 21 | Failure to maintain prolonged voluntary anal contraction seems to be critical in our patients . |
| 22 | Feminists have noted that it always seems to be appropriate for men to treat women as if they were intimates or subordinates . |
| 23 | The primary prevention of neural tube defects by periconceptional multivitamin or folic acid supplementation seems to be appropriate for the reduction of both occurrence and recurrence . |
| 24 | Subclinical sodium retention may be an important feature in insulin treated patients who have diabetic glomerulopathy , even if the renin-angiotensin system activity seems to be normal in such patients . |
| 25 | PLC- β2 seems to be resistant to stimulation by α q , α 11 , and α 14 , but sensitive to stimulation by α 16 ( refs 9 , 10 ) . |
| 26 | It even seems to be capable of converting the fonts across by rasterising them and taking them across as a bitmap that the film recorder will image as a graphic . |
| 27 | The situation seems to be similar in other parts of the country . |
| 28 | The idea of a chooser , a decider , who has a full capacity for rational decision and choice , seems to be central to our idea of a holder of rights … . |
| 29 | The episode seems to be all-too-typical of the sterile exchanges to which politicians are driven by the ‘ box ’ . |
| 30 | In this case , as in the poems discussed by Green , no addressee is mentioned or seems to be present within the evoked setting , so that the poetic persona can be imagined either as a thinking mind or as a speaker talking to himself in a solitary environment . |