Example sentences of "seems to [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This cichlid seems to be tolerant to most water conditions although neutral ( pH 7.0 ) water is recommended . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Cullen ( 1974 ) , unreported , seems to be contrary to cases such as Mainwaring . |
| 6 | According to the Bishop of Durham , ‘ This Government also seems to be indifferent to poverty and powerlessness . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 … . |
| 9 | The absolute difference between the two figures seems to be due to two different factors : absorption by the oceans and other reductions in carbon stocks in living biota , the latter being strongly affected by human activities since the Industrial Revolution . |
| 10 | Some patients suffering dementia as a consequence of Parkinson 's disease or Down 's syndrome show nerve damage virtually identical to that in Alzheimer 's patients : in contrast , dementia due to Huntington 's disease seems to be due to a specific deterioration of different nerve cells . |
| 11 | One may agree that the expression which Firth dismisses as nonsense has a curious ring to it but this seems to be due to the choice of lexis which results in a particularly inconsequential proposition which it is hard to imagine ever figuring in actual use . |
| 12 | Part of that growth seems to be due to the fact that , until recently , most PC-X servers were unreliable and slow . |
| 13 | This hesitation seems to be due to something about what knowledge is , and there is no obvious way to explain it if knowledge is as the tripartite conception claims it to be . |
| 14 | A problem whereby a strip at the left hand edge would be blank for quite bright subjects seems to be due to a lack of sensitivity of the device at that edge . |
| 15 | In the sense of " command " the presumption of compliance seems to be due to the fact that the bidder has the authority necessary to ensure that the action requested will be carried out . |
| 16 | This book is not the place to undertake such a task ; but one comment that might be made is that an initial distinction between class and status is likely to be important ; for it is the evaluative rather than the economic dimension of stratification which seems to be relevant to linguistic variation . |
| 17 | Clearly ( as the employers were quick to point out ) keyboarding had nothing in common with what a man had learnt during his apprenticeship : it meant acquiring a new skill , But the men 's reluctance is still Surprising , and seems to be unique to Edinburgh . |
| 18 | Blumer and Hauser maintained that ‘ the influence of motion pictures seems to be proportionate to the weakness of the family , school , church and neighbourhood ’ and that ‘ persons living in high-rate delinquency areas are most subject to influence by the themes of life treated by motion pictures ’ . |
| 19 | Although positivists treat scientific knowledge as the paradigm of all knowledge ( implicit in the expression ‘ hard sciences ’ ) , in practice the criteria for judging the development or fruitfulness of bodies of knowledge in higher education seems to be relative to those bodies , and each field is judged largely on its own terms by those who work in it , although outsiders may have other and sometimes more sceptical views . |
| 20 | The lower carnitine concentrations seems to be secondary to the mucosal injury found in these patients , as a gluten free diet restored not only the injured mucosa , but also returned to normal the serum carnitine concentration . |
| 21 | The ponderous patent application process seems to be unsuited to a fast- moving technology as it can take several years from initial application before a patent is finally granted . |
| 22 | This is not to say that the sciences are ‘ objective ’ or even that all scientists suppose them to be so , nor that they do not sometimes have an active or applied emphasis , or that they are not sometimes reflexive and even philosophical , although in practice the ‘ philosophy of science ’ seems to be marginal to the mainstream of scientific activity . |
| 23 | Daffodil Quentin seems to be acceptable to the other owners , who of course probably do n't know about her three dead horses . |
| 24 | Spontaneous and unrehearsed music seems to be acceptable to clergy who do not know about music . |
| 25 | Turnour seems to be happy to be insulted as he enjoys putting people in their places and he was used to it and relished it . |
| 26 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
| 27 | A tendency for manufacturing to fall as a percentage of gross domestic product seems to be common to all industrial societies . |
| 28 | What seems to be common to accentual , grammatical and discourse functions is the indication , by means of intonation , of the relationship between some linguistic element and the context in which it occurs . |
| 29 | This state of affairs seems to be fundamental to all cracks existing in a stretched material . |
| 30 | Pancreatic PLA2 seems to be non-toxic to pancreatic acinar cells , however , although toxic effects have also been found . |