Example sentences of "seem to [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this paper , we identify a number of conditions that seem to be conducive to their optimum level of functioning . |
| 2 | Although first language acquisition is strictly related to the development of social identity , Watts ' conclusions that a certain set of perceptions is characteristic of Swiss-German readers ( p. 37 ) and that it " may be traced back to the kind of socialization into literacy " ( p. 39 ) are debatable mainly because the presented responses seem to be applicable to various categories of readers . |
| 3 | Feminist psychological theories ' inadequacies seem to be due to their close but largely unexamined relationship with this concept . |
| 4 | In systems integration , for example , Gartner Group rates Bull fourth in Europe and sixth in the world , which is a fact that continually gets lost amid all of Bull 's other bad news — and the French authorities seem to be oblivious to how badly the regular injections of state cash to prop Bull up play in the outside world , causing the company to be regarded as a corporate basket case that would no longer exist if it were subjected to the normal commercial disciplines faced by all its foreign competitors . |
| 5 | On the face of it , two lines of defence seem to be open to him . |
| 6 | Then again , addictions to substances that affect different types of synapse can be quite similar — and some people seem to be prone to addiction per se , rather than just to have a weakness for a particular substance . |
| 7 | Both animals and humans seem to be prone to this . |
| 8 | Barium studies seem to be insensitive to microscopic involvement and may detect only more severe cases . |
| 9 | The conventions of impermanence , where the cat breaks all its teeth or has all its hair burned off or is squashed flat and , the next moment , becomes whole again , seem to be peculiar to the comic strip and the animated cartoon . |
| 10 | Hazel is one of those unfortunate patients who not only have food intolerance , but also seem to be sensitive to various everyday chemicals as well . |