Example sentences of "[subord] it seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutty switched her attention once more to the deep end , where it seemed that Nails was giving Jazz a compulsory lesson in turns . |
| 2 | They sat around one end of the work table , which now seemed vast and empty , and Alina Peterson explained how she 'd walked down to the village to look around and , where it seemed appropriate , to introduce herself . |
| 3 | After considering the nature of the exercise and the people involved , I decided against asking to use a tape-recorder and instead noted the events in longhand as they occurred and , where it seemed to me to be significant , noted what was said , verbatim . |
| 4 | Where it seemed that this would cause injustice , equity stepped in with the doctrine of " part performance " : if the contract were partly performed , equity would not allow a statute to be used " as an engine of fraud " . |
| 5 | Then , just when Rachel was feeling she wanted it to go on forever , this exciting masquerade between the two of them where it seemed as if the rest of the world did n't exist , she found herself beside Danny who began stuttering and waving his arms , obviously trying to tell her something . |
| 6 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
| 7 | If he does not , you may even wish to suggest one of them yourself , in circumstances where it seems a lesser evil than a final warning or dismissal . |
| 8 | That consideration of one 's own advantage can be entirely proper is particularly clear in relation to sharing accommodation , where it seems that it is the foundation of most such arrangements . |
| 9 | More generally , such self-generated and complex spatial structures may be relevant to the dynamics of a wide variety of spatially extended systems : Turing models , 2-state Ising models , and possibly pre-biotic evolution ( where it seems increasingly likely that chemical reactions took place on surfaces , rather than in solutions ) . |
| 10 | This may not matter with mortality data , where it seems unlikely that there would be very rapid transformation in the main causes of death . |
| 11 | Other work in progress has examined this issue in one district where it seems that the other community services are so much less well organized than the special service that managers have found it impossible to prevent that service being undermined by lack of staff , continuity , training , and good practice leadership . |
| 12 | Plugs or outlets too , are often fitted in a haphazard way around the room , with the result that when a lamp is placed where it seems most needed , it frequently has to trail a dangerous mess of flex or wire with it . |
| 13 | Ritual mourning for the divine son of a mother-goddess is very common throughout ancient polytheism — not to mention modern polytheisms like Catholicism — where it seems to represent the same situation as the self-inflicted mutilations but at one remove . |
| 14 | He likes to ask voters if they are ‘ on board ’ and is quick to offer personal help where it seems appropriate . |
| 15 | I fixed a poor nut in a flared pocket , and although it seemed unlikely to hold , attached a sling and stood in it . |
| 16 | Although it seemed trivial to high minded folk , like Deputy Matron and Sister Tutor who were burdened with the difficulties of their office , these concerts were so important . |
| 17 | Although it seemed odd . |
| 18 | You could n't understand it and mockingly it seemed that you were n't meant to : it was all just there , a small-scale catastrophe , quite ordinary although it seemed not to be . |
| 19 | She shuddered every now and then and pulled the coat lapel across her neck , although it seemed to me quite a warm day . |
| 20 | It came as some surprise to the board when they were informed that , although it seemed unreasonable for them to have to know what was going on , they could be made liable for the damage . |
| 21 | Kind he might be , although it seemed improbable from what she had so far seen of him , but Sally-Anne wanted nothing from men , neither kindness … nor love … nor anything . |
| 22 | Each game lasted approximately 30 minutes , although it seemed much less . |
| 23 | Although it seemed very efficient , one improvement I might suggest would be to mount the covers on spring rollers , because the drivers found it difficult to get to the bikes with the covers pressing on them while they worked . |
| 24 | ‘ Although it seemed natural to expect that some word match scores should be good enough that they could be considered correct , thereby eliminating attempts to find alternatives to them , in fact all attempts to implement such an intuition seemed to have led to at best indifferent results and usually to positive degradation . |
| 25 | She had looked everywhere else and , although it seemed a long shot , she might as well look in there . |
| 26 | Leelo Ross , a large woman who claims Lancastrian origins ( although it seemed highly unlikely that black pudding could be blamed on her proportions ) gave the audience an insight into among other things the ‘ Modern Jewish Woman ’ including driving Jewish style ; and the laconic Dembina delved deep to prove that even the most serious of subjects could be a source of humour . |
| 27 | In 1985 , BR announced that it was withdrawing from existing agreements with the unions , although it seemed unlikely that this would seriously reduce the level of unionization . |
| 28 | Although it seems that the South is recovering its appetite for fresh fish , with restaurants buying about 30 per cent of the fish sold in the area , there is no doubt that there has been a positive nosedive in the demand for fresh fish in Britain as whole . |
| 29 | A curfew imposed by the government is still in effect , although it seems directed more at confining soldiers and policemen to their barracks than at keeping civilians off the streets . |
| 30 | It did , in any event , provide an excuse for the father of the Princess Adelaide to turn down the proposal , although it seems likely that the dubious moral reputation of his putative son-in-law also played a part in the refusal . |