Example sentences of "seems [to-vb] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One brand new product that seems to have scored a huge hit at the recent MacWorld show is Adobe 's Illustrator . |
| 2 | With the advent of punk music in 1977 I transferred my energies and enthusiasm from the military and spent a lot of time dressing up and putting Vaseline in my hair , much to the annoyance of my house master , a quiet Benedictine who wrote on my term report , ‘ Christian seems to have developed a nihilistic attraction for punk rock , which is strange for somebody who avoids violence even on the rugby field . |
| 3 | SPENNYMOOR-BASED Yvonne Bell seems to have discovered a top hurdler in Devlins Paddy . |
| 4 | Richard also seems to have felt a special devotion for the shrine of Bury St Edmund 's — he may well have been attracted by a cult which celebrated a king who died in the struggle against pagans . |
| 5 | Although Andrews was convinced that his minister had conspired against him , Brooke seems to have played a passive role in the 1943 crisis , refusing to lead a party revolt , and becoming prime minister almost by default . |
| 6 | Forrester seems to have played a lovely game , or so we are told by the Sunday tabloids . |
| 7 | The varied conditions over the week , biasing towards the lighter end , had given the sailors a good range without the Swedish walkover which seems to have become a regular feature of late . |
| 8 | Although the king from time to time forbade ‘ puture ’ — the contributions in money and in kind exacted by the foresters — the levying of puture seems to have become a general practice at least by the fourteenth century . |
| 9 | It 's really about time we tackled Manuela , who seems to have become a recurring reference point in this story . |
| 10 | Industry seems to have become a driving force of strident activity , against which background human beings , the miners , are " like shadows " . |
| 11 | Feargal seems to have said a great deal . |
| 12 | Ever since , he seems to have led a near-monastic existence . |
| 13 | However , in early days he seems to have led a sunny existence . |
| 14 | Remarkably , Vlasov 's integrity seems to have made a genuine impression on his Nazi captors . |
| 15 | Despite his remark that ‘ The superego seems to have made a one-sided choice and to have picked out only the parents ’ strictness and severity , their prohibiting and punitive function , whereas their loving care seems not to have been taken over and maintained , ’ he states elsewhere that ‘ The superego fulfils the same function of protecting and saving that was fulfilled in earlier days by the father . ’ |
| 16 | This factor seems to have made a solid contribution towards forging the Iranian forces into a much more effective fighting machine than might have been expected in 1979 . |
| 17 | He claims that after his departure no one seems to have made a serious effort to keep workers informed on the dangers of the process , and especially of the need to cool it . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , he seems to have made a complete balls of it , ’ said Sir Harry . |
| 19 | Paul Hernon 's costumes feature several vivid patchwork quilts for the nobility ( though one seems to have made a pioneering landfall from The Mikado ) and others suggest cousinship with Little Plum . |
| 20 | Like the aristocracy , therefore , the Church could count on its urban mob , and in the riots of 1766 the Orders were accused of releasing this urban clientèle against a reforming administration ; Aranda , the most conspicuous of Charles III 's anti-clerical ministers , called to power to deal with the rioters , seems to have planned a serious attack on poverty precisely because he feared the influence of a Church with a monopoly of outdoor relief . |
| 21 | Careful attention to engine mounting and sound insulation means that the large engine sounds almost as though it belongs to the car in front — a remote burbling noise that seems to have travelled a long way before it reaches the driver 's ear . |
| 22 | The patient ( Uma Thurman ) seems to have undergone a severe childhood trauma ; the sister ( Kim Basinger ) is married to a handsome Greek gangster ( Eric Roberts ) and runs amok at the least taste of alcohol . |
| 23 | Hope , who at that time was MP for Maidstone , seems to have conducted a solitary campaign in the House of Commons to keep the subject alive . |
| 24 | In some schools , at any rate , this seems to have performed a rhetorical function in conforming to the guidelines , rather than producing a realistic statement of an established and developing provision . |
| 25 | The fact remains that the debate on contemporary art seems to have entered a new dimension , with doubt being cast wholesale on the quality and content of recent trends , and on the good faith of the public institutions which give them space . |
| 26 | ‘ Because it was written by someone who seems to have taken a particular dislike to you . ’ |
| 27 | Orleton once again seems to have taken a leading part , delivering a harsh and bitter address to the king . |
| 28 | What is more , the Roman plebs seems to have taken a special interest in Greek religious and moral notions . |
| 29 | In the west midlands 26 fundholders made a combined saving of over £1m on their drug bill : the ability to retain the savings for practice development seems to have provided a strong incentive . |
| 30 | The Neolithic advent of farming about 10,000 years ago seems to have produced a fundamental shift in attitudes to animals and the natural world . |