Example sentences of "seems to be the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may therefore be that 871/1466–7 represents a terminus ante quem for the death of Fahreddin Acemi , provided that the various facts given in the are correct and that Ali Tusi 's departure for Persia followed reasonably closely upon his defeat by Hocazade in the competition , which seems to be the implication in the Shaka'ik . |
| 2 | ‘ QUIT while you 're on top ’ seems to be the philosophy of Mr Jon Shirley , president of Microsoft , the leading supplier of software for personal computers . |
| 3 | Protest , to model a phrase on Clausewitz , seems to be the continuation of the Oedipus complex by other means . |
| 4 | Im also ‘ concerned ’ that he always seems to be the catalyst for the periods when Leeds start ‘ buzzing ’ . |
| 5 | The wall on the left seems to be the back of a bank , the wall on the right and the one at the back of the yard belong to the Admiralty . |
| 6 | Indeed the best characterization of the meaning of have in this use seems to be the idea of " controlling the production of an effect " . |
| 7 | The one conspicuous element lacking in Paine 's construction therefore seems to be the element of judicial review . |
| 8 | Some of these efforts appear in my diaries of the period , along with detailed accounts of the amatory dispositions and sub-amatory activities of what seems to be the whole of the lower school . |
| 9 | The long slow movement ( track 28 ) is particular seems to be the core of Reger , prophetic of early Schoenberg or Busoni and darkly introspective in sharp contrast to the Mozart theme , which is blown up at the end of the concluding fugue — almost literally , pious Mozartians may feel , in Wagnerian harmony . |
| 10 | Except on the odd occasion when the paper tray is empty , the problem only seems to be the inability of the printer to handle data as quickly as the PC can send it . |
| 11 | It seems to be the convention for c.c.d. delay line chips to have separate clock generators , and in this case IC7 provides both the two phase clock signal and a bias voltage for IC3 . |
| 12 | What seems to be the purpose of sexual relations in this passage ? |
| 13 | This tendency toward self-identification seems to be the norm for all the modern multi-processors and I must say I see little point ; if you do n't know what unit it is already … |
| 14 | The significance of either of these factors varied from site to site ; at times cults appear largely to have been promoted by the Church hierarchy , or by a small group with a precise , often family , interest in the new saint — this seems to be the norm for the development of the cults of the aristocratic saints of the seventh century . |
| 15 | This seems to be the maxim of those who use the library and information service which has been even busier in the last session . |
| 16 | Looking good on the box seems to be the prerequisite for anything these days . ’ |
| 17 | Being a woman seems to be the name of the game nowadays ! |
| 18 | One important factor seems to be the tendency of the cat to ‘ jump up unexpectedly ’ and to behave in an unpredictable way when at close quarters . |
| 19 | The end , rather than the beginning , of 1991 seems to be the choice of many pundits . |
| 20 | Yes I think we , we started doing that originally because er the people from the Epping group said they did that every month did n't they , they , they issued a press release and sent it to all the local papers , that seems to be the way of doing it . |
| 21 | It also seems to be the character of the trust in personam to which a later source , the fourth-century paraphrase of Gaius from Autun , means to refer in speaking of the beneficiary of a trust of a whole estate as having no right to take possession of the estate himself but having to claim it from the heir . |
| 22 | There is the human form of the god , shown as the epitome of young Minoan manhood , and there is , floating in the sky behind him , what seems to be the head of a bull . |
| 23 | Biology seems to be the foundation of social obligation most obviously in the case of parents and children . |
| 24 | In relationships between siblings or between other kin , the two-way principle seems to be the foundation of support structures . |
| 25 | The main obstacle in the way of the auction seems to be the difficulty of obtaining export licences . |
| 26 | The motivation for too many people 's lives at this time seems to be the achievement of navigating through the spikes of complex material gadgetry which had been invented as a supposed aid to living . |
| 27 | That seems to be the story of hi-jacking . |
| 28 | This certainly seems to be the case with some kinds of gambling . |
| 29 | This seems to be the case with reported visions of the Virgin Mary , identification of whom usually occurs after the initial vision , which is frequently by children , outdoors , at springs or streams . |
| 30 | This seems to be the case with the extended use of ‘ violence ’ . |