Example sentences of "[noun] seem [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was pitch dark everywhere , and the whirr of the ceiling fan seemed to fill the silent bedroom . |
| 2 | Ones with numerous branches seemed to dominate the earlier rocks , ones with fewer branches were later , while in rocks we would now recognize as Silurian and early Devonian , forms with but a single branch ( or stipe ) were abundant . |
| 3 | The headline seemed to fill the stormy horizon . |
| 4 | Neither slinky dresses nor thigh-throttling jeans and undulating cleavage seem to arouse the slightest passion into those zombies on the terraces . |
| 5 | Henry 's voice-over adds an amusing counterpoint to the visuals but by the time we reach his eventual arrest , on drugs charges , in '81 , Scorsese 's frenetic cross-cutting seems to leave the original premise — presumably , the mob 's seductive potency — somewhere in the sidings . |
| 6 | Henry 's voice-over adds an amusing counterpoint to the visuals but by the time we reach his eventual arrest , on drugs charges , in '81 , Scorsese 's frenetic cross-cutting seems to leave the original premise — presumably , the mob 's seductive potency — somewhere in the sidings . |
| 7 | The data seems to support the first belief : of those who had had some experience of unemployment in the previous five years , 0.480 said they would be prepared to break the law , whereas only 0.300 of those who had no such experience were ( a difference of +0.180 ) . |
| 8 | Rev. Levitt 's antipathy sprang from the fact that when he was ill or needed a break in the non-stop Day of Atonement services it was Percy Lovitch who deputised for him , his tall corpulent figure seeming to fill the small pulpit and his exquisite tenor voice quite outshining Rev. Levitt 's pedestrian baritone . |
| 9 | The arenas hired for these meetings seemed to match the modern creed of the new popular movement . |
| 10 | He pointed at Blossom , and in truth the unkind description seemed to fit the bony creature standing between her sleek neighbours . |
| 11 | Everywhere , Perdita seemed to see the emerald-green colours they had chosen to emphasize their Irish origins , which were worn by players , grooms and supporters alike . |
| 12 | But a visit to Aerospatiale 's Socata factory at Tarbes seemed to offer the ideal opportunity of reviewing their TB20 , the Trinidad , in the role it 's made for — as an executive aircraft for the pilot owner touring market . |
| 13 | FitzAlan shifted one hand to the nape of her neck , holding her still , while that probing gaze seemed to penetrate the very depths of her soul . |
| 14 | This augmentation seemed to give the right behaviour on the texts that SPAR processed . |
| 15 | Lochnagar seemed to hold the ancient spirit of the land . |
| 16 | Methodism seemed to encircle the little town before it entered it . |
| 17 | ‘ Denmark seem to have the easier run-in and they have already beaten Spain in Copenhagen , ’ said Charlton . |
| 18 | ‘ Why is it that pansies seem to run the best restaurants ? ’ |
| 19 | Two particular functions seem to suit the informal interview . |
| 20 | Some of the four million annual visitors seem to find the mere ascent insufficiently fulfilling . |
| 21 | As Einstein says , ‘ The singers seem to snatch the single words from one another 's mouths ’ . |
| 22 | MORE THAN any other county , Derbyshire seems to have the sharpest contrasts between urban and rural surroundings . |
| 23 | Statement B seems to admit the greatest amount of contingency into the determination of outcomes , but nevertheless still falls back on a tendential law to explain how racism is reproduced . |
| 24 | Einstein 's general theory of relativity seems to govern the large-scale structure of the universe . |
| 25 | Given the Drawing Center 's success in attracting first-rate exhibitions — and in attracting corporate money — Beck seems to have the best chance for success of the three . |
| 26 | Bureaucracy seems to block the Chinese sources , which with their huge mule farms must have a great deal of information . |
| 27 | Most of these have been used at one time or another but still the TL 072 op.amp seems to combine the best characteristics at a reasonable price . |
| 28 | Adjectives seem to need the same rule , to produce stress patterns such |
| 29 | Banana cockroaches , scorpions and black widows seem to generate the highest media interest , but it is undoubtedly the ticks , beetles and flies which have more significance for health and agricultural concerns . |
| 30 | The whole Soviet record seemed to confirm the undemocratic origins of Bolshevik power in Russia : glasnost and perestroika suggest that the regime itself is on the point of admitting as much . |