Example sentences of "[adv] seem [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudine suddenly seemed to notice the flustered looks that Jenna still had , although Alain was as cool as if his heated lovemaking had never happened . |
| 2 | She loved the country life of the estate and could have been entirely happy were it not for Stephen 's habitual absences which only seemed to emphasise the constant presence of his mother . |
| 3 | This raucous noise only seemed to emphasize the ominous silence of the island and reminded me of a story I had heard from a traveller who claimed to have sailed the Western Ocean and come across islands inhabited by ghosts of dead sailors . |
| 4 | It only seems to include the experimental model drawn from the natural sciences . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , of course I did — and I can pop down to the church and see you come out , ’ she offered impulsively , which thankfully seemed to satisfy the other girl . |
| 6 | You … well , you just seemed to catch the rough edge of it . ’ |
| 7 | The to infinitive in sentences such as ( 21 ) — ( 25 ) above seems to involve the same mechanism of representation . |
| 8 | But Jazz did not seem to appreciate the beautiful simplicity of his achievement , and struck out at Nails under the water . |
| 9 | In fact , stockmarkets do not seem to penalise the defence-related companies most heavily dependent on defence contracts ; since the end of 1989 , shares in companies which get most of their business from the Pentagon have risen more than diversified firms ( chart 3 ) . |
| 10 | The acquisition of a new machine may temporarily raise enthusiasm for a particular task , but it does not seem to affect the basic feeling of satisfaction or dissatisfaction : |
| 11 | The LOS pressure , current smoking status , pack years , alcohol ounce years , age , and the use of bronchodilators did not seem to affect the oesophageal mucosa . |
| 12 | This problem does not seem to afflict the radical right in the same way ; since the early 1980s the Thatcher Government has been able to implement radical change without alienating its newspaper support . |
| 13 | Hence retinoic acid does not seem to alter the relative growth and elaboration of rhombomeres , but induces changes in their identity . |
| 14 | And they did not seem to feel the same need to compete that men did , the urge to scatter names , achievements , possessions about , like so much status-defining dandruff . |
| 15 | While the construction of arenas bounds on — an enormous amount has been accomplished in the past month — the organisation side does not seem to show the same urgency . |
| 16 | Despite these problems , and the fact that the particles in the supergravity theories did not seem to match the observed particles , most scientists believed that supergravity was probably the right answer to the problem of the unification of physics . |
| 17 | Violence again propelled Northern Ireland into the national news headlines , but it did not seem to make the same impact at Stormont Castle , RUC headquarters at Brooklyn or Army headquarters in Lisburn . |
| 18 | However , the joy and fulfilment which many had found in lesbian and gay relationships did not seem to fit the official pronouncements about sin ! |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman does not seem to have the first idea of what happens at Social Affairs Councils . |
| 20 | Surely , such practices should be condemned , especially as many companies , such as EMI , do not seem to have the same problem . |
| 21 | But I have been quite fascinated to see that the youngsters today do not seem to have the same interest in reading the paper . |
| 22 | I worked in England but I always seemed to miss the good jobs abroad ; every time I started rehearsing for something special , my mother would drag me away . |
| 23 | In the movies they always seemed to make the kidnapped party drive , but Maxim thought about Dann driving his — Maxim 's — car into the first acacia while he watched the gun , which seemed to have hypnotised him . |
| 24 | But it seemed that Sister Benedicta must sin a lot because she always seemed to get the dirty jobs . |
| 25 | Davie always seemed to have the best girls , and none of them seemed to complain . |
| 26 | Nicholson did n't turn , hardly seemed to acknowledge the other voice . |
| 27 | Practically everyone gets roped into ‘ bowling ’ at one time or another but the family , and , always seem to maintain the highest profile on the alley . |
| 28 | Players of his calibre will always scare opponents because they always seem to make the right decisions . ’ |
| 29 | A very odd case has come to my department — we always seem to get the odd ones — concerning the disappearance of the managing director of a shipping company . |
| 30 | We always seem to get the wrong sort of weather in |