Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] as they seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet his views and Kennedy 's were not so dissimilar as they seemed . |
| 2 | However , things are not as simple as they seemed at first . |
| 3 | Pockets of resistance still remained in 1922 , in Tambov , Siberia , Georgia , and Central Asia : seemingly safe areas , like the Smolensk and Kursk gubernii , were not as stable as they seemed to be on the surface . |
| 4 | Their parents were elderly , though not as elderly as they seemed . |
| 5 | The mosquitoes and the noise of the guns were not as important as they seemed several days ago . |
| 6 | Things were not as bad as they seemed … |
| 7 | However , things are not as bad as they seem . |
| 8 | We know from experimental evidence that dreams proceed as it were in " real " time , and are just as long as they seem . |
| 9 | Although I personally endorse Labov 's views on the matter of candid recording , it has to be admitted that the issues are not always as clear-cut as they seem . |
| 10 | As Richards has recently indicated , the Cox survey and the longitudinal study are not as mutually supportive as they seem at first sight . |
| 11 | If the paramilitaries are really as untouchable as they seem , the world will begin to draw parallels between the PLO , the ANC , the IRA and the UDA . |
| 12 | It can therefore be seen that these inducements are not quite as attractive as they seem at first sight . |
| 13 | Thus , it is often pointed out that the statistics of murder include many domestic killings , the implication being that the figures are not therefore quite as grave as they seem . |
| 14 | Love scenes in the movies are never as romantic as they seem . |