Example sentences of "[noun] it seems [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Act does not as a matter of law preclude a court from holding that an action for negligence lies in favour of a person who could formerly have brought an action based on loss of services but in view of the current law on economic loss it seems most unlikely that such a development will occur . |
2 | With this scene of confusion before his eyes it seems unlikely that he would have contemplated using any wheeled transport , even supposing that it had been available for his use at the time . |
3 | The constant impression given by the Prague School is that the sort of description and analysis they call for is essentially objective and scientific in character , but in practice it seems impossible to exclude a strong element of subjectivity from this kind of structural study . |
4 | In practice it seems inevitable that the CCITT will simply respond to the initiatives of the manufacturing giants . |
5 | Whatever the future of the ferry industry it seems clear that the Channel ports are bound to suffer sharp job losses in the short term . |
6 | But in the much longer term it seems doubtful that diversification should be exclusively towards nuclear power , which carries its own commercial , political and possibly safety risks . |
7 | WITHOUT wishing to cash in on the latest Royal marital rift it seems right to impart the information that some cartoons depicting the unfortunate pair have gone on sale in their adoptive city . |
8 | With regard to the second and third limbs it seems clear that the statute requires not only the exclusion ( or virtual exclusion ) of the donor from the enjoyment of the gifted property ( second limb ) but also the exclusion ( or , presumably , the virtual exclusion ) of the donor from any benefit to him by contract or otherwise ( Oakes v Commissioners of Stamp Duties [ 1954 ] AC 57 ) . |
9 | Given these circumstances it seems remarkable that the proposed tax cut made any significant headway at all , but it had one enormously important advantage — the whole hearted support of Ronald Reagan . |
10 | As with the other trichostrongyloids it seems likely that only two cycles of the parasite occur during each grazing season . |
11 | At the moment it seems that Labour is poised to pick up a good swathe of its targets — but not , yet , quite enough of them to put Mr Kinnock safely into Downing Street . |
12 | Perhaps they will one day , but at the moment it seems some way off . |
13 | ‘ When you have the Russian empire collapsing within a matter of weeks it seems ridiculous to say we can not move faster . ’ |
14 | However , once one acknowledges Jackson 's involvement with this period it seems important to move on . |
15 | As an apparently domestic residence it seems strange that it replaced a timber structure which has been interpreted as a temple , although time elapsed between the latter 's destruction and the building of the house ; it is unusual to find so deliberate a secularization of a religious site in the Roman world . |
16 | This is the only company whose entire membership appears to have figured in the loan ; in the case of such as the Goldsmiths and the Ironmongers it seems clear that only the livery was assessed . |
17 | Whatever the outcome it seems absurd that having supposedly wiped the poll tax off the political agenda , ministers are still saddled with it , Darlington council is still saddled with imposing it and , worst of all , ordinary people are still saddled with paying it . |
18 | Although the Church of the period lamented Charles ' sexual vigour and lack of suppressive morality , to the modern imagination it seems remarkable that he could rule a vast empire and still have time to devote to three concubines . |
19 | He was involved in the most important questions of policy — negotiations for the marriage of royal children : Eleanor in 1170 and John in 1173 But in view of Eleanor of Aquitaine 's masterful political activity in later years it seems superfluous to look for a power behind the throne . |
20 | Yet as its name suggests the system 's most distinctive feature is the transferability of votes , and since they are in fact transferred in large quantities it seems paradoxical to ignore them . |
21 | By some mysterious alchemy it seems possible to drink two or more cups of the mellow cappuccino or caffe crema without suffering the jangle of caffeine overload . |
22 | On such a beautiful day it seems sad to sit in the dank , scruffy room . |
23 | In our day it seems incredible that the landscape was at one time of no consideration to artists — and maybe the people in it . |
24 | ‘ In the cold light of day it seems incredible that I toppled to my knees in so abject a manner . |
25 | If the doctor 's right about the sandbag or lead piping in a sock , and from the look of things it seems right , they did n't want any blood . |
26 | If , however , you find yourself carrying three or four such problems it seems clear that there is nothing for it but to go back and attack the first difficulties again . |
27 | Although the International Law Commission did not consider directly the liability of a member State for the acts of an international organisation it seems likely that these two requirements would nevertheless be applicable . |
28 | Because the computers on which most desktop publishing software runs are capable of displaying colour it seems logical to the software developer that they should introduce colour into their desktop publishing programs . |
29 | In the season of goodwill it seems appropriate to contemplate a fungus that makes a good living out of parasitising insects ; but it is so mild-mannered that its hosts ( and most biologists ) are hardly aware of its existence |
30 | But six weeks without a lamp it seems ridiculous does n't it ? |