Example sentences of "[noun] do [not/n't] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | And attempts by several African countries , including Zimbabwe , Kenya , Nigeria and South Africa ( would you believe it ? ) to ban sales of these soaps do not seem to have done much to lessen its ' widespread use . |
| 2 | Large units do not seem to be deficient in democratic qualities and may even be more democratic in some respects ; 4 . |
| 3 | The residents and traders do not seem overly worried about indiscriminate parking they seem to regard it as an advantage which the town has over others . |
| 4 | The offshore industry do n't seem to be exploiting laser processing technology at all . ’ |
| 5 | One can speculate why , with so much in common , Greeks and Jews do not seem to have spoken to each other . |
| 6 | People who are used to stock market investment do not seem concerned about risk and those who are worried over risk do not seem keen to put funds in the market . |
| 7 | Curbs on ownership of water buffaloes and other ruminant emitters do not seem likely , nor would it be possible to cover up rice paddies and melting permafrost in the tundra . |
| 8 | Sadly , population planners and contraceptive manufacturers do not seem to share women 's concerns . |
| 9 | drivers do n't seem to be fully aware of what the legal speed limits are and which roads are the most dangerous . |
| 10 | Teenagers do n't seem to understand that they do n't have to actively misbehave to be disagreeable to older people . |
| 11 | Rather , the involvement of bacteria has been inferred from studies showing that pretreatment with broad spectrum antibiotics may prevent small intestinal ulceration caused by indomethacin and that germ free animals do not seem to develop the lesions . |
| 12 | " The animals do n't seem to be heading for their usual haunts today . " |
| 13 | Again local inspectors do not seem to do so well in engendering trust . |
| 14 | Combat is competitive , with the opposing planes appearing to have more ‘ Artificial Intelligence ’ than normal — eg using counter measures against your missiles etc , but again these aircraft do not seem to have their own ‘ character ’ . |
| 15 | Speakers and listeners do not seem to be necessary . |
| 16 | ‘ Kids do n't seem to mind the modern shirts but of course older people remember how they used to be . |
| 17 | ‘ Pump Up The Volume ’ suffers from the same flaw as most American teen-rebel movies : the trials of a white , middle-class American kids do not seem overly arduous ( the star of John Hughes ‘ Pretty In Pink ’ complains of poverty but lives with her Dad in a detached house and drives her own Volkswagen to school ) . |
| 18 | Whichever motive is uppermost for them , feminist linguists engaged in sex difference research do not seem to find the idea of studying difference problematic in itself . |
| 19 | Enthusiasts for genetic algorithms do not seem worried about this . |
| 20 | Somehow balding businessmen do n't seem quite as daunting . |
| 21 | Architects , councillors and contractors do n't seem to think that the working class need or want warm bedrooms . |
| 22 | Peace do n't seem |
| 23 | It says a great deal for Saxon resilience that the Sussex settlements do not seem to have reverted to wholesale waste , and the pressure was greatly liked in 1017 when Cnut was elected king of England and the country passed under a Scandinavian aegis for the next half century or so . |
| 24 | The suggested analogies relied on with ecclesiastical courts and military courts which apply wholly distinct areas of law do not seem to me to be helpful or valid . |
| 25 | With up to 30 per cent of prisoners coming from minority backgrounds ( mostly black and Asian , but with Polish , Irish and other groups also represented ) this is one way of allowing for — and even valuing — cultural diversity and may be one reason why racial tensions do not seem to be as evident as one might expect . |
| 26 | Even the Indians do n't seem so sure that I 'm not Firmin all the time and Matt 's Antonio . |
| 27 | Most of the other examples cited in Bolinger 's article as adjectives capable only of sense-qualification do not seem to us to be properly so classified either ; if they are felt to be atypical it is for some other reason . |
| 28 | Even the directors do n't seem to know . ’ |
| 29 | Merchant 's companies do not seem to distinguish between key result areas and critical success factors . |
| 30 | The other points to note on the Regulations are : ( i ) that advantage can not be taken of the section if a provision , ‘ however expressed , ’ of the company 's memorandum or articles requires copies of the full accounts to be sent to members or which prohibits the sending of summary financial statements ( ii ) that provisions , similar to those in relation to the full accounts , apply to approval by , and signature on behalf of , the directors of the summary , and ( iii ) that , up to the end of 1991 , most listed companies do not seem to have opted to adopt the innovation . |