Example sentences of "[adj] it seemed [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 190s it seemed intolerable to the then bishop of Rome , Victor , that the churches in Asia Minor celebrated Easter on a different date , and to the distress of many he threatened excommunication on those who did not adopt the Roman date . |
| 2 | To many it seemed clear that if liberal capitalism ( of the sort advocated by Disraeli ) were not to be swept away by revolution , the largely illiterate workforce must be encouraged to believe that their welfare would be protected by the new rulers — the powerful middle class . |
| 3 | For many it seemed expedient and not seriously damaging to British interests to give the Soviets the benefit of many doubts — at least for the time being . |
| 4 | For an exciting moment at the beginning of 1918 it seemed possible that the pacifists might push Labour into collision with a Government still adamant that nothing short of overwhelming military victory could provide the basis for peace . |
| 5 | When this proved negative it seemed obvious that Crabb had drowned . |
| 6 | At first it seemed impossible to cope with two employers with their contrasting attitudes towards money . |
| 7 | At first it seemed big enough to drive a train through . |
| 8 | We turned back to the sprawling baggage , so profuse and various it seemed organic , mushrooming in the rich compost of arrivals and departures . |
| 9 | On 31 August 1948 it seemed certain that another glorious Hollywood career was about to be poured down the drain when Robert Mitchum was arrested for smoking marijuana . |
| 10 | In 771 it seemed likely that Desiderius would join forces with Carloman against Charles , but in December of that year , the younger Frankish king died . |
| 11 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 12 | For 20 years after World War Two it seemed possible that the dog eat dog ‘ survival of the fittest ’ brand of free market capitalism had been supplanted by a social contract between employers and workers , with only occasional mediation by the state . |
| 13 | In July 1939 it seemed clear to me that war was inevitable . |
| 14 | In the summer and autumn of 1989 it seemed possible that this might no longer be true . |
| 15 | In 1931 it seemed unlikely that the Republic and the Basque Nationalists would ever be allies . |
| 16 | But for a time in 1990 it seemed likely to split apart . |
| 17 | By the standards of 1961-or , perhaps , today — it was radical stuff , by the style of 1967 it seemed passé . |
| 18 | In view of waning Axis fortunes in the summer of 1944 it seemed curious that when the Spanish Foreign Minister , Jordana , died in August he was replaced by Spain 's ambassador to occupied France , José Felix Lequerica Erquiza , a man of known Axis sympathies . |