Example sentences of "[modal v] seem at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall most anthropologists would probably see indirect connection between all the factors which Engels considered , but these interrelations must remain much more problematic and ambiguous than they might seem at first , and the general conclusions which Engels sought in the work of Morgan are not possible . |
| 2 | The establishment of such a correlation is not as easy as it might seem at first , because lead is only one ( and probably not one of the more important ) influences on the behaviour and intelligence of children , so that the correlation would at best be low , and hence require a large number of cases to be established at an acceptable level of statistical significance . |
| 3 | This was not quite as outrageous as it might seem at first . |
| 4 | And so it might seem at first that the anorexic is striving to maintain worthlessness . |
| 5 | This is not as heretical a suggestion as it might seem at first sight . |
| 6 | This might seem at first sight to express the naive view that onomatopoeia and other kinds of sound symbolism constitute essential features of poetry , but Wimsatt 's conception of the iconic function of language embraces a great deal more than this . |
| 7 | Implausible as it might seem at first , there is now good evidence that nitric oxide ( NO ) is an important endogenous dioactive substance . |
| 8 | A curious fact which might seem at first to constitute an exception to this explanation turns out to provide further confirmation of it . |
| 9 | It might seem at first sight that this pace was unambiguously beneficial to demand ( being crucial to market growth ) and equally unambiguously detrimental to profitability ( being the only thing preventing a phenomenal profits bonanza ) . |
| 10 | The offer would seem at first sight to be an extremely generous one , but those who make it know it can not be accepted . |
| 11 | The rift between the two brothers recalls the one between Cain and Abel and would seem at first to be heading for a similar conclusion . |
| 12 | It would seem at first sight feasible to calculate this size in a way which reflected precisely the actual use for each category . |
| 13 | The intuitions most relevant to a study of meaning would seem at first sight to be intuitions about what things mean . |
| 14 | His consumption of nuclear waste would seem at first to be an ideal solution to the problems of both Martians and humans , but of course there is a hitch . |
| 15 | Intangible though bargaining power may seem at first , it has several important features . |
| 16 | That it should have been modelled on the Temple of Solomon may seem at first sight presumptuous , but it was an age that relished allusion , and Solomon , son of David , was of royal descent , anointed by Zadok the priest , and the king par excellence . |
| 17 | It may seem at first sight that the plot of land , the fief , as it was called , was a reward for service , something granted in exchange for service , which would fall in when the vassal died and be regranted to a new vassal . |
| 18 | However , this limitation is not as serious as it may seem at first sight , since the thoughtful response may well be regarded as an adequate objective . |
| 19 | Innocuous though it may seem at first sight , this can be interpreted ( at least in the written form ) in two ways : either ‘ I dislike him ’ ( the most usual reading ) , or , in suitable contexts , ‘ It 's not true that I like him ’ ( for instance , in I do n't dislike him , but I do n't like him either ) . |
| 20 | Another consideration is that English can seem at first glance rather different in primary and in secondary schools . |