Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] not seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words did n't seem able to describe the confusion of her feelings for fitzAlan . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Cross-sector links between primary and secondary schools did not seem to be well developed . |
| 4 | They pointed out that the information provided by such an analysis of the components of shareholders ' funds did not seem to be useful and was difficult to interpret . |
| 5 | Large units do not seem to be deficient in democratic qualities and may even be more democratic in some respects ; 4 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In the 1940s wives were still bitterly resentful of the fact that their husbands did not seem to realise that they needed leisure . |
| 8 | One can speculate why , with so much in common , Greeks and Jews do not seem to have spoken to each other . |
| 9 | However , the joy and fulfilment which many had found in lesbian and gay relationships did not seem to fit the official pronouncements about sin ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Sadly , population planners and contraceptive manufacturers do not seem to share women 's concerns . |
| 12 | drivers do n't seem to be fully aware of what the legal speed limits are and which roads are the most dangerous . |
| 13 | Dr Evans had made several visits as well , and was able to report that the damage to Faye 's eyes did not seem to be worsening . |
| 14 | And although his eyes did n't seem to move the prickle of her skin sensed that he had n't missed a thing , from the mass of dark hair which was now half-up and half-down , to the crazy oranges-and-lemons earrings which she 'd clipped on because — well , just because it was Saturday and sunny , and because she had felt like it . |
| 15 | Teenagers do n't seem to understand that they do n't have to actively misbehave to be disagreeable to older people . |
| 16 | Being the first of the lasses , she was always his favourite ; the lads did n't seem to matter . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | " The animals do n't seem to be heading for their usual haunts today . " |
| 19 | Again local inspectors do not seem to do so well in engendering trust . |
| 20 | Speakers and listeners do not seem to be necessary . |
| 21 | ‘ Kids do n't seem to mind the modern shirts but of course older people remember how they used to be . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 23 | Even children who were bombed out of their homes did not seem to suffer in any way … |
| 24 | Enthusiasts for genetic algorithms do not seem worried about this . |
| 25 | He meant to , but addresses did n't seem important — well , not until it was too late . |
| 26 | But it must be repeated that this extensive social penetration by Iranians does not seem to have destroyed local autonomy or opportunities for office-holding by locals : thus the Amyzon inscription mentioned above certainly honours Iranians , but one of the archontes ( magistrates ) , has a Karian name ( Panamyes ) and so does Hyssollos the ‘ Treasurer of the Gods ’ and the ‘ mountain guard ’ Paes sun of Panamyes . |
| 27 | Yet it was hard to make a good living here as the Peruvians did not seem to like their own music . |
| 28 | The distant traffic noises did not seem to interrupt the silence ; the reflective water gave to the Palace of Westminster the illusion of insubstantiality . |
| 29 | Somehow balding businessmen do n't seem quite as daunting . |
| 30 | Indeed , when the German Communists reconstituted themselves as a political party ( the DKP ) in October 1968 , the Bonn government saw no need to ban them , because orthodox Communists did not seem a threat . |