Example sentences of "[noun pl] do [adv] 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 | One can speculate why , with so much in common , Greeks and Jews do not seem to have spoken to each other . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sadly , population planners and contraceptive manufacturers do not seem to share women 's concerns . |
| 7 | drivers do n't seem to be fully aware of what the legal speed limits are and which roads are the most dangerous . |
| 8 | Teenagers do n't seem to understand that they do n't have to actively misbehave to be disagreeable to older people . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | " The animals do n't seem to be heading for their usual haunts today . " |
| 11 | Again local inspectors do not seem to do so well in engendering trust . |
| 12 | Speakers and listeners do not seem to be necessary . |
| 13 | ‘ Kids do n't seem to mind the modern shirts but of course older people remember how they used to be . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 15 | Enthusiasts for genetic algorithms do not seem worried about this . |
| 16 | Somehow balding businessmen do n't seem quite as daunting . |
| 17 | Architects , councillors and contractors do n't seem to think that the working class need or want warm bedrooms . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Even the Indians do n't seem so sure that I 'm not Firmin all the time and Matt 's Antonio . |
| 21 | Even the directors do n't seem to know . ’ |
| 22 | Merchant 's companies do not seem to distinguish between key result areas and critical success factors . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I really want us all to move on as musicians , which is something that other bands do n't seem to be doing . |
| 25 | ‘ I think that 's what makes Curve stand out from the rest of the pack , ’ asserts Alex , ‘ because all these other indie bands do n't seem to be interested in guitar music . |
| 26 | It seems that a lot of the new guitar players in bands do n't seem to go back anymore to check who their idols were influenced by — like , they 'll go as far back as Jimmy Page then stop , without finding out about his influences … |
| 27 | Lardner 's volumes were not quite an encyclopedia , since each one could stand on its own : volumes came out at intervals , and buyers do not seem to have been made to subscribe to the whole set . |
| 28 | Inland changes to sites over the last 1000 years do not seem to have been so drastic . |
| 29 | Others speculate that a bad harvest around Hanoi may be to blame ( though the new arrivals do not seem to be starving ) . |
| 30 | The huge dishes at the BT ground stations do n't seem to change much over the years . |