Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although French technique does seem awkward to begin with , it is the most efficient way of moving on easier angled terrain and is also the basis of resting on steeper ground . |
| 2 | Comedian Ernie Wise , a next-door-neighbour , said : ‘ Poor old Frank does seem to keep shooting himself in the foot . |
| 3 | It is very easy to be beastly if you are , say , Norman Tebbit or Dennis Healey — although the old bruiser does seem to be showing distinct signs of turning into a benign grandpa . |
| 4 | According to Dr John Bancroft , clinical consultant at the Medical Research Council 's reproductive Biology Unit in Leicester , maximum sexual activity does seem to match maximum testosterone levels throughout the year . |
| 5 | An empty lifestyle does seem to increase the chances of wool-sucking , and probably the best cure for it would be to make the cat 's way of life more surprising and complex . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , we can say something further about the vulnerability itself ; namely that the psychotic temperament does seem to be under strong genetic control . |
| 7 | But the presence of characters such as midfacial projection and an incipient suprainiac fossa does seem to point to a significant phylogenetic link with the Neanderthals , aligning the Atapuerca hominids with that clade ( or species , if H. neanderthalensis is recognised ) . |
| 8 | Moreover , even if particular impulses are not mainly directed at pleasure , the typical ones do seem to be directed at the occurrence of certain states of ourselves , so that even if not hedonistic they are egoistic . |
| 9 | However , levels of overall satisfaction do seem to have dropped between 1983 and 1987 . |
| 10 | Various Japanese practices do seem sexist and racist to use but , as a white woman working for a Japanese company , I 'd say that they are trying to change , and it 's a shame more of us do n't try to learn Japanese and understand the culture . |
| 11 | What natural selection does seem to care about as far as sex is concerned is that there is constant re-combination and this is a question of sexual that we 'll touch on later . |
| 12 | However , operating under cover of a domestic licence does seem rather restrictive in today 's international business environment . |
| 13 | However , visual impairment does seem to be related to both anxiety and depression . |
| 14 | Without engaging in the details of this debate , and having presented what is an admittedly brief over-simplification of Bernstein 's work , I would nevertheless venture to say that the different response patterns of working-class and middle-class women in the present sample do seem to fit into the broad outlines of Bernstein 's scheme . |
| 15 | Where a country is largely isolated from the rest of the world , the state-centred approach does seem more plausible than where it is located within an identifiable system of global relationships . |
| 16 | The present system does seem unfair . |
| 17 | Yes , these primary schoolchildren did seem regimented . |
| 18 | While it is difficult to give definitive answers to questions about control , the prevailing pattern does seem to be loose and informal : there seem to be few cases of actual censorship . |
| 19 | Education or abstract learning does seem to take the form mainly of symbolic modelling and the relating of these models to reality awaits later practical experience . |
| 20 | The generic mixings and mutations , however , towards which television may have an aesthetic and an economic inclination do seem to provide the grounds for specific forms of parody . |
| 21 | But by and large when we take out these very unusual or exceptional years , agricultural prices do seem to have fallen . |
| 22 | Past world-wide experience does seem to show that there is almost invariably more oil in oil discoveries ( see Oil Reserves section ) than is originally supposed . |
| 23 | James May , who heads an advisory service , says small businesses do seem to get a raw deal . |
| 24 | For Mr Desai , and many thousands of Indian yogis who rise at 4am and sit cross-legged for two hours , meditating on profound spiritual questions , a glass of melatonin-rich urine does seem to be the ideal thirst-quencher . |
| 25 | However , in general teachers did seem to be pleased with the outcome and many expressed approval at the improved pupil-teacher ratio for the coming year . |
| 26 | At the same time the prohibitions-based approach does seem a useful one to adopt in relation to explicit collusion and specific non-co-operative practices . |
| 27 | Hidden watchers and secret cameras do seem rather like the trappings of a police state and social researchers should not feel that they have a right to manipulate people . |
| 28 | The Law Society has in force strict regulations ( a summary of which may be found in Chapter 12 ) regarding clients ' money and trust money , though infractions of the relevant rules do seem to occur with depressing frequency . |
| 29 | This issue was followed up in qualitative interviews with a panel of young people , for while we can not make a simple equation between aloneness and the experience of social and psychological difficulty , young people do seem to need to interact with friends in resolving some of their conflicts . |
| 30 | The retractable gear does seem to leave the propeller with very little ground clearance , which might prove embarrassing during a heavy nose-wheel landing , and , rather like the Mooney range , on rough surfaces , loose gravel or grass there could be the chance of propeller damage . |