Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] not seem " in BNC.

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1 For it must be remembered that Divitiacus does not seem to have been in perfect command either of Greek or of Latin .
2 The UDC does not seem to appreciate that most of the derelict land in the area is in private hands and the underdevelopment is not the councils fault , but is actually due to the failure of government enterprise policies to encourage private investors .
3 But Swainson does not seem to have taken advantage of the ease and freedom which the new technique could afford .
4 As the hon. Gentleman knows , our mutual friend Mr. Legras does not seem to take kindly to the breaking of Community law or the treaty .
5 Nguyen Ai Quoc does not seem to have been prominent in these discussions although he was included in a group photograph with Roy , Tan Malaka , and other Asian delegates including three from Japan .
6 Admittedly , the theology of the end of days is vague enough : Daniel does not seem to expect a universal resurrection of the dead .
7 The hon. Member for Gordon does not seem to understand either that primary legislation would be required or that such primary legislation takes longer than five minutes to be put on the statute book .
8 Nevertheless , Steilmann does not seem eager to introduce this method of manufacturing into his many other clothes lines .
9 Both rows converge upon St Machar 's Cathedral , and then wander their separate ways through Seaton Park to the River Don , and eventually the Brig o' Balgownie — ; although Johnson does not seem to have walked that far .
10 Greenock does not seem a very inviting place for the pleasure-seeker at any time ; in rainy weather its attractions are not heightened .
11 Admittedly , the British Isles had substantial tin deposits , a resource which Egypt does not seem to have possessed .
12 Bill does not seem to know where to put his hands .
13 In the next chapter it is Sarah 's turn to hear the happy news ( Abraham does not seem to have passed it on ! ) .
14 Thus , PYY does not seem to mediate the inhibition of ileal motility by bile .
15 TNC does not seem to recognize how worthwhile changes in assessment need to be ‘ slowed ’ by teachers and to have a wider impact on curriculum and teaching methods if they are to have beneficial consequences for achievement levels ; that such reform takes time and considerable teacher commitment ; and that a heavy investment in INSET is needed .
16 Kollerstrom does not seem to realise that the debate has now reached this stage .
17 We have to go to Livy and to minor sources for evidence of the conflicts inside the Roman ruling class and between Romans and allies in the first half of the second century B.C. Polybius does not seem to have noticed the feuds inside Rome which accompanied what may appear to us the most uncontroversial aspect of the Roman expansion in Liguria and in Piedmont .
18 But though Venus does not seem to be geologically moribund it seems likely that it has not been as geologically active as the Earth and that no global system of Plate Tectonics has ever developed .
19 From what we know of him , Saddam does not seem to be driven primarily by any ideology .
20 ‘ Mrs Taylor does not seem to me to be very like Mrs Woolf or Miss Compton-Burnett or Miss Bowen , ’ I had written , for some reviewers thought her too heavily indebted to them .
21 Terris does not seem to mind the electricians who undoubtedly disturb him on his preserve .
22 The proofs of 1.3.9 , 1.4.4 and in particular the Division Algorithm 1.4.5 make use of the fact that property W holds in Z. Since , despite exercise 1.7.4 , Q[x] does not seem to satisfy W ( try it ! ) , we are fortunate that the appropriate analogue for Q[x] of 1.4.5 depends upon Z , rather than upon Q[x] , satisfying W. We obtain this analogue in 1.10.1 .
23 But here Mr Lawson does not seem to be quite so indifferent to the behaviour of consenting adults : he has been endeavouring to control their behaviour by altering the price at which they can borrow .
24 For deep injuries to muscles and joints when Arnica does not seem to be working well enough .
25 With deep injuries to muscles and joints when Arnica does not seem to be working well enough .
26 To that extent , the EC does not seem to have accepted the ramifications of the post-communist years and has not decided whether it wants to consolidate itself as a rich man 's club at the western end of the continent of Europe , to which the east Europeans can apply for associate membership , or to widen its institutions , starting with freer trade .
27 Though Stark does not seem to share Scheler 's ambitious project completely , he is willing to import the essentialist and absolutist components of Scheler 's work , derived from their shared Catholicism ( Hamilton 1974 : 87 ) .
28 The fact that he died in the following April does not seem to have put anyone off or taken away their faith in Pau 's salutariness .
29 It is fair to add that Leeds does not seem to have been unique in this respect : reporting on an inspection carried out in ‘ ethnically diverse areas within three LEAs ’ ( including five Leeds Phase 1 PNP schools ) in March 1988 , HMI remarked that ‘ none of the three LEAs had specific policies for parent school liaison ’ ( DES 1988a ) .
30 Homer does not seem to recognize that fear of success is not just a psychological variable , but also a realistic assessment of the dangers facing successful western women ( Condry and Dyer 1976 ) .
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