Example sentences of "[pers pn] seems [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand , ethnic minorities currently settled in Britain have been here for a relatively short period of time , and it seems that circumstances of migration and initial settlement are conditions under which support between siblings assumes greater significance than it might otherwise do — a point illustrated by the patterns of chain migration and of joint households which I discussed earlier in this chapter . |
| 2 | In the case of the morning papers , it seems that papers such as The Times and the Daily Telegraph are much more difficult than their Swedish counterparts . |
| 3 | ‘ It seems that reports of my breath have been greatly exaggerated . ’ |
| 4 | A Midland-based company , British Contact Sports Supplies , is currently trying to make the suit knife- and bullet-proof and , although no one from the Met Police could confirm or deny the rumours , it seems that plans may be afoot for them to adopt the suit in the future |
| 5 | To sum up : It seems that particles can fall into black holes that then evaporate and disappear from our region of the universe . |
| 6 | It seems that drop-outs at this early stage have remained a serious problem , particularly in rural areas , though there has been some improvement in the retention rates over the whole primary cycle ( SSA to Standard Five ) . |
| 7 | For example , it seems that rats must be able to move about and explore their environment if they are to form an adequate map of it . |
| 8 | It seems that girls may be given fancier names because this fits in with a traditionally feminine image while the common masculine-sounding names for boy babies , like Richard , David , James and Alexander , would ostensibly give a boy fewer problems than Tarquin or Marmaduke . |
| 9 | Indeed it seems that girls very quickly replaced boys at this task : " Evidently [ the boys " ] tongues do not go so glibly as the girls , " as the STC was already saying as early as 1875 , " for in most of the offices where girls are employed , reading boys are now unknown . " |
| 10 | Since earliest times it seems that attempts were made to make wine as red as possible : in those places where vines producing white grapes thrived , it is likely that any |
| 11 | It seems that monopoles continue to present more problems than they solve . |
| 12 | So it seems that Laboulbeniales not only show host specificity and position-on-host specificity , but may also display sex-of-host specificity . |
| 13 | IT seems that home-owners are now being told they can save Pounds 2,000 a year if they rent rather than buy a property . |
| 14 | Who gives moral support to whom It seems that patterns of emotional support in crisis situations may be somewhat different from those which I have labelled ‘ routine ’ . |
| 15 | To summarize , it seems that detectors which will go into continuous operation in the next few years have a strong chance of detecting a type II supernova in our Galaxy provided that the collapse is asymmetric to the degree now thought likely . |
| 16 | If it seems that things could be finally settled by deciding whether a foetus is a person , this can only be because ‘ person ’ is used to ascribe a moral status rather than merely to describe . |
| 17 | It seems that women , whose fractured identity inhibits their union activity , will nevertheless encourage others , especially those who are highly articulate , to speak up on their behalf . |
| 18 | As Macdonald explains , it seems that women are either invisible in most school textbooks or , when they appear at all , they are seen performing low-status tasks . |
| 19 | If one just casts an eye over the history of the condition of women — marked by struggles , it has continued to evolve , but at such pace that it seems that women who struggle for their liberation and at the same time for that of their societies , are undertaking a long drawn-out campaign . |
| 20 | And it seems that women are keen to use NORPLANT . |
| 21 | In this perspective it seems that Callinicos can only mean relatively little with his disclaimers about good art . |
| 22 | It seems that frescoes were also executed on floors . |
| 23 | In particular it seems that members in the UK are not taking advantage of the scheme to the same extent as members in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland . |
| 24 | It seems that problems of proof loom large here : there is a fear that the unscrupulous would manipulate any law permitting ‘ mercy killings ’ , and the argument is presumably that this would put at risk more unwilling parties than a law allowing euthanasia would benefit willing parties . |
| 25 | It seems that matters have fallen behind schedule and need to be put back on the rails . |
| 26 | It seems that adults who provide optimal conversational support for language learning are those who are sensitive to the child 's conversational needs and are able constantly to adjust their own contributions to match those of the child ( Wells 1981 ; Wood 1988 ) . |
| 27 | Despite Maury 's odd experience with the French Revolution , it seems that dreams proceed at a " normal " temporal pace . |
| 28 | Training shoe espionage is now big business , and sportswear conventions where new designs are revealed have stricter security and secrecy than any Tory Party Conference : it seems that bootleggers know their stuff and can rip off a design before you can tie your laces ! |
| 29 | Christians in particular have trouble with this part of the grief response because so often it seems that Christians are not meant to be angry — especially when the feeling is commonly directed towards God personally , as it were : ‘ I try to live a good life and see what He has let happen … |
| 30 | It seems that hordes of MANICS fans up and down the land , calling themselves ‘ Hardcore Preachers ’ , are currently ‘ marking their devotion in blood by slashing their arms with razor blades ’ . |