Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] seems a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've already had a brief look at the Arms Park and it seems a great ground . ’
2 This and other statements were clear enough , and it seems a little one-sided to attribute causal power to one set of statements — those which encouraged Protestants to reject the O'Neill government — and yet deny causal power to those statements which called for such rejection to be confined within the limits of legality .
3 He has guarded fiercely against the band 's tapes being made public but listening to them years on , it is difficult to understand his uneasiness and it seems a loss to fans .
4 Events over the next six months are likely to leave an imprint , and it seems a relationship is the catalyst for a major change or that a relationship is transformed from outside .
5 asserted that in the present time the defendant 's liability in Rylands v. Fletcher itself ‘ could simply have been placed on the defendant 's failure of duty to take reasonable care , ’ and it seems a logical inference from this and from the judgment as a whole that the Court of Appeal considered the rule to have no useful function in modern times .
6 Now there 's less room for thought and for feeling , and it seems a great tiredness is good for keeping people steady .
7 And it seems a bit much to suddenly turn round when you 're grown up and say to the mother , ‘ No , you should n't be like that .
8 One ca n't believe that players such as Colin Stephens , Aled Williams or Adrian Davies would not do a better job in the No10 jersey and it seems a far cry from the days when the Welsh stand off factory was in full production .
9 ‘ She looks a bit pale , an' she seems a bit quiet , ’ William remarked .
10 Her niece is spending the night with her , so she should be all right , but she seems a little strange , as though , she had n't quite caught on that Aunt Alicia has gone . "
11 But it seems a shame not to challenge yourself because other people say you 're not as good as you used to be .
12 But it seems a pity that he had to leave Education when the changes in the system still have so far to run .
13 I daresay we could now , there must be a bus or a car she could hire , but it seems a bit hard . ’
14 But it seems a waste of the resources to er have er , ten different meetings for thirty cases we that 's , that 's my view but , I would like to see another report at the next meeting so as we can compare .
15 It 's probably only a you know a matter of seconds but it seems a long time .
16 But it seems a sort of magic , to be able to call my past back .
17 But it seems a tremendous victory .
18 Farmers in the past , just as now have had to weigh their goods somewhere , but it seems a curious activity to carry out in the middle of a field and down through quite a number of generations ( the weights span at least two centuries ) .
19 Not that there 's any reason why he should , ’ she added hastily , ‘ But it seems a bit odd , all the same . ’
20 But it seems a small number of former workers may still fight on in industrial tribunals .
21 Obviously , I understand that this course is to be built mainly for the benefit of the people who 'll buy the new houses , but it seems a pity that natural unspoilt countryside should be bulldozed to make way for what 's really just a few rich people 's pastime . ’
22 Obviously you 're most welcome to stay , but it seems a shame to disrupt your day . ’
23 Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Darlington Railway Preservation Society , explained : ‘ Quite a few historians have written about this building but it seems a bit odd that none of them knew the exact date it opened .
24 When this matter was discussed at housing committee , I believe it 's only last week but it seems a lot longer ago , I spoke at some length about the errors and fallacies in the report arguing against a case that officers have put forward , pointing out mistakes and erroneous conclusions that seem to have been drawn from some very flimsy evidence .
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