Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [adv] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day after the declaration , which did not seem at first to be being taken seriously in Washington , Gen Noriega 's troops escalated the crisis into a confrontation . |
| 2 | Upstairs , Fleury had taken the pistol to pieces ( as far as it could be taken to pieces which did not seem to be very far ) and put it together again . |
| 3 | She wore a light silk dress and thin shoes , which did not seem at all suitable for a long walk in the snow . |
| 4 | Greg was uncertain how to respond to this addendum , which did not seem to be addressed to him . |
| 5 | Mrs Grandison , the mother of Sophia and Penelope , had the remains of her daughters ' Pre-Raphaelite beauty , now much faded and overlaid with some other quality , which had made her the President of the Women 's Institute in the village where she lived but which did not seem to be quite Pre-Raphaelite . |
| 6 | Apart from that , I do not think that I learned a great deal from Conservative Members ' contributions to the debate — except , perhaps , that the hon. Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) , who is not noted for his breadth of vision , does not like Labour councillors , which did not seem to me to advance the argument very much . |
| 7 | Perhaps nothing , but as she waited for money which did n't seem to be coming , it was fairly certain the crash was going to mean something . |
| 8 | But the films had strange names which did n't seem to Dot to mean anything . |
| 9 | He also liked Rufus 's occasional sensitivity , which did n't seem to go with the other aspects of his personality . |
| 10 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 11 | ‘ You 're the English male , ’ she 'd said , which did n't seem worth denying . |
| 12 | When you were home — which did n't seem to be very often ! — you did n't want to listen . |
| 13 | She eventually found the River Boyne , which , according to the map , ran near Slane — which was probably a lie , she decided after making numerous unlooked-for detours because the map did n't seem to bear any relation to the roads , which did n't seem to be signposted — except for one that explained where the famous battle had taken place . |
| 14 | It is remarkable how this interest extends even to topics which do not seem related to the main themes of his studies . |
| 15 | Use an orange or yellow pencil for the remainder , that is , things you are unsure about or which do not seem to fit clearly into either the good or the bad categories . |
| 16 | Ways of trying to increase your bargaining power include delaying negotiations or confrontation until you are in a stronger position , initiating action in another area which raises the costs to your opponent if he disagrees with your offer , linking the issue under discussion with much wider issues which do not seem of much importance at first sight to your opponent but which may be to his long-term disadvantage but to your long-term advantage which will compensate for your short-term loss . |
| 17 | And then there are cases which do not seem to correspond with any of the given meanings . |
| 18 | In another sharp break with convention , the protagonist of Sonnets 127–52 ( I set aside 153 and 154 , two sonnets on themes traditional since the Greek Anthology , which do not seem to belong to this sequence ) gives his mistress not compliments but insults , or mock-compliments , and that at the level of the body alone : sex without love , as it were . |
| 19 | Forbes ( 1933 ) and Snodgrass ( 1935 ) have introduced changes in the nomenclature of the cubito-anal veins which do not seem to be widely accepted while Vignon ( 1929 ) has an unorthodox modification of the Comstock-Needham system . |
| 20 | If we can identify style markers , we shall rule out , simply by ignoring them , whole areas of the English language which do not seem to be exploited in any unusual way in a particular text . |
| 21 | However , there are some courses which do not seem to fall naturally under either the ‘ professional ’ or ‘ academic ’ heading . |
| 22 | Gerard has a long dissertation on it in his Herbal of 1597 , and shows four coloured illustrations of different sorts , which do not seem to be known nowadays . |
| 23 | Moreover , the best lunar analogue for the Mercurian smooth plains are not the maria , which are the best candidates on the Moon for volcanic activity , but the lunar highland plains , which do not seem to have a volcanic origin . |
| 24 | The other thing that concerned me was particular slots which do n't seem to ever produce much in the way of attendance or revenue . |
| 25 | So that 's rather depressing actually , that a lot of students will go into RADAR and various other sorts of defence things which do n't seem to me to be increasing the sum of human happiness . |
| 26 | LWT needs 75 per cent of its shareholders to approve the scheme , which does not seem too difficult now the plans have been moderated . |
| 27 | I enjoyed Frank Close 's review of cold fusion but would like to mention a simple explanation of Fleischmann and Pons 's results which does not seem to have been discussed ( ‘ Cold fusion : the discovery that never was ’ , 19 January ) . |
| 28 | There is , indeed , an awful lot of potentially relevant literature being produced ( but also a large amount which does not seem to add anything new ; naturally , I have tried to avoid referencing that ! ) . |
| 29 | Smith 's unfavourable opinion , which does not seem justified in respect of Coleman 's professional career , is expressed in what seems to be is an inexplicably biassed manner . |
| 30 | Frodo puts on the Ring six times during The Lord of the Rings : once in the house of Tom Bombadil ( which does not seem to count ) , once by accident in the Prancing Pony , once on Weathertop , twice on Amon Hen , once in the final scene in the Sammath Naur . |