Example sentences of "it seem that " in BNC.
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1 | What Dilys Powell missed when she described The Wicked Lady as a concatenation of ‘ the hoary , the tedious , the disagreeable , ’ as did other critics who saw Gainsborough 's films as a reassertion of an old escapist tendency in British cinema , was how much of an advance such films offered on everything of a similar sort that had gone before , and how they touched the sentiments of audiences who could no longer respond to stories of gallant endeavour quite as they could when it seemed that defeat was an imminent possibility . |
2 | After the Dubai 1986 Olympics when England were unlucky not to win against a full-strength USSR , it seemed that gold would be there once the Russians had another off day . |
3 | Kylie , based in the opulent comfort of London 's St James 's Club , favourite hunt of Hollywood superstars like Clint Eastwood , was everywhere it seemed that summer — and the record sales reflected it around the world . |
4 | ‘ It seemed that way . |
5 | Initially , it seemed that Sale might prove victorious . |
6 | When , in July 1939 , it seemed that war was inevitable , the Poles decided to give the French and the British the results of their research , as well as two actual Enigma machines . |
7 | Initially , it seemed that control of surveyors ' education would pass out of the hands of the membership of the Institution and into those of the academics . |
8 | In some way it seemed that Why ? was to be answered by the existence of a person . |
9 | No one had written Filmer in any other way : it seemed that gaunt-face had n't gained entry by giving Filmer 's name , at least . |
10 | It seemed that time might stand still forever . |
11 | It seemed that bingo afternoons left her so exhausted both physically and emotionally that she never had enough energy left to cook an evening meal . |
12 | In effect , it seemed that notice had been served that the EEC was a successful operation . |
13 | At times it seemed that price increases would be favoured as a means of raising self-financing and reducing pressure on the capital market ; at others that rises would be deprecated as contributing to inflation . |
14 | It seemed that record companies were always too interested in other places to look . |
15 | It seemed that danger lurked in the ever-present shadows . |
16 | And Creggan followed her helpless gaze , out past the bars to the great sky itself and it seemed that direction came suddenly to him at last . |
17 | ’ It seemed that time scales were important to him . |
18 | When the place was up and running , with guests in all the woodland chalets and the cafeteria open until late , it would feel safe at any hour ; and now that he was no longer alone here , it seemed that way now . |
19 | With his most famous work , the miner 's safety-lamp , it seemed that science was saving lives as well as boosting the economy . |
20 | Charlie 's office was small and poky and lightless and overcrowded , but the number of possible hiding places was limited and it seemed that she-d tried them all . |
21 | Then , just as it seemed that sleep was a compulsion he could no longer resist , Lucien heard a noise in the room . |
22 | In the end , it seemed that sex was all you ever wanted from me . |
23 | It seemed that winter would never go . |
24 | It seemed that Fen had made the same resolution . |
25 | A few months ago it seemed that oil markets were in for a chill spring . |
26 | Thus it seemed that physics was more mature then chemistry , and had already left behind the stage of effervescent and explosive progress in which that science was still so visibly engaged . |
27 | But although he was beaten for pace quite a few times , it seemed that alot of the time he was out of position . |
28 | ‘ It must have been obvious that we were n't going to let it slip it seemed that way to me , ’ said Morrissey . |
29 | It seemed that |
30 | All are searching for peace of mind and for a while it seem that Ilmorog can offer this . |