Example sentences of "may seem [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The realist state-centric model may seem least appropriate to analysis of contemporary political processes . |
| 2 | Monolingual families may seem all alike ( see Chapter 7 for a refutation of this ! ) , but multilingual families are each multilingual after their own fashion . |
| 3 | It is important to remember that illness does not strike ‘ out of the blue ’ even though it may seem that way at times . |
| 4 | Whilst it may seem that Standing Committee are abandoning Hong Kong Branch in a time of upheaval in the colony , the 1991 A.G.M. also resolved that the Branch should be provided with the opportunity of reformation in the future if formally requested to do so by the ‘ Chairperson ’ of the now disestablished ‘ Branch ’ . |
| 5 | It may seem that Community law is somewhat remote from us as individuals and is irrelevant to our daily lives . |
| 6 | To outsiders , the two events may seem little more than an international organization at work , but for Amnesty members these events are charged with significance . |
| 7 | Where the question of a sexual motive is avoided , either the defence recognise that their client could be disadvantaged by being typed as a sex maniac and the prosecution may realise that such a line of questioning may unnecessarily complicate a case , or there may seem little scope for placing the blame elsewhere . |
| 8 | In Robbe-Grillet 's fiction , this movement may seem most tangible . |
| 9 | But it is perhaps primarily in his assertion that ‘ Il n'y a pas de hors texte ’ ( ‘ There is nothing outside the text/nothing except text ’ ) that he may seem most relevant to literary theory , for in this claim one hears echoes of the principles of a number of the major theories of literature that have emerged in this century . |
| 10 | Improbable as it may seem this has actually happened with some success . |
| 11 | But according to some husbands , the enthusiasm may seem less than wholehearted . |