Example sentences of "seem on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coroner seemed on the verge of apoplexy . |
| 2 | At the same time , Coleridge 's mother in-law , Mrs Fricker , also seemed on the point of death at the house in Oxford Street , Kingsdown , that he had just found for Sara and himself on the north side of the city . |
| 3 | The morning sky was blue as yet but storm clouds were gathering and the wind seemed on the change . |
| 4 | Adolf seemed on the verge of tears . |
| 5 | Exhausted by infighting , humiliated by his foes , he seemed on the verge of losing his struggle with parliament . |
| 6 | As the players trooped off , the home side seemed on the verge of safety , and England 's hopes of capturing seven wickets in the final session seemed , at best , remote , given their success rate of just two in the first two sessions of play . |
| 7 | At times this society seemed on the brink of disintegration . ’ |
| 8 | Furious , Dr Dunstaple now seemed on the point of turning on the Padre and mowing the wiry cleric down with his fists , but by this time Louise and Mrs Dunstaple had hastened to his side and now they dragged him away , hushing him desperately . |
| 9 | Supporters of détente in the 1970s could argue that personal contacts , trade and the Helsinki agreements had undermined the Soviet hold on the East , but opponents of détente could counter that Reagan 's Cold War policies had helped to put unbearable strains on the Soviet economy , which now seemed on the verge of collapse . |
| 10 | Three years after the Hague summit the Community seemed on the brink , not merely of a major enlargement , but of a leap towards full economic union . |
| 11 | None of the members already mentioned seemed on the brink of glorious success . |
| 12 | ‘ No , Cynthia , Mr Lytham 's advice is sensible , ’ Dorothy said as Cynthia once again seemed on the point of protest . |
| 13 | She seemed on the verge of weeping again , but regained control . |
| 14 | She seemed on the point of making an angry protest , but changed her mind . |
| 15 | Wolff seemed on the point of saying something ; he hesitated , looked at her , then looked away and breathed out . |
| 16 | She seemed on the verge of tears , somehow , which Edward found both strange and quite exciting . |
| 17 | In October–November 1962 the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war when the United States suddenly discovered that the USSR was trying to position medium-range missiles in Cuba . |
| 18 | With the scum being really lucky getting a draw from a good Norwich side , it seemed on the radio at least that Norwich had at least one decent penalty decision turned down from a spineless and gutless referee . |
| 19 | In the first match against Riyad a disaster seemed on the cards when his side trailed 3–0 after five minutes . |
| 20 | The fault clearly lies with Morgan , but Marx and especially Engels seem on the whole to have been surprisingly uncritical of their source . |
| 21 | Conversely , activities which seem on the surface to be the same may turn out to realize different underlying assumptions . |
| 22 | Unless she 's been fiddling the books — and my accountant does n't think so — the profits your Miss Philimore has been turning in seem on the low side for a site like that . |
| 23 | But the conservatives ' influence has lately seemed on the wane . |
| 24 | On that day , 25 August , the Germans had seemed on the point of victory . |
| 25 | The British army garrisons had stayed aloof from Black and Tan outrages ; and the IRA , in concentrating their attacks on the Tans and the RIC , had seemed on the whole to recognise that . |
| 26 | The other factor making for openness is that MI5 's record for this period seems on the whole to be creditable . |
| 27 | Gandhi 's teaching concerning the symbolic nature of personifications of Truth in a variety of different forms seems on the face of it to correspond to what Tillich has to say about the symbolic nature of Christian terminology . |
| 28 | On the contrary it seems on the face of it to be likely that with some learners a conscious awareness of how language works and the subjection of their experience to analysis would suit their cognitive style , increase motivation by giving added point to their activities , and so enhance learning . |
| 29 | As for the phrase about God not wishing it , that seems on the whole a benevolent assertion of divine power . |
| 30 | He 's not like he seems on the talkshows . |