Example sentences of "seem [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1970s scheme after scheme was launched , but there seemed little sense of direction or coherence . |
| 2 | There seemed little awareness of how the mainstream activities of the housing department are of relevance to social services ' role in enabling independent living . |
| 3 | The basic business of looking after them felt so demanding and emotionally wearing that there seemed little rime left to introduce them to ‘ real living ’ . |
| 4 | Decisions about the design of such machinery were made by the suppliers ; there seemed little variation in the machines on offer in their implications for de-skilling ; and the result was a gradual process of de-skilling of most of the production workers . |
| 5 | Its a , during the course of the time of the crucifixion , Jesus is on the cross and its says there , there were two others also who were criminals , were being lead away to be put to death with Jesus and they came to the place called The Skull , there they crucified him and the criminals one on the right and the other on the left , but Jesus was saying father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing , and they cast locks divided up his garments among themselves and the people stood by and looking on and even the rulers was sneering at him excuse me , and even the rulers were sneering at him saying he saved others , let him save himself if this is the Christ of god , his chosen one , and the soldiers also mocked him , coming up to him offering sour wine and saying if your the king of the Jews save yourself now there was also an inscription above him , this is the kind of the Jews , and one of the criminals who was hanged there was hurling abut at him and saying you are not the Christ , save yourself and us , but the other answered and rebuking him said do you not even fear god , since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed justly for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds , but this man has done nothing wrong and he was say , and he was saying Jesus remember me when you come in your kingdom , Jesus said to him truly I say to you today you shall be with me in paradise I wonder if you 've ever been in that awful position of facing of what you thought was certain death perhaps you were seriously ill and er , there seemed little hope of your recovery , perhaps you were facing some danger , some , some risk and it seemed almost certain that short of a miracle you were gon na die , I wonder what sort of thoughts would have been going through your mind , maybe w , may well be that you were with other people , I wonder what sort of things if you were in a condition of speaking , what sort of things you would of been saying to them . |
| 6 | Mr Widmer said there seemed little hope of reaching a settlement before Caldaire turned to legal action . |
| 7 | Perhaps you were seriously ill and er , there seemed little hope of your recovery . |
| 8 | There seemed little doubt that the man felt some kind of jealousy . |
| 9 | In addition , because of its essentially intergovernmental nature , there seemed little doubt that it would have reduced the role and significance of the EEC Commission and its bureaucracy in Brussels . |
| 10 | And there seemed little doubt that the results had justified the risk . |
| 11 | There seemed little doubt that Alex was the murderer , but Charles felt somehow he owed it to his friend to isolate the element about the case that was worrying him . |
| 12 | Dr Neil had seen her few poor items of food decently arranged upon a napkin in the bottom of the basket , and there seemed little doubt that she was actually living in the district — although why he could not imagine . |
| 13 | American political pressure for agreement on the formation of the force was so intense that there seemed little chance of it being rejected by NATO on military or financial grounds . |
| 14 | There seemed little chance of an away win when Lineker and a Teale own goal gave Spurs a 2–0 cushion after only 13 minutes . |
| 15 | Cascades of salt spray had already washed some of the kittiwakes ' nests off the lower ledges when we took a last look out before nightfall , and there seemed little chance that the old ‘ Sulan ’ would be able to make a landing tomorrow , even if the sea conditions allowed a crossing from Sørvágur . |
| 16 | None the less the fact was that the English had hung on , and there seemed little chance that they would be dislodged . |
| 17 | There seemed little chance of his being taken on . |
| 18 | And , since she felt unable to divorce Derek , there seemed little chance for her to be happy with Travis Hepwood . |
| 19 | The Report of the Data Protection Committee was published late in 1978 , a bad time for political initiatives : within a few months the new Conservative Government was in office and contenting itself with a fresh and laborious round of further consultations — there seemed little likelihood of anything being done until , in 1981 , the Council of Europe , as part of its concern with human rights , opened its ‘ Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Data Processing ’ for signature by States which had appropriate legislation enacted . |
| 20 | In 1984 , under Sadat 's successor Mubarak , the two countries again exchanged ambassadors , but there seemed little likelihood that Soviet-Egyptian relations would ever regain their former intimacy . |
| 21 | The two-tier principle was strictly adhered to in the 1972 Act even when there seemed little justification for it in particular circumstances . |
| 22 | There seemed little reason to expect conditions to be more favourable further east under Mesozoic cover ; few wells enter the thrust sheets which are expected there , and none are deep enough to prove what lies beneath them . |
| 23 | There seemed little alternative , with a woman whose reaction to them was to tolerate — and to laugh . |
| 24 | They had exchanged blood ; there seemed little point in saying what she planned . |
| 25 | There seemed little point in worrying ; the 12-string guitar work of Johnny Marr was to play a crucial part in the band 's make up . |
| 26 | Certainly there seemed little point in giving either side the initial advantage ; invasion by one might be precipitated by an agreement with the other , and if Germany and the USSR came to blows , it would inevitably be on Polish soil . |
| 27 | Ted McCarty claims it was intentional , since there seemed little point in covering an expensive maple top with black paint . |
| 28 | There also seemed little point in rebuilding the earlier tree structures with new word lists on the latest machines . |
| 29 | I was cold , tired and hungry , but there seemed little point in going to bed until the storm had gone through . |
| 30 | There seemed little point in asking Kevin whether or not he and Islander were well suited . |