Example sentences of "not seem [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But sadly , as ‘ middle-of-the-road ’ politicians have found , no matter what the outrage , peace as an issue does not seem to spark enthusiasm . |
| 2 | The aggravation did not seem to upset Jansher yesterday as he conceded only a single point to Frank Ellis as the title holders , Pakistan , started the world team championships here yesterday with a 3-0 win over Scotland . |
| 3 | But Horsley did not seem to see things like that , and he had cheered them up mightily with a little speech congratulating them all and insisting ‘ the team ’ must stay together . |
| 4 | In a fortunate moment I noticed a sign reading ‘ Jardin de Paris — Restaurant Français ’ , and abandoning Anastasia on a pavement , a procedure to which East Europeans do not seem to take exception , I ventured in to discover whether anyone spoke French . |
| 5 | Whether sleeping under the starry African sky with wild animals roaming in the bush was part of the fun or genuine cause for concern it did not seem to disturb Eva who was always fast asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow . |
| 6 | The time and dedication demanded do not seem to put people off : the course is so popular that it has had to shift from a country house to a conference centre on an industrial estate in the Midlands . |
| 7 | Our studies suggest that the arrival of bile salts in the ileum may be one of the factors that stimulate the postprandial release of PYY , although the peptide does not seem to inhibit motility locally . |
| 8 | The sudden illumination did not seem to inhibit Ted , but Jenny found it comforting . |
| 9 | However the collapse of the wavepacket does not seem to carry information of this kind so that there does not appear to be a prima facie case of contradiction . |
| 10 | Contrary to previous claims , when food related symptoms are identified after an exclusion diet , this does not seem to prolong remission in most patients . |
| 11 | The vast majority of our examples do not seem to cause comprehension problems for the ordinary reader . |
| 12 | Our observations confirmed this : race did not seem to affect panel decision-making . |
| 13 | Stewart 's departure , after an incident that left Paul Roberts holding his face , did not seem to affect Spurs unduly . |
| 14 | Certain mental processes do not seem to use language — the emotional reaction to music , say , or the beauty of a landscape . |
| 15 | The proofs of 1.3.9 , 1.4.4 and in particular the Division Algorithm 1.4.5 make use of the fact that property W holds in Z. Since , despite exercise 1.7.4 , Q[x] does not seem to satisfy W ( try it ! ) , we are fortunate that the appropriate analogue for Q[x] of 1.4.5 depends upon Z , rather than upon Q[x] , satisfying W. We obtain this analogue in 1.10.1 . |
| 16 | The disabilities associated with old age do not seem to strike people significantly until they reach their later seventies . |
| 17 | But it does not seem to worry Montague . |
| 18 | Poorer working-class groups do not seem to perceive lawyers as providing a service for them . |
| 19 | Now this motion does not seem to understand government housing policy so let me explain government housing policy , I do n't agree with all of it but this , this is the policy bit . |
| 20 | Fen did not seem to favour conversation while eating . |
| 21 | I was not hungry and the rooms did not seem to deserve cleanliness and embellishment in his absence . |
| 22 | Sadly , population planners and contraceptive manufacturers do not seem to share women 's concerns . |
| 23 | Though Stark does not seem to share Scheler 's ambitious project completely , he is willing to import the essentialist and absolutist components of Scheler 's work , derived from their shared Catholicism ( Hamilton 1974 : 87 ) . |
| 24 | Martha did not seem to mind Mary 's crossness . |
| 25 | Age , sex , and use of prednisolone or second line treatment did not seem to influence PGE 2 synthesis . |
| 26 | It is a pity that Britain , now supposed to be a fully paid-up part of Europe , can not seem to produce auteurs of anything like this calibre . |
| 27 | Furthermore , restricting intraluminal sodium concentration in jejunal perfusion does not seem to limit glucose absorption . |
| 28 | But , with brilliant timing , Boss Man shuddered and with an almighty roar he was up — and Berzerker was down , felled by a punch that did not seem to make contact . |
| 29 | Would any man in his senses invent a story of a bus crash in which 16,000 passengers were killed ? it is much more likely that these Old Testament numbers were faithfully copies out , despite the fact that they did not seem to make sense . |
| 30 | Logically this may not seem to make sense , yet for Christians it is like paradox pointing beyond a neat literalism to that reality which has impinged itself on them . |