Example sentences of "but it [modal v] seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grandmothers are remembered twice as often as grandfathers — principally because they survived longer ; but it would seem that physical survival coincides here with salience in the memory . |
| 2 | Kinetics is still a young science but it would seem that human ability to exert conscious control over body language is less easy than with verbal communication and most people , at times , are aware of sending contradictory messages . |
| 3 | can not be denied , but it would seem that man 's instinctive awareness of his mastery of his own destiny , is influenced by an equally instinctive awareness that he can not peacefully and successfully control that destiny unless he can locate , or himself create some supreme form of guiding influence which is recognised by all . |
| 4 | It remains to be seen who will end up being the dominant supplier , but it would seem that the sheer volume of Novell and DOS/Windows users will dictate that future PC Lan systems will have to be compatible with them . |
| 5 | ‘ But it would seem that Andropulos was n't either . ’ |
| 6 | It too , in a sense , is a potential person but it would seem the act of a fanatic to insist that it has a right to life . |
| 7 | Most operators see this as an accounting nicety , but it would seem that BT is taking the directive much further , using it as the basis for building its business strategy for the next millennium . |
| 8 | But it would seem that nutters are more accepted among soccer fans than among groups in other areas of youth culture ( cf. |
| 9 | But it would seem that you are determined to stick to your guns and , if anything , become even more forceful , direct and outspoken . |
| 10 | But it would seem to be impossible for us to return to patristic sensibilities , for the framework of thought which made that Christology possible is no longer with us . |
| 11 | The date of the founding of Barking is uncertain but it would seem to have been c . |
| 12 | The reason is not easy to define , but it would seem that especially in first-movement , or ‘ sonata ’ , forms composers have preferred to avoid extended melodies , resorting instead to short thematic ideas which are quickly displaced by other material . |
| 13 | The report of Ansell does not disclose whether or not the defendant was aware that his assailant was a policeman , but it would seem that he did not . |
| 14 | Little extra information about the streets of the town , other than those already mentioned , has been recovered in the course of excavations , but it would seem that from present knowledge there was no regular grid . |
| 15 | But it would seem to me that er there may be a marginal undersupply in Bradford on the basis of the current U D P and that is assuming that we we have the same balance between Bradford and between North Yorkshire as I am implying from my my particular figures . |
| 16 | Dr Linebaugh has discovered that around 40 per cent of those hanged at Tyburn in the middle years of the eighteenth century had completed apprenticeships and a further 20 per cent had at least begun one ( see pp. 230 – 1 ) Even in London , the greatest centre of artisan manufacture , not all apprenticeships led to a skilled trade — the unfortunate climbing chimney boys for example — but it would seem reasonable to suggest that around half of the working men of the capital were to some degree skilled , in the sense of selling specialised labour . |
| 17 | The scope of this provision , which is examined later in this book , is unclear , but it would seem that both categories of standard terms identified in Schroeder may fall into the definition of " written standard terms " ; however , those in the first category are more likely to be regarded as reasonable than those in the second . |
| 18 | ‘ But it would seem not . |
| 19 | But it would seem it was planted long before the church was built . |
| 20 | It is early days yet , but it would seem that deep within this free-standing enterprise is a determination to achieve long-term success . |
| 21 | I think that recently we seem to have had such , so many changes in the health authority , so many different peoples in the post who all seem to be doing the same sort of thing , who 've got the Family Health Services Authority set up , but it would seem to me that some of the things that are on this piece of paper are things that I understood were being done by the Family Health Services Authority . |