Example sentences of "[noun pl] seem [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animals seemed healthy during the experiment . |
| 2 | The ‘ society-as-parent ’ supporters seem preoccupied with the necessity for certainty , permanence , security and a stable bond with a single set of parent figures in a relationship where both sides feel safe enough to make a long-term commitment . |
| 3 | Allied commanders seemed delighted at the outcome . |
| 4 | The dog-handled pot-lids from Mochlos , for example , seem to show a particular dog relaxing on a particular afternoon in the hot bronze age sunshine ; the crowds in the miniature frescoes seem alive with the excitement of the spectacle they are witnessing , and seem to have been caught mid-shout ; the hoopoes in the Pilgrim Hostel fresco seem at first glance to have fallen from the pages of some bronze age edition of Audubon . |
| 5 | Communication may break down because the task of the manager and the volunteer is diverging , so that the manager 's activities seem distant to the volunteer . |
| 6 | Of course , the appropriate behaviour here depends on what is likely to be going on when no set of bindings seems plausible to the reasoner . |
| 7 | However conditions seemed promising in the morning and we set off with lunch packs in our bags and hope in our hearts ! on the two-hour boat run there are always lots of birds to look at , and soon after we left ‘ the narrows ’ of the harbour entrance we were aware of black-browed albatrosses . |
| 8 | There was petite marmite and , not for the first time , the Colonel is at a loss to understand why some restaurant managers seem unaware of the existence of any other soup . |
| 9 | These purges seem consistent with the aim ( which his opponents accuse him of ) of turning parliament into an updated version of the old central committee of the Communist Party , with himself as general secretary and Congress acting as a rubber stamp . |
| 10 | Things seem hopeless at the moment , but it 's not our policy to let kidnappers get away with their crimes . ’ |
| 11 | Walking into the ISDN User Show at Wembley , North London the other day , the first four stands belonged to communications magazines : cynics might see this as evidence that the technology is still at the hype and talk stage , but most exhibitors seemed pleased by the degree to which visitors ' questions had progressed past the ‘ what is ISDN anyway ’ stage to the ‘ how much does this box cost ’ phase ; some 900 visitors attended on the first day , the second seemed rather busier and at some of the conference sessions , notably British Telecommunications Plc 's ‘ where are we now ’ presentation , it was standing room only … |
| 12 | Many general practitioners seem unaware of the importance for the psychiatrist of possessing this information before the family attends for the first appointment . |
| 13 | Young girls seemed short on the ground . |
| 14 | Deciding which to use and where is obviously important , a theme that has been explored before on these pages , but many users seem bewildered by the range of typefaces that are available . |
| 15 | Yet so many hobbyists seem oblivious of the fact that different fish come from different types of water , and that they may thus not be compatible with each other or with the local tap water . |
| 16 | However , team members seem unperturbed by the prospect . |
| 17 | A further example of the assumption that women should be willing to provide sex for interested men seems implicit in the Sun headline — LANDLORD 'S DEATH LUST FOR GIRL Lodger shunned sex . |
| 18 | The others seemed unsurprised at the eccentricity . |