Example sentences of "[noun pl] seem [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ones with numerous branches seemed to dominate the earlier rocks , ones with fewer branches were later , while in rocks we would now recognize as Silurian and early Devonian , forms with but a single branch ( or stipe ) were abundant . |
| 2 | The arenas hired for these meetings seemed to match the modern creed of the new popular movement . |
| 3 | ‘ Why is it that pansies seem to run the best restaurants ? ’ |
| 4 | Two particular functions seem to suit the informal interview . |
| 5 | Some of the four million annual visitors seem to find the mere ascent insufficiently fulfilling . |
| 6 | As Einstein says , ‘ The singers seem to snatch the single words from one another 's mouths ’ . |
| 7 | Adjectives seem to need the same rule , to produce stress patterns such |
| 8 | Banana cockroaches , scorpions and black widows seem to generate the highest media interest , but it is undoubtedly the ticks , beetles and flies which have more significance for health and agricultural concerns . |
| 9 | So far as desktop publishing goes the dominant range here is supplied by Bitstream , indeed most packages seem to provide the basic Dutch ( Times ) and Swiss ( Helvetica ) faces free of charge . |
| 10 | The paintings seemed to bear the same relation to reality as prayers to the vision of God . |
| 11 | Most importantly , the people who will have to implement the community care reforms seem to share the same vision and , despite certain reservations , the same enthusiasm . |
| 12 | I suspect it is no accident the politics of the times seems to parallel the growing toughness of the police image , or that the police have taken on an increasing resemblance to the black-clothed enemies of goodness who sprinkle the popular science fantasy films such as Star Wars , Superman , and the like . |
| 13 | Love and honour , the pivotal themes of the Hornblower books , and essential to their success , are held in a balance which at times seems to hamper the essential directness of Forester 's narrative technique . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , these aspects are relatively neglected in males , particularly boys , as few surgeons seem to send the ablated foreskin for histological examination . |
| 15 | Curiously these metabolic processes seem to anticipate the homeothermic organisation of mammals , thus hinting that dinosaurs carried on where the reptiles left off . |
| 16 | The Royals seem to use the royal yacht purely for privileged leisure cruising — at our vast expense . |
| 17 | Much of the early proceedings seemed to confirm the recent resurgence of the conservative wing , as witnessed at the June founding congress of the Russian Federation Communist Party [ see pp. 37538-39 ] . |
| 18 | It has already been suggested that whereas academic courses tend to change incrementally , perhaps under the influence of research , professional courses seem to need the new broom of a major report every so often to bring about change . |
| 19 | And the women seemed to knit the same kind of loops my mother did . |
| 20 | I REALISE I 'm in a minority of one when I say I 'm bored with Beres Hammond 's indisputably soulful voice , but many of his records seem to lack the sheer excitement of ragga . |
| 21 | I shall then draw on my own experience to explore which of these two approaches seems to offer the best way forward , and consider what the implications might be for any future evaluation . |
| 22 | Some of the tense/aspect distinctions of American Black English which have attracted the attention of sociolinguists seem to introduce the same problems of underlying structural non-identity as the Irish English perfect — an example is perfective done , illustrated by 19–21 . |
| 23 | Busy industry bosses seem to prefer the cosmopolitan chaos of Paris to the charms of Birmingham . |