Example sentences of "[subord] it seem [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gin , we are told , is one of the purest spirits made , and juniper berries , the baies de genièvre or ginepro from which Geneva or gin derived its name , provide the characteristic flavouring which everyone who ever drank a glass of gin in their lives would recognize when he tastes the juniper-berry flavour in Provençal game terrines and certain Northern Italian sauces and stuffings for partridge and pheasant ; and eau de vie de genièvre is a spirit used in French and Belgian Ardennais regional cooking , so it seems extraordinary that people blanch at the suggestion that gin should go into the casseroles . |
| 2 | The timber bracing was built into stone and rubble walls as well , as can be seen at many points round the Knossos Labyrinth , so it seems likely that earthquake-resistance was the likely purpose . |
| 3 | The Russians for their part promised to recognize the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary when it seemed appropriate and Austria agreed not to oppose the union of Bulgaria and eastern Roumelia , if circumstances brought it about . |
| 4 | When it seemed likely that cars would be prohibited , they decided to return to the Lakes . |
| 5 | In terms of the performance of the economy as a whole it is not entirely clear what the impact of regional disparities is , though it seems plausible that congestion in the south east and the under-utilisation of resources elsewhere represent a net loss to the economy overall . |
| 6 | While Leopold recovered the family had to live without income , though it seems likely that Mozart made use of the interlude to compose his first symphonies . |
| 7 | The truth was never revealed , though it seems likely that Lothar suffered an injustice . |
| 8 | The exact divisions remain uncertain , though it seems clear that rivers such as the Thames could have represented boundaries . |
| 9 | The anonymous writer of 1497 said that apart from London there were only two towns of importance in the country , Bristol and York , but in this he was misinformed , as it seems likely that Norwich , which had undoubtedly had a period of difficulties in the early fifteenth century , had begun to recover about 1465 or 1470 , and was on the way to becoming the second wealthiest city in the land , as it was in the 1520s . |