Example sentences of "who do not seem " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Secret people , ’ she said , ‘ who do not seem to have any business that could take them into the forest . ’
2 In practice that means keeping an eye out for leadership qualities and sometimes selecting on that basis and , at the same time , encouraging the absorption of certain leadership precepts by those who do not seem to possess them in a natural way .
3 Yet inevitably there are one or two pupils who do not seem to respond to my way of working , who are hard to control .
4 Colliers probably , and metal miners possibly , were among groups who do not seem to have experienced the widespread fall in real earnings after 1760 .
5 There are still many policy makers who do not seem to realise that a fundamental change is in progress , a change which is bound to affect every individual and every social group .
6 Seb 's father was a large , comfortable-looking man who did not seem disposed to make a fuss .
7 The Spirit urged Jesus into the desert , where he resisted the temptations of the Devil , who did not seem to know that he was tempting God himself .
8 Within five minutes , Meredith was not only as hot , bothered and bad-tempered as the rest , she was angry too at people who did not seem to appreciate what they had .
9 Dr Alex Schmid , the founder of P100M , categorised the many academics who did not seem to be interested in human rights .
10 The trustee or personal representative may , inter alia , deal in the securities to which that information relates if his trades are based on the advice of someone who appeared to him to be an appropriate person for whom to seek such advice and who did not seem to him to be prohibited by ss.1 , 2 , 4 , or 5 from dealing .
11 Monique filed for divorce in 1974 and at the proceedings in October 1976 , she told the court that Rachid ‘ was a man who did not seem to have any control of his emotions ’ ; that he believed ‘ women are not men 's equals and that women are servants to men ’ .
12 He was twenty-eight , a tall , well-built man , who did not seem , however , to think his appearance was very important .
13 There was one farmer , however , who did not seem to notice her , and this annoyed her a little .
14 Sara could not help smiling back at him , he looked so incongruous surrounded by the children , who did not seem to stay still for a moment ; the whole group bubbled and rippled with continuous movement .
15 When the process described by Erikson is successful , ‘ the community in turn feels ‘ recognised ’ by the individual who cares to ask for recognition ; it can , by the same token , feel deeply — and vengefully — rejected by the individual who does not seem to care . ’
16 According to Lord Elphinstone , the candidacy of Buchanan of Aucheneen was being pressed by Dundas of Lethem , one of Montrose 's friends , a gentleman who does not seem to have hesitated to make use of the duke 's name in the course of his canvass for Aucheneen .
17 The latter were represented after 1474 by a minor in the custody of William lord Hastings , who does not seem to have played much part in south Yorkshire .
18 The latter were represented after 1474 by a minor in the custody of William lord Hastings , who does not seem to have played much part in south Yorkshire .
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