Example sentences of "seem clear [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each case it seemed clear that local adaptation was taking place , showing — as far as Pearson and Weldon were concerned — that natural selection was an effective evolutionary mechanism . |
| 2 | When , for example , I discovered that 90 per cent of those attending a workshop did not become Moonies , it seemed clear that any brainwashing techniques that the movement was employing were , to say the least , not very efficient . |
| 3 | It seems clear that extensive areas of trees reduce recharge to the underlying aquifers , the forest canopies intercepting rainfall that then evaporates . |
| 4 | Albrow ( 1986 ) has questioned what he calls the ‘ myth of the heroic struggle ’ in sociology , but it seems clear that many disciplines had to fight hard to gain entry and become established , especially where they appeared to threaten the hegemony of existing disciplines , as English and modern languages did with classics , the social sciences with history , and now perhaps computing with mathematics . |
| 5 | Finally , although it seems clear that many methods of appropriability are far from perfect ( patents , for example , offer only limited protection in most sectors ) , firms can exert at least some control over their knowhow . |
| 6 | For non-Nazi , ‘ national-conservative ’ power-élites in the economy and in the army , Hitler 's ‘ charisma ’ had in itself never been a decisive factor , even though by the early 1930s it seems clear that substantial sectors of especially the ‘ intellectual élite ’ had succumbed in varying degrees to the Führer cult . |
| 7 | If Spencer is taken as the model it seems clear that Victorian evolutionary social theory was far from being collectivist in its orientation . |
| 8 | Whether the end result will lead to better governmental accounting is impossible to say , but it seems clear that major steps are being taken and will continue to be taken at least to understand the commonalities and differences between accounting for businesses and accounting for governmental units . |
| 9 | It seems clear that one of the effects of this is that more people are fearful both for their own future and for that of the person who has died . |
| 10 | However , this appears to be inconsistent with other cases ( see Victoria Fur Traders Ltd v Roadline ( UK ) Ltd [ 1981 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 570 where the plaintiffs had received air waybills over a period of 25 years and never read the terms on them ) and it seems clear that constructive notice of the terms will suffice . |
| 11 | In summary , then , at present advocates of an orthodox Marxist-Leninist ( Soviet-inspired ) solution to Latin American problems do not enjoy much support , and it seems clear that Communist parties need to develop more flexible strategies and to ally themselves with the broader left if they are to sustain an effective role in political life . |
| 12 | Even at this early stage it seems clear that different models of participation are appropriate for different types of service user , and experiment is necessary to find a form with which users are comfortable . |
| 13 | Regardless of overall inefficiency , it seems clear that more meals will be cooked over charcoal in the future . |
| 14 | Thus it seems clear that malignant transformation can affect the expression , distribution , and function of glycosylated cell surface components such as integrins , but the pattern of changes may be complex . |
| 15 | It seems clear that several million voters have still not made up their minds , and there is therefore an added incentive in the last few days to influence them . |
| 16 | But , within the decade , it seems clear that any long-term trend is outweighed by temporary fluctuations in the economy and the availability of credit ; though in the short term there has been quite a sharp increase in credit use at the close of the decade . |
| 17 | But it seems clear that this one bears the marks of defeat and despair , and of a reprisal directed at the liberal England which has let the violator down . |
| 18 | It seems clear that this approach contains elements familiar to both the social workers and the nurses on the team . |
| 19 | In retrospect it seems clear that this ideological shift was made , as were a whole series of later ones , because the Soviet Union in its role as emerging superpower ( rather than as leading socialist nation ) wished to respond to a perceived change in the world situation in a more positive way than was permitted by the orthodox formulations . |
| 20 | The underlying reasons for this will be considered more fully below but in general it seems clear that large , volume production industries were characterised by low throughput per worker because of over-manning and insufficient intensity of capital use [ Bacon and Eltis , 1974 ; Pratten , 1971 , 1976a ] . |
| 21 | However , it seems clear that these units must be established in some other way . |
| 22 | All the same , simply in terms of precedent , it seems clear that social anthropologists usually study " primitive " societies . |
| 23 | But it seems clear that some people , perhaps the members of the monastery themselves , thought it was a serious possibility , and they took steps to ensure that neither Lanfranc nor anyone else would be able to carry out this sweeping measure of reform . |
| 24 | It seems clear that some of the " megatrends " of the information age will reverse those associated with industrial society . |