Example sentences of "seem on the surface " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , activities which seem on the surface to be the same may turn out to realize different underlying assumptions . |
| 2 | To think that one could actually predict these phenomena , that there would ever be a possibility to do so , seems on the surface quite mistaken . |
| 3 | If the strategy is not soundly based , there is every risk that what seems on the surface a good idea is , in fact , misdirected and misconceived . |
| 4 | One of the strands of that concept is that even rational thought may not be just what it seems on the surface . |
| 5 | ‘ It does seem on the surface to be a radical change of pace to go from ‘ Arc ’ to this , obviously there 's huge differences between them . |
| 6 | That 's why we 're not really rushing into this , however precipitate it might seem on the surface . ’ |