Example sentences of "it seems [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or a great space hulk might be reported drifting in the void or in the warp , harbouring suspected pirates or , worse , those fierce cunning invasive Genestealers which could infest a human world just as termites infest a house — so that it seems to remain firm timber until it crumbles apart . |
| 2 | The paint , so thick in places that it seems to exist independent of the canvas , becomes an integral part of this annual cycle . |
| 3 | Right , the examiners at A Level expect , an A Level student to be able to use the apostrophe reliably and correctly , so let's just erm , go back to basics , with the apostrophe , as it seems to cause more confusion than , practically anything else . |
| 4 | It seems to need some attention . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Not really because it seems to do any good but just because the thinking is that it 's better for him than other commercial products , ’ says Kathleen . |
| 6 | Sometimes one can move only excruciatingly slowly , however pressing it seems to move quick . |
| 7 | It seems to allow that , although we must begin and end with appearances , we might find it possible and advantageous in doing so to interpose conjectures about their hidden causes . |
| 8 | Each year it seems to get busier and busier . |
| 9 | I also like the area because of its prehistoric relics , abundance of wildflowers and , on a more mundane level , because in my experience it seems to get more than its fair share of decent weather . |
| 10 | But surely it it 's happened that it 's getting er and and I touch wood I do n't know how superstitious you are but it 's getting better and better and better for you each time because when you came here ooh some years ago since you first came into this studio er you were pretty popular then but it seems to increase all the time does n't it ? |
| 11 | Having looked at the draft Memorandum to the Presidency I can only say it seems to cover most of the key points . |
| 12 | Beware of resorting to a visual aid because it seems to look impressive . |
| 13 | It seems to speak this most loudly to those supporters of Protestant prophecy and millenarianism , those who were , like the Ranters , among the most radical supporters of the revolution . |
| 14 | This would seem to run counter to the idea that receptor activation initiates a cascade of diverging biochemical pathways that conspire to produce an effect ( cell division , in this case ) ; and it seems to require that multiple kinases phosphorylate a small number of substrates , which , in turn , feed signals into a smaller number of Ras activators . |
| 15 | For example , it would appear that substituting in a simple formula expressed in words is too difficult for lower attainers , although superficially it seems to require little more than following simple instructions . |
| 16 | It has been adopted by many authors and consultants and it seems to mean many things , depending on the author and context . |
| 17 | One problem with the Royal College of General Practitioners is that it seems to equate general practice exclusively with being an NHS general practitioner . |
| 18 | The point about [ 20 ] is that it seems to achieve most of its relevance through this range of weak implicatures . |
| 19 | My practice has not encountered serious practical problems different from those of other fundholders and it seems to remove some of the difficulties of the existing scheme in that it resolves the problem of what referrals are within the range of services that can be purchased . |
| 20 | Often a change of publisher does wonders for an author , but it seems to make little difference to this man 's sales . |
| 21 | When low down it seems to flash various colours , because its light is coming to us through a thick layer of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 22 | I 'm particularly interested in the shipping side because it seems to provide most of the group 's cash flow at the moment . " |
| 23 | It seems to work that way . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't spend to much time on it unless it seems to have more relevanace to the case . |
| 25 | More important is the fact that nobody can really tell whether Germany has a successful economy because of its voting system ( though , between you and me , this seems as unlikely as a cart pulling a horse ) or whether it seems to have satisfactory constitutional arrangements because its economy has been working so well for so long . |
| 26 | It seems to offer some promise of being both well-founded and contentful . |
| 27 | It seems to meet some deep need to atone for modern materialism , by saving some of the materials from the rubbish bin . |
| 28 | Unfortunately the Muddletonians erm seems to contradict the point I 'm wanting to make , because erm frankly it seems to belong more to the world of historical novels . |