Example sentences of "it seemed [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The name of emperor had ceased among the Greeks ( of Constantinople ) for they were enduring the reign of a woman , wherefore it seemed good both to Leo the apostolic Pope , and to the holy fathers in council with him , and to all Christian men , that they should hail Charles king of the Franks as emperor . |
| 2 | It seemed refreshing now . |
| 3 | ‘ I never finished it , but it seemed better just as an idea to sum up the album . |
| 4 | As a business , it seemed viable enough . |
| 5 | In a heart-rending telephone call to a US television station , Mrs Dragseth said the US embassy was of no help , and it seemed incompetent even to register the fact of his abduction . |
| 6 | It seemed possible then to order the past through the focus of feminism . |
| 7 | It seemed authoritative enough — particularly given the fact that with nearly 50 sets in the store tuned to the same channel , one could not escape the impression that the speaker was at least omnipresent , if not quite omniscient . |
| 8 | And still it seemed right still it was free of the slightest tinge of shame . |
| 9 | In some way it seemed that Why ? was to be answered by the existence of a person . |
| 10 | He felt himself to be so uneducated that it seemed hopeless even to try to catch up with the ordinary things that people knew . |
| 11 | It seemed simple enough . |
| 12 | It seemed simple enough at the outset … vegetarian author Rebecca Hall offered to pay ten thousand pounds to any farmer willing to live like a battery chicken for a week . |
| 13 | Bransby Cooper ( Sir Astley 's nephew ) who knew Coleman personally for many years , said it seemed impossible not to love one so agreeable , kind-hearted , and blessed with all those qualities which endear man to man . |
| 14 | The early evening sun was warm on her face and the sky so clear and calm that it seemed impossible so beautiful a world could be at war ; that small , beautiful world that was Yeoman 's Lane , and Tingle 's Wood , through which it ran . |
| 15 | It seemed impossible then that Italy could ever recover from the damage it had suffered . |
| 16 | It seemed odd not to be surrounded by concrete , but the jungle-dense trees and vertiginous inclines were hardly less oppressive . |
| 17 | It seemed improper somehow that someone like Tulagai , his motives suspect , should mock Siban , who had served the Khanate so well , and Alexei thought that he was sorry that he had goaded him into leaving . |
| 18 | But , privatization had not dramatically affected core areas of local government activity by the end of the 1980s , and in those areas where it was implemented it seemed unlikely significantly to undermine bureaucratic power . |
| 19 | It seemed unlikely now . |
| 20 | So it seemed sensible not to go on , ’ said Sir Ranulph . |
| 21 | It seemed incredible now that Luke had held her in those heart-rocking moments , that the hands which were now thrust deeply into his pockets had caressed her until she was torn with longing . |
| 22 | I dare say it seemed distinguished enough while you were living it — distinguished , at least , from other peoples ' lives . " |
| 23 | It seemed innocuous enough and the client only wanted some basic drawings for approvals . |
| 24 | I own this house , by the way , but it seemed wasteful not to have a tenant on the upper storey . |
| 25 | It seemed desolate now . |
| 26 | At first it seemed big enough to drive a train through . |
| 27 | It seemed darker now . |
| 28 | The problem was that the whole thing had become so complex — it was n't only what he was going to do now but there was the stuff back at the club , there was Ashdown and what he knew , there was the whole sorry business of his suspension and the charges against him … taken one piece at a time it seemed bad enough , but taken all together it was far too much for his mind to handle . |
| 29 | It seemed clear now that there was a side to Elise which Merrill had n't known at all . |
| 30 | However , it seemed fair enough to start the climb in the hope of an improvement . |