Example sentences of "it seemed that [det] " in BNC.

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1 When he did try to make some real contribution to society , it seemed that all he got for his trouble was The Prince was too sensitive , too intelligent , to play the part mapped out for him , the part that his courtiers were there to help maintain .
2 I thought of Angela Brickell 's death and of the attacks on Harry and me and it seemed that all three had had one purpose , which was to keep things as they were .
3 I took 2 days off work before my baby was born , and on the third day my life suddenly changed and it seemed that all of my well laid plans would go to waste .
4 It seemed that all I had was myself , and those few very close people called my loved ones .
5 It seemed that all the world and his wife were in Madrid .
6 It seemed that all her concentration and all the power of every muscle in her body were focused on the point where her fist struck the bull 's back .
7 It seemed that all of the owners had taken the opportunity of visiting the horses while the train was standing still , and listen though I might I could hear no one else reporting trouble .
8 It seemed that all the other Minpins from the big tree had turned up as well to witness the great victory over the dreaded Gruncher .
9 Now as England players we were not allowed to give interviews during a game , but it seemed that all the Aussie players had their own programmes .
10 Suddenly it seemed that all the news was good .
11 It seemed that all the intelligence had gone to Constance , leaving her brothers with only wariness and guile to see them through the vicissitudes of life , although , Scarlet had to admit , they could be surprisingly kind .
12 The end of the nineteenth century was the climax of the Age of Science ; what remains for us is to glimpse briefly the aftermath of that confident period in which it seemed that all the interesting questions must have answers , and that it was the business of natural philosophy to find them out .
13 Then it seemed that all of a sudden Rosie was n't so merry : her laughter was forced , and she did n't wisecrack as you were passing her , until Peggy felt she must seek the reason .
14 They fought for an hour and it seemed that neither would have the mastery .
15 Despite the market uncertainties and many other problems there were a number who had made great strides and it seemed that many would succeed .
16 The great extension of astronomical observations that began early in the 1960s brought about a revival of interest in the classical theory of general relativity because it seemed that many of the new phenomena that were being discovered , such as quasars , pulsars , and compact X-ray sources , indicated the existence of very strong gravitational fields — fields that could be described only by general relativity .
17 It seemed that each member of the group had a question to ask concerning his or her own life , and the whole thing turned out to be a kind of Agony Aunt column — you took along your problem and were advised what you should do , and you did it .
18 However , it seemed that each sex could have learnt something from the other on this occasion ; by the end of the day , the beautifully laid-out nursery , ready to provide the young arrivals with constructive play activities , was reduced to utter chaos from the tidal force of juvenile anarchy .
19 It seemed that half the world wanted to give Hannah something and a classic example occurred when the programme was shown by a Dutch television station .
20 But outside the house on this Sunday morning the usual gossip was forgotten , for Max Klein 's new motor-car was parked at the Rabbi 's front door and it seemed that half the community had gathered to wonder at it .
21 It seemed that most villagers had turned out to welcome their hero as more than 100 cars filled the field adjacent to Gaselee 's Saxon Lodge Stables .
22 Without always being as explicit as writers like Lippmann , it seemed that most of them were content to redefine democracy in such a way as to eliminate its traditional popular participatory aspirations .
23 It seemed that these days his friends needed an excuse to blow the family money on their own pleasure ; it had to be in a good cause .
24 When I consulted a textbook it seemed that these were nuchal organs , important in food detection .
25 To Peggy Say , Anderson 's sister , it seemed that some particularly keen sympathy compelled North never to turn down her requests to see him , when all she would do was sit at his desk upbraiding him and complaining and crying ; and when all he could do was repeat , cryptically , infuriatingly , that the government was doing everything it could possibly think of .
26 It seemed that some of the constellations were less random than they had been .
27 It seemed that this could only have happened by God 's grace and with his approval .
28 Where it seemed that this would cause injustice , equity stepped in with the doctrine of " part performance " : if the contract were partly performed , equity would not allow a statute to be used " as an engine of fraud " .
29 At one point it seemed that any would-be London cabbie seeking to learn ‘ the knowledge ’ had only to memorise Ray Davies ' song output in order to locate any part of the Metropolis .
30 It seemed that any movement of hers would be a snub .
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