Example sentences of "do [adv] seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His arguments do not seem dated , although the ideas about scientific revolutions put forward by Thomas Kuhn could have helped him along in one or two places . |
| 2 | If the social conditions do not seem favourable for consistent use of the alarm then social support services may need to be alerted to help the family with the stress and problems that they are encountering . |
| 3 | People who are used to stock market investment do not seem concerned about risk and those who are worried over risk do not seem keen to put funds in the market . |
| 4 | But such agencies do not seem appropriate precursors of a discussion of the elaboration of lozenge designs , of the trend to scenic or elaborate figural work , or the centralisation of arrangements . |
| 5 | The NCT sessions encouraged everyone to ask ‘ daft ’ questions — the sort that do not seem daft if you do not know the answers — like how do I make up a nappy , how many sterilising tablets do I use for the bottles and what should we buy before the baby is born ? |
| 6 | Among other points in the opinion , sex discriminatory actuarial factors within the scheme are not allowed — benefits for women and men must be calculated in the same way , although unisex pricing of annuities on the market do not seem required . |
| 7 | As this usually includes preflight briefing and often post-flight debriefing , these rates do not seem unreasonable . |
| 8 | 9.15.3 any notice or document shall also be sufficiently served if sent by telex [ telephonic facsimile transmission or any other means of electronic transmission ] to the party to be served ( or its solicitors where 9.15.2 applies ) and that service shall be deemed to be made on the day of transmission if transmitted before 4 pm on a Working Day but otherwise on the next following Working Day ( as defined above ) and in this clause " party " includes the Guarantor These provisions are designed to introduce certainty to the service of notices and documents and , unless a particular tenant takes exception to any aspect , they do not seem unreasonable . |
| 9 | It must further be stated that the restrictive effects on trade which may stem from such rules do not seem disproportionate to the end pursued . |
| 10 | For example , planners in China do not seem aware of the cohort structure their population might have in decades to come if the drastic reductions in fertility introduced in the 1970s are maintained for 20 or 30 years . |
| 11 | People who are used to stock market investment do not seem concerned about risk and those who are worried over risk do not seem keen to put funds in the market . |
| 12 | Changes in strictly ( party ) political attitudes and behaviour among youth do not seem salient , though attitudes to civil authority in general may be changing . |
| 13 | Curbs on ownership of water buffaloes and other ruminant emitters do not seem likely , nor would it be possible to cover up rice paddies and melting permafrost in the tundra . |
| 14 | But the Americans do not seem likely to force the Japanese to overcharge them for chips again . |
| 15 | The biggest flaw in Mr Chandler 's argument is that it applies more readily to industries where fast changes in technology do not seem likely . |
| 16 | And he added : ‘ For those pressure groups , the tenets of logic do not seem important . ’ |
| 17 | Enthusiasts for genetic algorithms do not seem worried about this . |
| 18 | The two most prudent Latin American governments , Chile and Colombia , do not seem interested in the Brady plan . |
| 19 | Prison officers will not necessarily know how long any person will be detained and immigration officers do not seem willing to say . |
| 20 | However this is a controversial area , and conventional allergists do not seem eager to welcome behavioural disorders such as hyperactivity into their domain . |
| 21 | At present I do not seem able to print out both using the one driver . |
| 22 | This is because ‘ women in red do not seem approachable . ’ |
| 23 | they do n't seem clever boys |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't seem sure . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , it do n't seem right , me takin' your bed . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It do n't seem right , though , askin' for things when you 've been such a kind bloke to me , and doctored me as well . ’ |
| 27 | Do n't seem right . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't know , Dolly , it still do n't seem right . ’ |
| 29 | SIR JACOB : It is right that she do n't seem desirous to drown the remembrance of her original in her education . |
| 30 | Sometimes I do n't seem real to myself , it suddenly seems that it is n't my reflection only a foot or two away . |