Example sentences of "so it seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have an appointment with Dr Dingle at 5 o'clock , so it seemed pointless going back to the Oxfordshire cottage last night . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't want your sister running after Garry — she does n't appear to have much money , so it seemed best to keep her under my eye . ’ |
| 3 | There were no warnings of Fun Runs , protest marches , street carnivals or charity pram races , so it seemed safe to cut through the City and head for Kent direct , rather than heading east and using the Dartford Tunnel . |
| 4 | One student had some ebony so it seemed natural to try a set of bagpipes . |
| 5 | Creggan hesitated to tell her but she seemed different from other vagrants he had met and in the last few days a trust had developed between them , so it seemed natural to say . |
| 6 | Several hours later I had not heard anything of the incident , so it seemed likely that the Officer had not reported the matter , or Lovat had just shrugged it off . |
| 7 | When I bought him he had been ridden in an ordinary jointed snaffle , so it seemed sensible to stick to the mouthpiece with which he was familiar . |
| 8 | Similarly the priest acts as a ‘ representative ’ to God on our behalf as human beings rather than as women or men specifically ; so it seems appropriate to have both women and men performing this representative role . |
| 9 | The two machines most affected by this issue are the PC and Macintosh so it seems appropriate to examine the pros and cons in some detail . |
| 10 | The earliest known map calls the group ‘ S.Kilda ’ , and in the old Norse language the name ‘ Kelda ’ means ‘ spring ’ or ‘ well ’ , so it seems possible that the islands , which do have a number of freshwater springs , were used as a watering-place by the Vikings when they were involved in their warlike raiding and invasions of the northern parts of Britain . |
| 11 | Gin , we are told , is one of the purest spirits made , and juniper berries , the baies de genièvre or ginepro from which Geneva or gin derived its name , provide the characteristic flavouring which everyone who ever drank a glass of gin in their lives would recognize when he tastes the juniper-berry flavour in Provençal game terrines and certain Northern Italian sauces and stuffings for partridge and pheasant ; and eau de vie de genièvre is a spirit used in French and Belgian Ardennais regional cooking , so it seems extraordinary that people blanch at the suggestion that gin should go into the casseroles . |
| 12 | In monkeys the dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus projects exclusively to the prefrontal catex so it seems reasonable that the dorsomedial nucleus projection zone would correspond to prefrontal cortex in rats . |
| 13 | Just as it seems strange and unnecessary that the law should have to choose between duress as a complete defence to murder , and duress as no defence at all , so it seems strange and unnecessary that a killing which narrowly fails to come within the requirements of self-defence or other justifiable force should then be classified as murder . |
| 14 | The timber bracing was built into stone and rubble walls as well , as can be seen at many points round the Knossos Labyrinth , so it seems likely that earthquake-resistance was the likely purpose . |
| 15 | You said he turned up a few hours after the event , so it seems likely he left London at short notice . |
| 16 | Jean or Jeannie Symonds was still working in Skinners in 1913 , left the trade for a few years but was readmitted in 1927 , so it seems safe to assume that she spent much of her working life in the printing trade and did not marry . |
| 17 | ‘ Money has been offered and a very large amount , so it seems best to accept the assignment thankfully . |
| 18 | In pre-railway times there is no record of a pub , so it seems some entrepreneur witnessed passengers standing on this blasted corner and decided he could profitably offer them shelter and spirits . |