Example sentences of "seemed have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ School ’ , he writes , seemed to have one aim , ‘ to keep us out of the air and from following the normal pursuits of the fields … |
| 2 | Despite its rhetorical form , the question seemed to have real meaning . |
| 3 | He often seemed to have strange ideas about singers . |
| 4 | An example of corporatism at work may be that of Britain in the 1960s where the unions , represented by the Trades Union Congress , and big business , represented by the Confederation of British Industry , seemed to have easy access to government . |
| 5 | She seemed to have new confidence in her hold over her daughter . |
| 6 | But whereas Oldman always seemed to have mainstream Hollywood in his sights . |
| 7 | In such a climate it seems even more suitable to pursue the creation of a radical , insider ethnography and in the not too distant past this even seemed to have official support . |
| 8 | In other words , children who were poor readers seemed to have greater insight into likely difficulties for other readers . |
| 9 | Carey led Piper back into the other half of the room , but the old man seemed to have other things to do . |
| 10 | Only the Sikh men seemed to have other things on their mind as , twirling their moustaches , they downed great tumblers of whisky and tried to lure the prettiest girls on to the dance floor . |
| 11 | He , however , seemed to have other ideas and stood in her way . |
| 12 | They seemed to have many roles , in reproduction , in blood vessels , in certain enzyme systems , and in the activity of nerves . |
| 13 | And in spite of , or perhaps because of , this framework , they all seemed to have such fun , such carefree , girlish fun . |
| 14 | While media seemed to have little influence on driving behaviour , both groups of drivers felt that it showed cars in an unrealistic light — only seven percent thought otherwise . |
| 15 | This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence . |
| 16 | Amber , however , seemed to have little consideration for Lucien or what was considered sacred . |
| 17 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 18 | ‘ These young jet lads seemed to have little respect even for their parents . |
| 19 | His mother , preoccupied with paying the bills , seemed to have little time and energy for her children — particularly Graham who , as the only boy , was a bitter reminder of her husband . |
| 20 | The phenomenal rise in venereal diseases and the performance of abortions ‘ for social reasons ’ were two of the unintended consequences of sexual hedonism which nevertheless seemed to have little effect on sexual behaviour . |
| 21 | When in the 1880s , anxiety about the question grew more acute , and when exhortation to society members not to instruct " female learners " or to allow their daughters to take up the trade seemed to have little effect , more organized attempts were made to confront the problem . |
| 22 | Equally , the degree of unionisation of the workforce seemed to have little impact on the personnel practices of manufacturing establishments in their use either of fixed-term contract workers or agency workers . |
| 23 | A salt watchman was paid a salary of £15 per annum , while a tidesman was paid £20 , so on the face of it Main seemed to have little cause for complaint . |
| 24 | This picked up language used in earlier Hague Conventions ; given the establishment of the Central Authority system , this provision seemed to have little point , as the Rapporteur himself admitted . |
| 25 | He seemed to have phenomenal energy , ’ says Taki . |
| 26 | Harvey said ‘ Hello ’ four times , then suddenly he was talking to a bald-headed man who seemed to have four overcoats on at once . |
| 27 | The men spoke of him in genuinely affectionate terms , in spite of his nickname , and seemed to have great confidence in him . |
| 28 | Malinowski recognized that , at least in part , the partners in Kula exchanges seemed to have utilitarian motives . |
| 29 | We never seemed to have much trouble anyway . |
| 30 | The political shift between Iran and Britain seemed to have direct repercussions for us . |