Example sentences of "seemed the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever was supposed to be wrong had never hindered Rosenthal 's career , and it seemed the real reason for Udinese 's calling off the transfer — they signed Argentinian striker Abel Balbo instead — was the level of anti-semitism in the town . |
| 2 | The man responsible for two of the cruellest kidnappings in British criminal history seemed the perfect neighbour . |
| 3 | It seemed the perfect finish to the best story in modern rock . |
| 4 | A visit to India being planned for the Prince the following year seemed the perfect opportunity . |
| 5 | So it was natural for Sarah to turn to her for help in her troubles — and last year 's annual royal holiday pilgrimage to Balmoral seemed the perfect opportunity . |
| 6 | Clare seemed the perfect guide , thinker , and friend . |
| 7 | I was greatly touched ; it seemed the perfect gift from one writer to another : what had formerly held down his prose would now hold down my verses . |
| 8 | The young Morris , born in Walthamstow and educated at Marlborough , had wanted something ‘ very medieval in spirit ’ , and the bit of north Kent which was then deep in the fruitgrowing countryside seemed the perfect place to build . |
| 9 | We had a date for this afternoon but when I heard about Francis it seemed the decent thing to postpone the arrangement . |
| 10 | It seemed the Prime Minister was in danger of quite literally hitting the campaign trail when his specially chartered aircraft made a decidedly bumpy landing at Gloucestershire airport near Cheltenham . |
| 11 | That he was black seemed the final indignity : her heart swelled with the recognition of the spectacle 's powerful symbolism . |
| 12 | This series , set in a Boston bar , had become the most popular television comedy of recent years ; and no character was more loved than the mop-headed Norm , whose seat at the corner of the bar seemed the only home he knew . |
| 13 | ‘ It seemed the only hope at the time , ’ he said lamely . |
| 14 | ‘ It seemed the only way to avoid a huge argument . ’ |
| 15 | This exhibition had received little attention in the press , though l'Autorité and Paris Journal had referred to it as an ‘ exhibition of Fauves and Cubists ’ no doubt through a confusion of terms , but also partly because this seemed the only way of describing the manifold tendencies represented , which were as divergent as at Brussels . |
| 16 | It seemed the only salvation for a country with a burgeoning population and limited arable land , wholly dependent upon irrigation . |
| 17 | Corman , however , never permitted the final conclusion and left an ambiguous ending in which suicide seemed the only answer for the Fonda character . |
| 18 | After two or three years of utter boredom in the bosom of their family , marriage seemed the only answer to those forced back home . |
| 19 | It seemed the only thing to do . |
| 20 | Between the ages of 33 and 33–½ my mind changed , I think due to mere terror , or the outrageous ageing process , or gross deliberate indulgence , or love and emotion , or noticing that all around me friends and enemies were having children and were tons happier than I ever thought possible , or all of a sweet serious sudden it just seemed the only thing to do . |
| 21 | It seemed the only thing to do in face of what he said . |
| 22 | And the storm went on and on and on ; when finally relief came to the exhausted crews , it seemed the only recourse was to turn tail and head for home . |
| 23 | Film was nothing in itself but what had confirmed its worthlessness was that it seemed the exclusive property of a class of showmen who were direct descendants of the old fairground showmen . |
| 24 | How healthy , in comparison , seemed the orgiastic nurse . |
| 25 | Sexual collapse seemed the necessary path of social revolution ; sexual and family decorum a vital part of social stability . |
| 26 | With his tall well-built frame , his broad and rather florid features , his open honest gaze , his country yeoman 's tweeds , Gimson often seemed the rural Englishman personified . |
| 27 | It seemed the present experiment was being abandoned as ineffective . |
| 28 | A paper seemed the logical progression , a paper for the 6,000 at the Albert Hall , a paper for the people living in cheap rooms in Notting Hill Gate , Covent Garden , Ladbroke Grove , Chalk Farm , the Gate , the Garden , the Grove , and the Farm . |
| 29 | It seemed the poor fellow , in the exuberance of his first air flight and the excitement of his history-making mission , had hurried onto the ‘ plane , leaving two mail-bags , both probably full of First Day Covers , in the rest-room at Moose Jaw Airport . |
| 30 | For this exuberant individualist revelled in the goal-scoring limelight and hardly seemed the right choice for a midfield link man , laying on scoring chances for others . |