Example sentences of "seemed a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon said : ‘ We knew that the group needed cash and this seemed a challenging way to raise it . ’ |
| 2 | True , it seemed a curious way of implanting poison but — He pulled himself back to sanity . |
| 3 | ‘ Kirkby boasts lots of football teams of all ages and this seemed a good way of drumming up cash . ’ |
| 4 | It was only when I was almost in despair that I recalled having seen a letter written by a knitter from overseas , about an easy way to make cables and it seemed a pleasant way to take a break by referring back a few months until I found the letter from — you 've guessed it — June Shaw . |
| 5 | For practical reasons , fieldworkers adopted a policy in these cases of knocking at the door of the nearest house of a similar type ; since the survey was based on geographical area and housing type , this seemed a reasonable way of obtaining data from a range of addresses while conserving time and resources . |
| 6 | It all seemed a long way from his flat in Whalley Range . |
| 7 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 8 | Surgical techniques for an artificial penis and scrotum were still experimental and any success there seemed a long way in the future . |
| 9 | It seemed a long way , though , from the summer perfume of myrtle and orange-blossom , the brilliance of white fluted marble , the wreathing steam , the orderly practices of the sugar-yards , the worksongs of the scything and the vintage , the glory of the sun setting , of the sun rising out of the sea . |
| 10 | Despite the Conservatives ' election victory and the easing of rates since their high point in August 1990 , recovery seemed a long way off even before the events of Black Wednesday . |
| 11 | At first , the war seemed a long way away , and the Otago CA reported that the 1914–15 summer promised to be a most successful one , with the ‘ services of world-renowned player , J.N. Crawford ’ ensuring that Otago cricket would be second to none in New Zealand . |
| 12 | My posting to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes seemed a long way away . |
| 13 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 14 | By the end of that first trip , our goal still seemed a long way off . |
| 15 | it seemed a long way away |
| 16 | Gateshead and the Reed family seemed a long way away . |
| 17 | But Samantha 's freedom still seemed a long way off . |
| 18 | Her sleepless , restless night seemed a long way off . |
| 19 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
| 20 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 21 | Humankind and human structures seemed a long way away . |
| 22 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 23 | It 's something you use to get you from A to B , I guess , and right now that seemed a long way to me . |
| 24 | It seemed a long way to the building , but eventually she heard his footsteps on wood and knew they had arrived . |
| 25 | With the rain teeming down at the Manor , Italy seemed a long way off — too far for United . |
| 26 | As a device for separating ‘ general matters of policy ’ from ‘ day to day administration ’ it seemed a comfortable way of combining public accountability with business efficiency in a parliamentary system of government : Ministers dealt with the former and the corporation 's employees with the latter . |