Example sentences of "seems [adj] that [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | It seems awful that so often these places are the only type of indoor entertainment to keep youngsters amused . |
2 | For though the machine has its critics and it seems clear that not everybody can adjust to its speed and voraciousness , one incontrovertible fact emerges : the machine can generate wealth of such volume as the world has never dreamt . |
3 | It seems clear that today 's will be the closest election since February , 1974 . |
4 | … it seems clear that either the basic subscription should be increased to say £12 so as to recover the cost of four issues of the journal and leave £7 for the lifeboat service , or members should be asked to pay a subscription for the journal . |
5 | This is the only company whose entire membership appears to have figured in the loan ; in the case of such as the Goldsmiths and the Ironmongers it seems clear that only the livery was assessed . |
6 | It seems clear that only hepatic transplantation will save such patients with severe hepatic failure . |
7 | But it seems sad that so many did not have a more enjoyable sexual introduction , especially when for a few it had been the one and only time . |
8 | ‘ It seems inevitable that almost everybody will only get some of the shares they wanted , ’ one analyst said . |
9 | ‘ It seems inevitable that almost everybody will only get some of the shares they wanted , ’ one analyst said . |
10 | It seems remarkable that nearly thirty years has elapsed since there was a major museum exhibition in the United States , although Magritte 's work has been familiar to , and widely admired by , the generation of American Pop artists . |
11 | Looking back , it seems remarkable that only in the 1950s did white people come to accept — grudgingly for the most part — that black people did not need white people in positions of authority to lead and guide them . |
12 | It seems likely that here , and in the text of Neratius , abbreviation has caused the problems by obscuring the context . |
13 | So it seems likely that just as a youngster does not need to learn to be afraid or to feel secure , they also respond instinctively from birth to the underlying mood of the call — like the predatory roar of a lion , the angry bellow of an enraged bull , the contented moo of a grazing cow or the eminently social bleatings of sheep , keeping the flock together . |
14 | It seems likely that just as extremes of neglect may have long-term deleterious consequences , so may overprotection . |
15 | And in this case it seems likely that even if it were not for the depressed state of aggregate demand in the British market , the commodities produced by Talbot at Linwood would not have generated ‘ sufficient ’ profit for Peugeot . |
16 | It seems likely that yet another northward-dipping thrust will develop even further to the south in a few million years . |
17 | However , it seems likely that neither Browne J. nor the Faulks Committee was asked to consider the implications of article 10 to which I shall later refer in detail . |
18 | One of the difficulties that the senior police officer must consider when deciding whether or not disruption is serious is that , if it seems likely that very large numbers of marchers will be involved , the strength of public support in favour of the particular cause must be weighed against the degree of disruption caused . |
19 | Overall it seems likely that about 10 per cent of the population aged 65 + experiences depressive illness of clinical significance ( Table 5.7 ) . |
20 | But it seems likely that more than four million disabled people and full-time carers are discouraged , disenfranchised and/or discriminated against when it comes to voting . |
21 | As with the other trichostrongyloids it seems likely that only two cycles of the parasite occur during each grazing season . |
22 | It seems likely that originally the coastal tribes applied the name orang-utan to the wild tribes of the interior . |
23 | It seems likely that as small children they stayed in the relative security of England while Henry spent most of his time abroad , immersed in what was always to be the central concern of his life , governing his continental dominions . |
24 | It seems likely that greatly increased development funds from the European Economic Community ( EEC ) may soon be channelled to the Western Isles . |
25 | However on the basis of the evidence from the research on the relationship between age and subjects which we have discussed above , it seems likely that non-traditionally qualified students in areas such as science and engineering might be expected to achieve lower levels of success than those in areas such as arts or social sciences . |
26 | Because he had the freedom to hang around with anyone , it only seems natural that somewhere along the line he was going to get mixed up with people who were bad news . |
27 | While these items closely reflect developmental research on the child 's mastery of two-word utterances , it seems unlikely that even an experienced therapist or teacher would be able to complete the checklist without spending a considerable amount of time with each individual child being assessed . |
28 | It seems probable that even less satisfactory results would be obtained by surgeons with lesser experience . |
29 | It seems probable that initially existing Governing Body qualifications may be ‘ rubber stamped ’ , and subsequently validating agencies may include the City & Guilds and RSA . |
30 | ‘ It seems certain that even the small change in the balance of power between professionals and parents brought about by the Act have yet to be realized in a number of Authorities ’ ( Goacher et al . |