Example sentences of "seems [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schnitke 's language seems to lunge from outburst to tranquil apology for his own excesses — simple , melodic threads he untangles from demonic cackle and sheer noise . |
| 2 | with imitative activity filling the gap until the child is able to participate meaningfully as a partner in home-centred behaviours , the definition of this aspect of the female sex role [ the domestic one ] seems to proceed without interruption and with continuous reinforcement from the cradle on . |
| 3 | I barely hold back a hurrah , but can not stop myself from doing a backwards roll during which everything seems to go into slomo and clarify like a TV closeup : my backward roll begins , the picture outside the window slowly slips downward . |
| 4 | Well this one seems to go to bed a bit later now , so she goes longer , but she 's feeding all day today , , I 'm at every couple of hours , so with a bit of luck , I 'll finally put her to bed maybe half past nine ten o'clock , she might go through till three or four , which is n't bad . |
| 5 | He seems to go for plain , quiet women . ’ |
| 6 | It seems to go against common-sense notions that individuals would want to hide any misdemeanours or crimes . |
| 7 | The circulation was a new record and four hundred and eighty five thousand , nine hundred by year end and it just seems to go from strength to strength . |
| 8 | PAMELA : [ aside ] She seems to delight in filthiness ! |
| 9 | Galadriel seems to know in advance that Aragorn will take the Paths of the Dead , Aragorn to know that he and Éomer will meet again , ‘ though all the hosts of Mordor should stand between ’ . |
| 10 | A similar problem is the consonant that sometimes seems to disappear in pronunciation : often ( is pronounced offen ) Christmas ( is pronounced Chrissmas ) . |
| 11 | The name Threepwood seems to come to mind but ca n't quite place it … , anyway back to that puzzle with the rock … |
| 12 | Believe me this law seems to come into operation unfailingly at about 3.20pm every day ! |
| 13 | But it was surely more than a matter of stylistic fashion which prompted the Jesuit scholar Fr J. H. Pollen to preface his very useful collection of sources for the Babington Plot of 1586 , designed to kill Elizabeth , published in 1922 , with statements such as ‘ The interest attaching to Queen Mary 's wonderful personality is so great , that when she is taken away , all else seems to fade into insignificance . ’ |
| 14 | The temperature seems to increase with depth , reaching about 1000 K at about 300 km and about 2000 K at about 1000 km . |
| 15 | In this context , it may be relevant that the degree of baryon catastrophe seems to increase with metallicity ( indicating that cooling may be an important factor ) . |
| 16 | This is because the prevalence of dementia seems to increase with age ( see below ) . |
| 17 | The idea that they vanish completely from existence seems to offend against logic , yet they can not escape from the black hole . |
| 18 | Experience seems to evolve from youth in a way not measured by the calendar : more like a river than a canal — which is what we knew but never saw so clearly as in these photographs . |
| 19 | that seems to masquerade as news in some local papers . ’ |
| 20 | And Rovers coach George Fairburn revealed : ‘ Gary seems to grow in confidence the more he plays . |
| 21 | The research will concentrate on the possibility of systematizing and standardising a procedure that seems to emerge from experience hitherto with econometric models . |
| 22 | Her face seems to glow with happiness as if a vision has of a sudden become reality . |
| 23 | This love seems to vary in intensity from near non-existence in some creatures , turtles for example , to the intense feeling which can reach its highest value in the love of the human parent for a child . |
| 24 | Its position seems to vary from case to case . |
| 25 | Whether an OCL waybill would be subject to Hague or Hague-Visby rules if it were to incorporate them by reference , and whether if applied , these rules would exclude inconsistent contractual clauses seems to vary from statute to statute . |
| 26 | But council policy seems to vary from authority to authority . |
| 27 | But make sure you pay attention not just to the basic impulses and enthusiasms , which are sound and fine ; not just to the incidental portrait of a consummate mountaineer in the passages about Dave Breashears ; but also to a strange sort of instinctual third dimension which Blessed 's larger than life character seems to entice into play : |
| 28 | But the implied unity of mankind seems to stem from indifference . |
| 29 | * Dulles said the thought the Shahs behaviour " in some instances seems to border on blackmail tactics " . |
| 30 | It has been known for some time that the inactive form of ALDH2 is present in about 50% of Japanese and Chinese and is associated with high acetaldehyde concentrations , an exaggerated flush response to alcohol , and seems to protect against alcoholism . |