Example sentences of "seems to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but testing at 7 , 11 and 14 , together with the National Curriculum , seems to many teachers to be taking a significant step in the wrong direction , imposing on younger and younger children a model of education about which they , the teachers , have increasing misgivings . |
| 2 | In fact it seems to this reviewer that Quinton 's framework offers essential support for Eccleshall 's vision of Conservatism , in that the axioms Quinton describes provide for a specifically Conservative conception of political authority and social discipline . |
| 3 | He also seems to this reviewer to accept too readily the authenticity of certain pieces ( most notably no. 27 , Imitator of Desiderio da Settignano , Virgin and Child ) , and a maddening feature is his habit of quoting inventory numbers rather than published sources for comparable pieces in other museums , which gives the impression that these comparanda have not been published . |
| 4 | The differing needs of the sailing and powerboating skipper are well illustrated by the different format of these two companion volumes which , it seems to this reviewer , tread a successful line between the flexibility needed by different owners and a too regimented approach . |
| 5 | For the abrupt , hasty manner of Pound 's criticism seems to some readers to carry the implication ( to which Pound in fact did not subscribe ) that no critic is worth listening to unless he has laboured at the maker 's workbench ; that all worthwhile criticism of stories comes from story-tellers , that only poets are worth listening to about poems . |