Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outstanding results they continue to produce would seem to confirm the validity of the first assumption that they are naturally gifted . |
| 2 | The north gate is presumed to lie at the point where modern Northgate Street cuts the line of the wall ; a Roman street underlying the modern one here would seem to confirm the correctness of this assumption . |
| 3 | Since you are not altering the brain in any other way , the way the brain is organized would not seem to affect the interpretation of stimulation studies . |
| 4 | How does the climate seem to affect the choice of farmers in deciding where in Britain to grow wheat ? |
| 5 | ‘ People do n't seem to like the look of sycamore at the moment . |
| 6 | He seemed to think that he had an idiot for an accuser , but his solicitor was not so happy ; he did n't seem to like the idea of having to address a witness through an intermediary . |
| 7 | The mosquitoes do n't seem to like the rain either , they all seem to be at the back of the trench . |
| 8 | He did n't seem to miss the gadgets and gizmos , though . |
| 9 | The housekeeper 's room even contains a servants ' library with books in three categories : ‘ One of books of divinity and morality : Another for housewifry ; A third of history , true adventures , voyages and innocent amusement ’ — the last , one notes , does not seem to include the novel . |
| 10 | It did not seem to hit the kids hard but they did not show their feelings . |
| 11 | When I explain what has caused offence , they just do n't seem to see the problem . ’ |
| 12 | He did n't seem to see the crowd of mothers and children watching him . |
| 13 | But these moments did not seem to lose the play 's tension . |
| 14 | This type of signalling does not seem to support the attenuation theory . |
| 15 | Such a theory would seem to support the notion of two distinct orientations of dramatic playing and performing , but Stanislavsky 's theory of acting seems to embrace both modes , leading us to consider the model as dialectic , each mode containing the seed of its opposite . |
| 16 | Lord Lane , the Lord Chief Justice , said a bare recitation of the facts would seem to support the contention the sentence was too lenient . |
| 17 | These studies would seem to support the view of a society in which sexual norms are slowly on the change . |
| 18 | However , recent writings on leadership would seem to support the retention of the skills of the generalist administrator . |
| 19 | While that argument would beg an important question , on the face of it the marriage laws do seem to promote the function of optimal outbreeding . |
| 20 | Knowledge of what they were expected to do on discharge was equally scanty and the elderly people did not seem to connect the pattern of drug-taking in hospital with a possible continuation once they were home . |
| 21 | Men may , for example , both see themselves as ‘ stronger ’ than women and tend to see women as more weak and passive , but also see women as having a power over them that can seem to engulf the man in forms of emotional dependence by which he may feel threatened . |
| 22 | An empty lifestyle does seem to increase the chances of wool-sucking , and probably the best cure for it would be to make the cat 's way of life more surprising and complex . |
| 23 | Many , of course , are not , and that would seem to increase the need for the advantaged children to be given some understanding of the harsh world in which many other children have to live . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't seem to find a job . |
| 25 | I ca n't seem to find a copy of any report which was produced as a result of this survey , and I have no recollection of ever having received a copy , but presumably it would contain enough data for your new placement student to re-input . |
| 26 | Whichever motive is uppermost for them , feminist linguists engaged in sex difference research do not seem to find the idea of studying difference problematic in itself . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've been playing well but ca n't seem to find the net , ’ he said . |
| 28 | I could not seem to find the courage to fly free . |
| 29 | There was a whole fury of protestations hovering on the edge of her lips , but somehow she could n't seem to find the energy to voice them . |
| 30 | Tamoxifen did not seem to compromise the effectiveness of HRT . |