Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although sentences of the type illustrated by 1 and 2 occur sporadically throughout the data , a number of lexical and syntactic constraints seem to inhibit the co-occurrence of a singular verb with a plural subject . |
| 2 | Our girlfriends seem to enjoy the charade , at least to begin with ; they are flirtatious and collusive . |
| 3 | These recently published analyses of the likely impact of the Tunnel seem to confirm the notion that infrastructure improvements do not , of themselves , have much effect outside their immediate locality . |
| 4 | More experiments follow , all , we will suppose , impeccably designed , and the results seem to confirm the persistence of this accuracy order across a wide range of experimental conditions . |
| 5 | The data in Table 14 , which classify percentages of pregnancies that ended in still births by length of preceding pregnancy interval pooled according to country of study , seem to confirm the validity of the Hungarian findings for developing countries . |
| 6 | It 's so successful that many people seem to miss the point . |
| 7 | But they seem to carry the implication that society exists as a fixed structure , with slots into which school-leavers ( or university-leavers ) must be fitted . |
| 8 | But you seem to lose the tan very quickly once you are back at work . |
| 9 | But above all they seem to like an eyrie just beneath the eaves of the barn roof . |
| 10 | No matter how much writers protest , non-writers seem to like the idea that writing is easy , not the arduous manual , emotional and intellectual labour writers know it to be . |
| 11 | Students , who face paying rent at around £55 a week in the private sector , seem to like the idea . |
| 12 | Now men seem to like the look of long , lean , coltish women and it 's probably inevitable , given our fixation with diet and fitness . |
| 13 | Sum up what the customer has said , ‘ You seem to like the enamel pans best . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ People seem to like the vintage vibe the 555 has . |
| 15 | ‘ They seem to like the taste of rubber . |
| 16 | How does the height of land seem to affect the choice of areas for wheat ? |
| 17 | How do rainfall and the height of land seem to affect the choice of areas where farmers grow grass ? |
| 18 | Fitzgerald and Sim seem to see the existence of secrecy as a ‘ crisis ’ in itself . |
| 19 | ‘ You seem to know a lot about teasing , young lady . |
| 20 | ‘ You seem to know a lot about it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You seem to know a lot about other people 's affairs so you probably know that this house is partly mine . |
| 22 | ‘ Then I hope these people do n't know either although they seem to know a lot . |
| 23 | Despite its popularity , few people seem to know the origin of the term . |
| 24 | ‘ We all know that XR3s and Cossies seem to attract a lot of unwanted attention , but I feel I 'm paying too much insurance on what is a Plain Jane family saloon , ’ he says . |
| 25 | Other people say things of this kind enviously , and even unkindly — novelists seem to attract the envy and unkindness of other people ( though so little enviable ) ; it is a pity they are not nicer to one another . |
| 26 | We 're referring mainly to the 500ft or 150 metre brigade who seem to find the cost of a reel prohibitive . |
| 27 | Secondary schools seem to find the prospect of having to produce a report most threatening ( least , primary ) , with the greatest degree of uncertainty as to the stage reached in presentation : a quarter of secondary school teachers were unsure whether their school report had yet been submitted to the LEA whilst only 5 per cent of middle school teachers and no primary school teachers were unsure about this . |
| 28 | A number of the explanations of the crisis which we have examined seem to contain an element of truth . |
| 29 | Sometimes they even seem to provoke the trigger actions deliberately . |
| 30 | THE wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde always seem to stand the test of time . |