Example sentences of "but [prep] the [noun sg] it seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the moment it seems that Chevenement is fighting to keep up appearances of big budget increases while losing at least a little ground to other ministries in that fight for limited funds . |
| 2 | Such studies need to be carried out urgently , but in the meantime it seems that both public and profession are ready to accept a considerable possibility of overtreatment . |
| 3 | But on the whole it seems true to say that the minors and the ladies were at their lord 's disposal , and that they had little chance of resisting what he did ; but that none the less the lords were limited by custom , and even a king would be expected to consult his counsellors when he disposed of an heiress , as Henry I promised to do in his coronation charter . |
| 4 | It is arguable that this would be right ; but on the whole it seems to us that , whatever view is taken of the buyer 's moral duty , the law would be too strict if it made him guilty of theft . |
| 5 | Some time that morning they would have to find somewhere to stay , but at the moment it seemed irrelevant . |
| 6 | Perhaps on another occasion , in another mood , he would have been more sympathetically disposed towards it , but at the moment it seemed merely the repetition , however well-prepared , of a diet he knew only too well . |
| 7 | Perhaps they will one day , but at the moment it seems some way off . |
| 8 | And , er erm , based on three months and that 's been a g could be wildly out , but at the moment it seems to be . |
| 9 | We 're used to it now , of course , but at the time it seemed rather exciting . |