Example sentences of "seem [verb] been a [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While there seems to have been a major but largely unmeasured swing to Labour during the war , the pre-war electoral situation revealed no great reaction against the National government . |
| 2 | In the light of the accountability angle of the LEA scheme , to have avoided subjecting school policies and personnel to critical scrutiny whilst at the same time taking advantage of the appraisal to engage in special pleading over staffing and resources , seems to have been a sensible and shrewd strategy . |
| 3 | Additionally , and of equal significance , is the fact that within the overall blood taboo context there seems to have been a clear and hierarchical distinction made between male blood and female blood . |
| 4 | Once again , our ignorance is very great ; but wherever we go in Europe , we find traces of what seems to have been a widespread and quite accepted practice , before the papal reform and the insistence on celibacy . |
| 5 | ‘ From the records available , it would seem to have been a substantial and well-constructed building , typical of its time with pleasant grounds and circular carriage drives front and rear . ’ |