Example sentences of "seem [prep] [be] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The high hopes for a new morality in Europe espoused by the Resistance movements , and which had included European union as a top priority , seemed to be dashed by the outbreak of the Cold War and the failure of the first postwar governments to include integration on their policy agendas . |
| 2 | She was so proud of herself for getting that out , grinning wildly at the other woman , that Ruth could n't subject her to more and left them for the tennis courts while they unpacked the dusty Seat that seemed to be packed to the gunnels with baskets of clothes and packages . |
| 3 | It seemed to be operating from the back room of a house . |
| 4 | Lindsey found herself shaking hands with a tall , fair-haired young man and wondered if she had imagined the tension which seemed to be sparking between the two . |
| 5 | NOT long ago Germany 's insurance industry seemed to be sinking under a Gallic invasion . |
| 6 | The birds squawked and flapped , and the very top of the bush seemed to be flicked by an invisible hand which knocked a few shreds of leaf out into the air . |
| 7 | There was surprise among dealers in the room that the fine and large pair of Lacroix de Marseille ‘ Morning ’ and ‘ Evening ’ ( lot 34 ) failed to find buyers : ‘ too big ’ was one verdict , which seemed to be justified by the success of a smaller pair two lots later ( £120,000 ; $192,000 ) . |
| 8 | He always seemed to be ringing from a callbox , on grounds that the walls in his office had ears . |
| 9 | This seemed to be developing into a regular pattern in his dealings with Emily . |
| 10 | That undertaking seemed to be developing into a commitment to conduct a private murder investigation in a foreign country . |
| 11 | I said earlier that the debate seemed to be developing into a north-south divide . |
| 12 | Doctors and nurses tend to keep each other at arm 's length ; no wonder the RCN had trouble coming to terms with the status of nurses who seemed to be engaged in the same work as doctors . |
| 13 | Countless runs were saved by the Kent fielders , but Hampshire seemed to be wilting under the pressure with two boundaries coming in the 33rd over — both thanks to fielding errors . |
| 14 | ‘ Love Me Do ’ seemed to be reverberating off the walls . |
| 15 | In front of her most of the herd seemed to be grazing alongside the path , on either side of it , but Brenda could n't leave the path on her bike . |
| 16 | more than seemed to be indicated in the figures that we 've got , because Buck 's figures for the extent of supplementary income are I know they 're significant but they 're not enough to the kinds of levels people had been living at . |
| 17 | These charges seemed to be validated by a comparison with other contemporary courts , such as that of Russia or Austria , where a more traditional pattern of behaviour and etiquette was the fossilized norm . |
| 18 | Of course , if the words of the Act clearly achieve a different result from that which seemed to be intended by the committee , it is the words which must prevail and strained constructions must not be adopted in order to give effect to the report . |
| 19 | Such fears seemed to be confirmed following a visit on Dec. 21-26 to Moscow by Jorge Mas Canosa , leader of the Miami-based Cuban-American National Foundation ( CANF ) , an organization of Cuban exiles in the United States . |
| 20 | One patient had disease that seemed to be confirmed to the proximal small bowel . |
| 21 | The involvement of land reform would bind the peasants to the communists , and these hopes seemed to be confirmed in a rise of the P L A and militia recruitments when land reform had been re redistributed the land had been redistributed . |
| 22 | These seemed to be confirmed in an Australian study based on inpatient data . |
| 23 | It was as big as the island itself , if not bigger , and the rocks below seemed to be wobbling under the strain of holding it up . |
| 24 | It seemed to be run for the benefit of chaps who wanted a good time — not chaps who wanted to re-create their public schools . |
| 25 | But for the most part we shivered in our beds that winter , heaping on more and more blankets , which seemed to be made of a mixture of cardboard and lead and only increased the weight without increasing the heat . |
| 26 | Putney coined the term ‘ capacitative entry ’ to introduce the idea that the influx of external calcium seemed to be regulated by the calcium content of a portion of the ER lying close to the plasma membrane . |
| 27 | It seemed to be competing in the age-old quest for the secret of perpetual motion and drove everyone bananas . |
| 28 | He had dropped down on to one knee and with head bowed seemed to be pushing at the trolley before him , which for some reason had taken on an obstinate immobility . |
| 29 | The Edinburgh student appeared too consistent and resilient for Miss Topper who seemed to be struggling with the slippery court , and she triumphed 3–6 6–1 6–3 an impressive achievement for a No. 7 seed . |
| 30 | No ; it was a particular feeling that seemed to be lacking in the three of them . |