Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicolo 's words seemed to hang in the silence that suddenly enveloped the room . |
| 2 | Some of those who comment on subjects such as the safe disposal of nuclear wastes seem to work on the assumption that the relevant sciences and technologies are standing still . |
| 3 | Politicians seem to work on the assumption that the early bird catches the voter . |
| 4 | Yet for them , such a personality-type is compatible with their way of life , and even beneficial ( certainly , they never seem to suffer from the obesity that afflicts food addicts in societies with storable food-surpluses ) . |
| 5 | The research is still continuing but conclusions to date seem to point to the fact that , although powers of reasoning are not necessarily enhanced , the speed at which the subject is able to reason or recall certainly is . |
| 6 | ‘ Statistics seem to point to the fact that Friday 13th is definitely unlucky ’ , said a spokesman . |
| 7 | But , in the absence of something in the context which suggests that narrower meaning , the authorities in the 19th century and earlier all seem to point to the conclusion that the requirement to establish a conviction requires a proof not only of the finding of guilt but also of the court 's final adjudication by sentence or other order . |
| 8 | The origins of this marital-rape exemption seem to lie in the notion that the wife is the husband 's property , or that the wife promises intercourse on demand , but it has been defended in modern times on the basis that such cases raise essentially family matters , better suited to examination in a non-criminal court , and that in any case proof would be difficult . |
| 9 | Graham Greene sarcastically remarked of the latter that ‘ Both the director and the star seem to labour under the impression that they are producing something important ’ , and the film 's success was enough to assure Wilcox that Hungarian naughtiness should give way to solemn patriotism . |
| 10 | On the one hand , much empirical evidence seems to point to the fact that fire-cults in which fire-wheels are rolled down hills , thrown into the air , or in which bonfires are kindled on Midwinter 's or Midsummer 's Day all reflect solar symbolism ; the object of these practices being to ensure the return of the sun , or protection against its heat or whatever . |
| 11 | The precise meaning of this formulation is unclear — does it mean ‘ lose self-control and kill ’ , or ‘ lose self-control and kill in the way D did ’ — but it seems to derive from the notion that there are degrees of loss of self-control . |
| 12 | Thus the principle of indiscernibles now seems to reduce to the thesis that if there were duplicate monads and duplicate worlds , we ourselves , relying on our own cognitive resources , would not be in a position to distinguish them . |
| 13 | Even at first sight the connotations of this expression are distinct , for it seems to rest on the assumption that in other circumstances the addressee would actually be entitled to more . |
| 14 | The distinction between public law and private law interests seems to rest on the assumption that the latter are in some way more important and more worthy of protection than the former . |
| 15 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 16 | Maturity , at least for me , seems to lie in the discovery that happiness and circumstances do n't have all that much to do with each other ; that happiness is more a matter of choice and habit than we suppose , and less dependent upon the accident of circumstances . |
| 17 | Again , the answer seems to lie in the way that the reformulation draws the hearer 's attention to the differences between just being gone and having vanished . |
| 18 | The solution seems to lie in the fact that the amounts which later become due ( interest ) are consequent on the debt that is being released . |
| 19 | This , incidentally , at the same time seems to dispose of the view that existential propositions might be interpreted as involving an ascription of the property of existence to certain objects of thought . |
| 20 | All the evidence would seem to point to the fact that this is the case . |
| 21 | Its attraction would seem to lie in the fact that it gives a formalized account of some of the popularly held impressions concerning the character of science , its explanatory and predictive power , its objectivity and its superior reliability compared with other forms of knowledge . |
| 22 | The case of Instan seems to be authority for the proposition that a common-law duty was imposed upon the defendant to continue to care for her aunt , having once undertaken this responsibility.55 It would seem to follow from the fact that a relationship has to be created for the duty to arise that if the relationship ceases by one party releasing and absolving the other of his obligations , the duty also ceases . |