Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] [prep] [det] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to come from another world of reference , an older , ordinary world , of platitude and cliché , of pattern and familiar family ties , a world that she had thought they had never entered , for many good reasons never entered : and now here was Charles himself , invoking its terms , as though it had been there always , as though they had always inhabited its domain . |
| 2 | It has been said that at the court of Poitiers " the gilded youth of Poitou and Aquitaine breathed an air that seemed to belong to some tale of chivalry " . |
| 3 | … or is it just another of those little habits ( much favoured by men ) that seem to flourish at this time of year . |
| 4 | Similar observations seem to apply to another type of basic behaviour which is in most other animals under direct genetic control , namely , care of the young . |
| 5 | Traditional stylistic terms ( eg that of the periodic sentence — see 7.5.3 ) although often ill-defined , seem to refer to such configurations of categories . |
| 6 | In our work , we often come across abused children , and adults , who seem to exist in some kind of nether world , unable to express fear , anger or love and who forever , unable to have satisfying relationships , feel alone — disconnected from themselves and others around them . |
| 7 | This quality of suffering seems to go beyond any classification of appropriateness or inappropriateness . |
| 8 | In the end , however , he is sceptical of whether illusions ‘ hold the key to unlock the mysteries of vision ’ , and seems to sympathise with those students of the subject who have abandoned any search for a general theory . |
| 9 | The tradition that stone circles and standing stones are human beings who have been turned to stone because of some misdemeanour is widespread and seems to point to some memory of the ritual use of these sites in ancient times . |
| 10 | His attitude seems to seep into all comers of the company . |
| 11 | Confusion seems to reign in many areas of your life at present , so try to get on an even keel . |
| 12 | Nitric oxide does not seem to conform to this pattern of behaviour and indeed challenges classical concepts of neurotransmission . |
| 13 | Revenge would seem to originate in this feeling of powerlessness . |
| 14 | Most people would agree that the first of these could be dispensed with without much regret or difficulty , but the others do seem to call for some sort of ceremony . |
| 15 | And that can seem to rub in this feeling of Christian inadequacy . |
| 16 | Furthermore , it is said , as native speakers of a language seem able to recognize correct and incorrect sentences , the idea of there being language rules exemplified in such sentences does seem to correspond to some kind of reality , even if people do not always speak according to these abstracted rules . |