Example sentences of "seem have a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did ! |
| 2 | Devon Malcolm was not sparing himself on a pitch which was offering help to all the bowlers but Waugh seemed to have a ridiculous amount of time to ease him through the leg field twice in an over for two of his 10 boundaries . |
| 3 | He seemed to have a solid grasp of what it 's really like to live in one of these estates . |
| 4 | When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness . |
| 5 | Then came more accidents — we seemed to have a large number of accidents in the 1950s and early 1960s and many of them finished up as public inquiries . |
| 6 | She seemed to have a natural gift of dignity . " |
| 7 | Perhaps it is the fault of the world in which we live , but people seem to have a great fear of failing , forgetting that failing at something does not mean that one is a ‘ failure ’ at life . |
| 8 | Clowns seem to have a lower centre of gravity , or a magnetic field that converts everything to prose . |
| 9 | ‘ They seem to have a better idea of the indie ethic in America , ’ muses Jim . |
| 10 | We seem to have a tremendous lot of seagulls do n't we ? |
| 11 | So in spite of it being a mid-turn switch , in this case we seem to have a different type of switch from the one in ( 6 ) , for the other parties to the conversation respond differently to it . |
| 12 | Kubrick can posit only a mystical promise of future ( individual ) development because he fundamentally has little faith in human nature or society , unlike Clarke ( most sci-fi writers seem to have a deep-down streak of optimism , even when as downbeat as Philip K Dick or as ironic as Kurt Vonnegut ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't really know much about Doctor Reid , ’ I admitted , ‘ except that he seems to have a great sense of humour and is — well , perhaps a bit unconventional . ’ |
| 14 | Like other textbook writers , Greer seems to have a clear understanding of the ways in which the examination system services a class-ridden society : CSE Mathematics Book 2 has a whole section on overtime and piecework with a briefer section on salaries paid to ‘ people like teachers , civil servants , secretaries and company managers ’ . |
| 15 | The HIDB seems to have a fragmented hierarchy of ideologies : on top is the prevailing doctrine of economic development , then there is the Board 's own policy of development while at the bottom there a.e the local views . |
| 16 | He seems to have a considerable amount of information about what your work implies . ’ |
| 17 | The latter was more likely ; he did not seem to have a great deal of time for God . |
| 18 | Across the great divide the hotly coloured landscapes by Evgeni Dybski , from Konsyanza in Romania , and the even larger Fauvist Landscapes by Londonborn Lucy Jones , would seem to have a considerable number of points in common . |