Example sentences of "seem to have be a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The late 1920s and '30s seems to have been a bad time in the Woodchester area for fires . |
| 32 | Notwithstanding all the excitement and positive feelings generated by the participating women — bonds were established , friendships formed — there seems to have been a deliberate silence from the media , including feminist arenas . |
| 33 | The Conservatives went into the campaign in a worse position than when they lost to Labour under Harold Wilson in 1964 , and that position , if anything , deteriorated , yet there seems to have been a last-minute surge in the Tories ’ favour . |
| 34 | From a devotional text which he carried in his pocket throughout the war , Potter seems to have been a devout Puritan . |
| 35 | If it is not , a claim could be made for his nephew , Richard Roos , esquire ( 1429– ? 1493 ) , a correspondent of the Pastons , who seems to have been a respected figure , but was never knighted . |
| 36 | I mean , May seems to have been a light month , |
| 37 | Since the death of Stalin there seems to have been a conscious attempt to ensure that legal principles are adhered to and even the KGB appeared to make efforts to observe legality ( Hough and Fainsod , 1979 , pp. 278–84 ) . |
| 38 | Most of my informants retained very happy memories of the atmosphere of the composing-room , possibly a little coloured by the passage of time ; but there does seem to have been a good deal of good humour and fun . |
| 39 | In the non-chronicle sources there are suggestions of rivalry over Calais , where Hastings had replaced Rivers as lieutenant in 1471 , and there may also have been some friction over the Ferrers inheritance , although this does not seem to have been a major issue . |
| 40 | In the non-chronicle sources there are suggestions of rivalry over Calais , where Hastings had replaced Rivers as lieutenant in 1471 , and there may also have been some friction over the Ferrers inheritance , although this does not seem to have been a major issue . |
| 41 | There does seem to have been a genuine feeling of outrage within the profession at the proposal to disregard the two competitions , and probably if Scott had not stirred , another architect would have taken the initiative . |
| 42 | If ( as he may well have done ) he thought that he was the Messiah , then his choosing of the twelve would seem to have been a symbolic action , through which he should indicate to people who he was . |
| 43 | She made what would seem to have been a precarious living through writing , contributing to the Leisure Hour and Sunday at Home , and early in her career was helped by a generous gift of money from Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice , third Marquis of Lansdowne [ q.v . ] . |
| 44 | It is difficult to assess the impact this has had , but there does not seem to have been a massive desertion of schools with poor examination results . |