Example sentences of "it seem [adj] that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such circumstances , it seemed surprising that the Report should recommend the repeal of the Obscene Publications Act and consequent decriminalisation of all forms of publication other than those narrowly defined as causing actual harm to performers , whilst urging for films , and films alone , the continuation of an administrative system of prior restraint . |
| 2 | It seemed inconceivable that a man as fantastic as Damian Flint could find her attractive , and as she realised that that was what she truly thought of him she felt her hands move caressingly on his strong throat and her eyes move down unsteadily to study his mouth . |
| 3 | The Republic had legality on its side and , at the beginning , it seemed inconceivable that the will of the majority , as expressed in the February 1936 elections , could succumb to the self-centred truculence of the minority . |
| 4 | It seemed inconceivable that the man who had teased her so unforgivably in the morning had been so filled with compassionate understanding later in the same day . |
| 5 | WATCHING the crowds in Wenceslaus Square avidly reading the notices in every shop window about the progress of the revolution , it seemed inconceivable that the hard-liners could ever return . |
| 6 | If they were implicated in the cover-up it seemed inconceivable that the President had been unaware of what was going on . |
| 7 | The operation was running smoothly as the yacht rounded the North Foreland when it seemed certain that a landing would be made somewhere in the Thames Estuary . |
| 8 | The same month the storm of strikes at last abated , peace was made with Japan , and it seemed possible that the government would recover its balance . |
| 9 | As regards malicious referrals , what seemed to be the case in a very few instances was that at least some of the allegations had substance to them and were worthy of investigation , but in discussion with the parents it seemed possible that the referrer might be using the allegation to progress some dispute with them . |
| 10 | For 20 years after World War Two it seemed possible that the dog eat dog ‘ survival of the fittest ’ brand of free market capitalism had been supplanted by a social contract between employers and workers , with only occasional mediation by the state . |
| 11 | For an exciting moment at the beginning of 1918 it seemed possible that the pacifists might push Labour into collision with a Government still adamant that nothing short of overwhelming military victory could provide the basis for peace . |
| 12 | It seemed ominous that the hotel was in Glasgow 's George Square , and we had met six-and-a-half years previously in George Square in Edinburgh . |
| 13 | It seemed ridiculous that a newcomer like Gary could be any threat to a well-established house like Mattli . |
| 14 | Although tests had not been completed it seemed probable that the infection was contracted during surgery and a junior member of the surgical team had been identified as a carrier who began work at the hospital in last May . |
| 15 | It seemed probable that the number of word paths would increase substantially with the length of the utterance , and some of the test utterances were very long . |
| 16 | With a good downpour it seemed probable that the bedroom ceiling below would come down . |
| 17 | Brian Cowie said : ‘ It was the Ipswich branch of CAMRA which mounted a publicity campaign to save the brewery and so it seemed appropriate that the launch of Pride should be at the festival . ’ |
| 18 | As Selwyn had been founded to commemorate the great Bishop of Melanesia it seemed appropriate that the college should make Melanesia its special interest and perhaps in time raise enough money to pay one of its own men to go out and serve as priest and educationist in that diocese of so many islands . |
| 19 | One local radio contractor said it seemed unreasonable that the Home Office should be deciding between two competing claims on the spectrum when it was responsible for running one of them . |
| 20 | It seemed impossible that the leopard could cross that open space , on which grew only a few clumps of coarse grass , without being seen . |
| 21 | The Court of Appeal readily allowed new evidence to be admitted and held that since the risk to jobs did not appear to be a major factor in the dispute , it seemed unlikely that the union would be able to bring itself within the definition of a trade dispute and so the injunction should be granted . |
| 22 | In 1931 it seemed unlikely that the Republic and the Basque Nationalists would ever be allies . |
| 23 | It seemed unlikely that the undertaker had troubled sufficiently about those who survived him to take such precautions , but no one could speak with confidence of what had passed through the mind of this man whose deepest preoccupations seemed to be represented by a few scored lines in a medical book and a little bundle of poems . |
| 24 | It seemed bizarre that a band plagued by such huge problems on an international scale should wish to waste their time attempting to sue a small time and , to be frank , penniless magazine . |
| 25 | But it seemed likely that a scandal of some sort would eventually break . |
| 26 | Several hours later I had not heard anything of the incident , so it seemed likely that the Officer had not reported the matter , or Lovat had just shrugged it off . |
| 27 | Instructions to the boundary commissioners were revoked and amended so that they would be able to consider economic interest as well as population and community in the drawing up of the new constituencies ; this was regarded as vital by the Unionists , for it seemed likely that the merging of the small boroughs into the county constituencies would take away the last of the agricultural seats . |
| 28 | It seemed likely that the capital would be granted statehood , a promise made by both Janata Dal and the BJP during the November election campaign . |
| 29 | It seemed likely that the Avars would be subjected to Frankish rule , but revolt in Saxony called Charles away . |
| 30 | However objectors might have viewed the political reality , it seemed clear that the Inspector saw these bodies as a valuable source of ‘ independent ’ advice to be set alongside the potential ‘ bias ’ of the CEGB . |