Example sentences of "it seem [adj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two inscriptions from the early fourth century show that it did not always do so ( Tod 103 , 108 = WV 7 , HD 20 ) : they have the unusual opening formula ‘ it seemed good to the Council ’ . |
| 2 | The normal formula is ‘ it seemed good to the Council and People ’ , indicating that the decree had been prepared for the Assembly ( ‘ the people ’ ) by the Council , and was then voted on by the Assembly . |
| 3 | From Sounion comes a splendidly illuminating decree of the demesmen , which reads : ‘ It seemed good to the men of Sounion : since Leukios has given the demesmen land to build an agora , three men are to be chosen straight away to measure an area not less than 2 plethra by 1 , so that there shall be broad space for the men of Sounion to agorazein ’ … ( the last word is untranslatable : ‘ carry on all the activities usual in an agora ’ is accurate but too prosaic ; there is also the sense of ‘ promenading oneself : Syll. 925 ) . |
| 4 | It has to do partly with the feeling , particularly powerful in the 19th century , that the proper role of education , at least at the top end , was to equip gentlemen to run the Empire ; and it seemed reasonable at the time to concentrate not upon mechanics , but upon grand ideals , and the classics were studied as if they were a form of theology , a way of revealing fundamental and lasting human truths This , perhaps , is why anti-science is strongest in Britain , because we took Empire most seriously . |
| 5 | It seemed cheap at the price — five guineas for travel and a month 's board and lodging . |
| 6 | I appreciate the arguments that go on nowadays , but let us not forget that the old crossings were not suitable for the disabled , which is why , in the case to which I am referring , it seemed unnecessary for the authority to insist on a ramp being built . |
| 7 | It seemed remote to the point of impossibility . |
| 8 | In this situation it seemed appropriate for the staff at Perth College to offer educational opportunities which would parallel those available in other music fields . |
| 9 | It seemed impossible to reconcile the ideal of the simple monastic life with a great religious order , just as it seemed impossible for the papacy to exercise leadership without becoming an autocratic bureaucracy . |
| 10 | ‘ It seemed odd at the time , ’ the youth went on , unconscious of his sudden undesirability . |
| 11 | The monarch twice interrupted journeys to give a royal address and complained it seemed unworthy of the birthplace of railways . |
| 12 | On the one hand , it seemed clear from the studies in five authorities that the Act 's emphasis on partnership was recognised and in general accepted . |
| 13 | In addition , since the Directive did not define investors , it seemed conclusive to the Court that it was not intended to give them enforceable rights . |
| 14 | When I designed the L.game it seemed obvious from the rules I had written that the pieces could be picked up and placed anywhere on the board . |
| 15 | All at once one of the birds — it seemed enormous to the child , but may well have been as small as a sparrow — flew into the air and fluttered past the pushchair , its wings actually brushing the little girl 's face . |
| 16 | It seemed worried about the power of alternative media , beyond its control , to give interpretations different from those it wanted put over . |
| 17 | The Ml has carved a path to the hinterland , yet still the cluster of towns around it seem autonomous from the centre . |
| 18 | Because the computers on which most desktop publishing software runs are capable of displaying colour it seems logical to the software developer that they should introduce colour into their desktop publishing programs . |
| 19 | and I thought come into my head , it 's probably complete rubbish but it seems logical at the time which was , if you got rid of er , a lot of the various taxes that they paid and put everything on to VAT , apart from the fact that you 'd be a few , just by upping the rate of VAT they would collect the extra monies , you 'd save a lot of the money you 'd pay in administration costs by , all the various different departments er |
| 20 | He says this because it seems pointless for the sun to have done all this work , and then let war spoil everything and killing off the sun 's children . |
| 21 | When the farmer is such a personally kind and considerate individual who recognizes his social responsibilities to his workforce , it seems churlish on the part of the farm worker to complain about low wages and poor working conditions . |
| 22 | It seems sensible for the inspectorate to maintain that national curriculum . |
| 23 | It seems clear from the case of Herdman v IRC ( 1969 ) 45 TC 394 that if a taxpayer not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom makes a transfer of an asset with a view to avoiding UK tax he could be liable under s739 when he becomes ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 24 | It seems clear from the case of Lambe v IRC 18 TC 212 that if interest is not paid then no income will be received by the lender . |
| 25 | It seems clear from the overseers ' accounts for the late 18th century that two of the four adult Titford brothers were living as occupants of houses once held as leasehold properties by their better-off ancestors . |
| 26 | For as long as it seemed remotely relevant , the tactic never failed ; and it was easy enough to make it seem relevant in the atmosphere of international hostility of 1945 . |