Example sentences of "it seem to have been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to have been a place of school and tennis , of clubs and tennis . |
| 2 | It seems to have been a case of mistaken identity . ’ |
| 3 | Dated to the second half of the second century , it seems to have been a tannery and leather workshop , and is not only one of the few reliable instances yet found for this industry , but is also one of the few industries attested at Alcester . |
| 4 | For Richard it seems to have been a period of reconciliation : with Sebrand Chabot , who was allowed to return to his see in April 1180 , and with Aimar of Limoges , who arrived back at Christmas of the same year . |
| 5 | For these women it seems to have been a breath of pure oxygen , heady with proposals for socialist-feminist action , at a time when Kinnockism is attempting to kill it off . |
| 6 | It seems to have been a religion that was in transition , which may explain some startling contradictions or apparent contradictions . |
| 7 | It seems to have been a fact , as Jarvis 's mother pointed out , that no girl from Cambridge School , NW6 , had ever got to any university , let alone Cambridge . |