Example sentences of "[verb] seem [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late 1980s it has seemed that social workers and their agencies have been caught in a political crossfire between being criticized on the one hand for allowing some children to suffer unnecessarily , sometimes to the point of death , at the hands of their parent(s) or guardian(s) , and on the other hand of intervening unwarrantably into other families and removing their children inappropriately . |
| 2 | For example , much of the foregoing discussion was making the point that soil erosion was important to many small producers in steep-sloped and/or semi-arid areas and it may have seemed that these people were the only ones to cause and suffer from the effects of soil erosion ; also that there were few or no cases where successful adaptations and advances in agricultural technology had occurred . |
| 3 | Then , fourteen years later , after it had seemed that this strange fish had appeared only to disappear totally , another was caught , not off South Africa but a thousand miles away in Anjouan , one of the tiny Comoro Islands that lie in the Indian Ocean midway between Madagascar and the coast of Tanzania . |
| 4 | Though she had dined with Red Leland that evening and had seemed as pleased to meet him again as he had been to see her , though I had frequently brought up his name since my holiday started , each time she had immediately changed the subject . |
| 5 | Whether Ferndale Comprehensive has been over enthusiastic or not it does seem that one union at least seems to think that marketing is one of the deadliest of sins ! |
| 6 | However , it does seem that those on the Rhinns and the shores of Loch Indaal are near natural anchorages and fresh water and that a large section of the island was occupied by these early inhabitants . |
| 7 | It does seem that some people would consider themselves natural and enthusiastic readers , while others need persuasion and encouragement to do anything other than ‘ dip ’ into a book . |
| 8 | In conclusion , it does seem that some people were born to be fat , but are only able to be fat because of the relatively affluent society in which they live . |