Example sentences of "[verb] it seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the CEMREL Research Project ( 1972 ) is any indication of what is expected it seems American teachers are looking for a child 's skill at ‘ showing ’ , and , in particular , ‘ showing ’ emotion . |
| 2 | In actually measuring subjective risk while driving it seems appropriate to encourage drivers to think about the external environment in a more normal way and answer questions about subjective risk with reference to their internal states . |
| 3 | However , on the basis of the limited data available , and in the areas that have been considered it seems probable that substantial and largely unrecognised costs have been incurred . |
| 4 | Barrie Corless says it seems criminal that a side like Gloucester were facing relegation last season so he will be looking how they can improve … he adds there were problems last year and it wouyld be unrealistic to hope for instant success but hopes to turn things around in the not too distant future |
| 5 | She says it seems unfair that she 's not being evicted but Mrs Hurd is . |
| 6 | Though it is plausible that Mercury and the Moon could have lost large quantities of volatiles to space it seems unlikely that this explains the extreme extent of their depletions . |
| 7 | The call of the birds has made it seem good |
| 8 | The frequency of such bids has made it seem that stockmarket valuations are arbitrary , that bidders are stealing money from somebody else rather than creating wealth , and that American and British managers spend too much time shuffling assets and too little investing ( that is , building factories ) for the future . |
| 9 | Even if Maastricht is ratified intact , the past four months have made it seem backward-looking , or even irrelevant . |
| 10 | It was probably the effect of the fog that had made it seem huge at first . |
| 11 | I worked beside Bill and when he had to resign it seemed appropriate for me to step forward . |
| 12 | Fran Maidment is now revcovering from the shock and pain joyriding causes , while police step up their search for the child drivers , growing it seems younger by the day . |
| 13 | When we arrived it seemed such a friendly place , there would be 2 or 3 people to meet you at the gates and welcome you in . |
| 14 | In such segmented organizations with limited overall control it seems inevitable that there will be variable strengths in the links between the segments . |
| 15 | Tell me , will i be allowed — I know it seems awful cheek — in due course , do you think that I shall be able to display the photograph in my window ? ’ |
| 16 | Well er you know it seems such a mystery er to me , conker not shy . |
| 17 | I know it seems vivid because my imagination fills in all the bits another person would n't understand . |
| 18 | you know it seems remarkable but there you go . |
| 19 | However , as I have already noted it seems important that this advice is given in a way which does not compromise the adult child 's independence and indeed their status as an adult . |
| 20 | I suppose it seems wrong to be so afraid . |
| 21 | It is generally held that it should be larger but no agreement on enlarging it seems attainable . |
| 22 | Regardless of the amount of time involved it seems likely that staff will always opt for more time if this is offered to them . |
| 23 | I thought about it calmly , still standing there as though nothing had passed through my mind but the continual computation guiding the kite , and I thought it seemed reasonable . |
| 24 | The value that your job is given by other people can make it seem worthwhile . |
| 25 | And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier . |
| 26 | By the early 1970s , however , the situation looked more favourable ; the reorganization of teacher education following the 1972 White Paper and the run-down of initial teacher training made it seem feasible to redeploy resources to raise the quality of the teaching force in further education . |
| 27 | ‘ But with Barney being so ill , and with Cara being so upset , it made it seem awful that I would n't spend an hour of my life doing this one big thing for her . ’ |
| 28 | The wind coursed over it and flapped it — little whip noises that stirred it and made it seem alive , the dog-face scowling . |
| 29 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |
| 30 | He made it seem easy — that was different : that was the pride of the macho Valley rugby player . |