Example sentences of "[noun sg] which seem [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What really annoyed Daugherty was that critics were applauding The Public Enemy , a movie which seemed to him to be just a very well-cut and scripted melodrama that would serve as good ‘ yokel bait ’ . |
| 2 | Although there was almost unanimous praise of Eliot 's poetic or sheerly musical abilities ( which in any case had their roots deep in his American experience ) , there was a certain distrust of the religious sensibility which seemed to be expressed in the sequence . |
| 3 | There is now a momentum which seems to be beyond control . |
| 4 | Lindsey found herself shaking hands with a tall , fair-haired young man and wondered if she had imagined the tension which seemed to be sparking between the two . |
| 5 | You have n't done much speech therapy which seems to be the main problem . |
| 6 | Strictly business it might be , but even in the tightest schedule there were small gaps — moments that could foster an ongoing intimacy or become fraught with an antagonism which seemed to be growing between them . |
| 7 | During the period between the Fascist ascendancy of 1934 and the collapse of Mosley 's hopes in March 1937 , Joyce 's personal life had undergone a change which seemed to be for the better . |
| 8 | He 's got a week 's growth of beard which seems to be permanent , judging from the times I 've seen him in the past . |
| 9 | Chamberlain and I were inclined to be impatient when we saw him so reluctant to take the only course which seemed to us possible . ’ |
| 10 | He has embarked on a drawing/painting course which seems to be about as full and hectic as yours , but then both your chosen activities are a mystery to me . |
| 11 | Indeed brain-mind identity is more than a belief , it is a hypothesis which seems to be the simplest explanation of the mind-brain problem , if it is a problem , and therefore one which parsimony requires us to accept . |
| 12 | If we point to those aspects of the addict 's experience which seem to him to confirm his beliefs , we will seem to be making an apology for the addict . |
| 13 | I 'm not necessarily in connection with anything I might it 's it 's very common practice in my experience which seems to me very reasonable . |
| 14 | Why does a barrow boy selling bunched radishes and salad greens in the market at Chinon know by instinct so to arrange his produce that he has created a little spectacle as fresh and gay as a Dufy painting , and you are at once convinced that unless you taste some of his radishes you will be missing an experience which seems of more urgency than a visit to the Chateau of Chinon ? |
| 15 | Whenever there is a puzzling development in physics which seems for a while to put in question our basic understanding , you will hear someone say " I have the feeling that it 's 1925 all over again . " |
| 16 | But perfectly matched they are in this grand old play which seems to steadily improve with age , and which is receiving a very good production from Colette O'Neil at Perth . |
| 17 | A decision which seems to be on the borderline in this respect is Business Appliances Specialists Ltd v Nationwide Credit Corpn Ltd [ 1988 ] RTR 332 . |
| 18 | It is not an opportunity which seems to be taken very often . |
| 19 | The classes are on Tuesday evenings from 7.15 to 9.15 pm , a two-hour session which seems to be over almost before it has started , such is the enjoyment . |
| 20 | Simon Pardy mumbled for the third or fourth time in the aggressive undertone which seemed to be his preferred manner of replying to any remark . |
| 21 | A mood which seems to be slipped into more and more frequently as the months have elapsed since they first met . |
| 22 | In the centre of the carbonaceous ball I could discern a small whitish marble which seemed to be all that remained of the original vegetable . |
| 23 | Faced with economic problems caused by rising fuel prices , the managerial staff of organisations and institutions housed in non-domestic buildings may welcome the possibility of gaining control over energy consumption which seems to be offered by technological developments that are comparatively cheap . |
| 24 | Over one last rise , and they were driving across a grassy boulder-strewn plateau which seemed to be on the top of the world . |
| 25 | The house longhorn beetle is another insect pest which seems to be confined to parts of Hampshire and south-west Surrey . |
| 26 | For the first time Isabel wondered if those airs had been caused by the same stupid helplessness which seemed to be gripping her . |
| 27 | For the lips , Yves Rocher follows the ‘ blood-red ’ theme which seems to be emerging for lips this autumn , with a new Long & Lasting Lipstick shade called Rouge Authentique . |
| 28 | Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ? |
| 29 | CWO Simon Grant holds Flymo 's lead which seems to be tied to the HQ drainpipe . |
| 30 | Our results with western blotting contrast with those of Klein et al who identified a 65 kDa band which seemed to be specific for PSC . |