Example sentences of "[adv] it seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His smile was open and friendly , and suddenly it seemed preposterous to be standing here , on a Roman street corner , arguing with a man who had taken her from an existence that she 'd hated to one that was all she 'd ever dreamed of . |
| 2 | There had always been a feeling of pre-destination with Richard and now that they had both suffered so much it seemed stronger than ever . |
| 3 | Perhaps it seems politic to you to end our affair now that you realise you 're suspected — found out — whereas it did n't seem to matter while the evidence of your passion in bed could lull me into accepting that there was no one else . |
| 4 | So it seemed better that you should go on thinking that I was just — ’ |
| 5 | Brian Cowie said : ‘ It was the Ipswich branch of CAMRA which mounted a publicity campaign to save the brewery and so it seemed appropriate that the launch of Pride should be at the festival . ’ |
| 6 | So it seemed sensible to move into this area , take advantage of that for ourselves , and provide them with a better service . |
| 7 | So it seemed sensible not to go on , ’ said Sir Ranulph . |
| 8 | So it seemed plausible that these elliptical fields are stimulated best by bars orientated parallel to their long axis , and that the lack of obliquely oriented cells explained the difficulty the octopus has in distinguishing between the two diagonals . |
| 9 | So it seems premature to anticipate a reduction in risk by citing evidence from only one large case control study ( the CASH study ) which , it ought also to have been added , was completed in the early 1980s . |
| 10 | So it seems that 22–1 was n't such a good price after all : - ( . |
| 11 | And so it seems self-evident that the subject of language should also draw on a cognate disciplinary source even though it happens in this case to have the different name of linguistics . |
| 12 | So it seems unlikely that chemical sensitivity is allergic in origin . |
| 13 | So it seems unlikely that closed class items were more difficult to retrieve than open class items . |
| 14 | So it seems inevitable that the old fashioned British Hereford with its smaller , shorter legged bulls will eventually become a rare breed . |
| 15 | So it seems likely that just as a youngster does not need to learn to be afraid or to feel secure , they also respond instinctively from birth to the underlying mood of the call — like the predatory roar of a lion , the angry bellow of an enraged bull , the contented moo of a grazing cow or the eminently social bleatings of sheep , keeping the flock together . |
| 16 | So it seems unfortunate that they report that relatively few shops are prepared to work this system . |
| 17 | Near the edge of the roof above , some fairly large blisters have developed in the felt covering so it seems conclusive that the two things are related . |
| 18 | Although the rule does not specifically say so it seems clear that the plaintiff can treat the offer as an admission of liability and apply to enter judgment with damages to be assessed when ready . |
| 19 | Nevertheless it seems likely that similar factors will in fact be taken into account by the courts . |
| 20 | Nevertheless it seems likely that change was forced on him , as earlier on such ‘ empirical ’ despots as Peter I in Russia and Frederick William I in Prussia , by the need for greater practical efficiency , and to some extent perhaps by an instinctive feeling for rationality , not by theories propounded in Paris . |
| 21 | Nevertheless it seems sensible for librarians to aim at selecting books which are well-written , where there is a choice . |
| 22 | Thus it seemed that physics was more mature then chemistry , and had already left behind the stage of effervescent and explosive progress in which that science was still so visibly engaged . |
| 23 | Thus it seemed clear that the lexical representation used for matching should already include a great deal of information about the word 's possible phonetic realisations . |
| 24 | Thus it seems clear that arctica is the most numerous species on spring passage . |
| 25 | Thus it seems clear that malignant transformation can affect the expression , distribution , and function of glycosylated cell surface components such as integrins , but the pattern of changes may be complex . |
| 26 | Thus it seems likely that the winter population and a substantial passage in February and March are largely composed of stellata ; passage of this species continues through April and May , and is then joined by a large movement of arctica ; immer is always a scarce species . |
| 27 | Thus it seems likely that examination questions in chemical engineering at degree level will bear certain similarities of form and content , and share certain presuppositions , in institutions throughout the world . |
| 28 | Thus it seems likely that health authorities were encouraged to be generous in the allocation of budgets , that fundholders were less concerned than they might otherwise have been about the need to stay within strict cash limits , and that non-fundholders were allowed greater freedom of referral than might have been anticipated . |
| 29 | Thus it seems likely that in the general process of longshore drift under the action of oblique waves , longshore currents and oblique rip currents may help in the movement of the finer material . |
| 30 | Somehow it seemed right … |