Example sentences of "[vb mod] seem too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might seem too easy to him just to slip away into the fantasy world of death . ’ |
| 2 | Even if this early rise reflects release from the distal small intestine , it would seem too rapid to be as a result of the presence of unabsorbed nutrients . |
| 3 | This example of failure to protest may seem too vast in the context of life in Britain in the 1980s and the many smaller , separate issues which now generate domestic protest . |
| 4 | This may seem too unprofessional a view to have of them , but even discounting direct informal reporting , they can not avoid using this information when , for example , they are involved in appointments and promotions . |
| 5 | Others , and particularly the teachers , may seem too busy with their classes for the head to ask them to share this part of the school work-load , there is a shortage of clerical support , the heads want to be seen as in charge of everything as far as possible , and so on . |
| 6 | Although these assumptions may seem too numerous and overly restrictive it is worth restating that this is essentially a deductive economic model which abstracts from reality . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that this may seem too crude a way to proceed this rationale has governed the operation of some testing programmes in the USA , most notoriously , that of Michigan State . |
| 8 | These replies may seem too trivial to mention — a nod , a murmur , ‘ that 's OK ’ or whatever , but if these signs are not provided the offender is left with the uneasy sense that his or her offence , trivial or not , is permanently entered in the criminal record . |