Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] seem [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 |
2 | She says it seems unfair that she 's not being evicted but Mrs Hurd is . |
3 | With hooves like horn paper cups it seems unlikely that it could harm anyone . |
4 | Does she seem any more real to you here , more real than at Berwick ? ’ |
5 | Does it seem impossible to escape from the dauntingly sticky web of difficulty outlined above ? |
6 | Why does it seem longer ? |
7 | Nor does it seem likely that the Irish state would benefit significantly from this goldmine in the west , or indeed any other . |
8 | ‘ Mildred , ’ said Miss Hardbroom heavily , ‘ does it seem likely to you that I would be standing here in the middle of a raging inferno , casually rounding up all you girls ? ’ |
9 | Nor does it seem likely that the idea of causal power is not open to analysis , or , what comes to much the same , that it is somehow to be acquired without noticeable effort by thinking on what is common to such verbs as " push " and " pull " , as has sometimes been supposed . |
10 | Nor does it seem sufficient merely to qualify it by admitting a certain element of free play in the facts . |
11 | Why does it seem important that the answer should have some ‘ objective ’ quality about it , an insight into history , society , knowledge , rather than point to a merely personal obsession ? |
12 | It does not explain the triggering sensation and altered function of the gut , nor does it seem important in those with IBS symptoms who do not seek medical care . |
13 | Particularly with such beefy recording that absence makes them seem heavier than either the Dorati ( Decca ) or Marriner ( Philips ) , both of which use harpsichord continuo to leaven the textures . |
14 | They are rendered with a reduced palette and a monumentality that makes them seem emblematic , but of what ? |
15 | The camera makes them seem four-dimensional — solid figures moving in time . |
16 | What makes it seem real is that you are able to change where you appear to be in the room . |
17 | Surely you can see that the very serious element in it puts the straightforward demonstration ‘ Maggie Maggie Maggie Out Out Out' ’ protest song , in its place and makes it seem trite and a little bit cosy ? ’ |
18 | They have a whole scene that makes it seem possible to write songs all the time and really , really enjoy it . ’ |
19 | react into the headlights , yeah so it makes it seem darker . |
20 | If this makes it seem inevitable that Labour 's electoral support should slump , it has to be pointed out that , according to the opinion polls , Labour might well have won had an election been called in 1978 . |
21 | Dominating the town as it does , the tower today has a gothic feel which makes it seem older than it really is . |