Example sentences of "seems [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And certainly that other main arm of executive control — the army — seems little better at this than the police , for the number of participant accounts of their deep structures remains negligible , supporting McCabe 's ( 1980 ) contention that we should be asking of all of these costly institutions , ‘ who is to be controlled by whom and for what reasons ? ’ |
| 2 | Private health insurance may help some elderly people to gain access to hospital treatment more quickly than would otherwise be the case , although there seems little justification for a National Health Service which can not cater for the needs of people in acute pain or discomfort as and when necessary . |
| 3 | Money seems little object , and one German satellite station has spent $25 million buying the rights to ATP 's new tennis tour for the next five years . |
| 4 | Any decision on taxation has to be taken by the member states unanimously and there now seems little hope that the Commission can deflect them from the course they set out upon yesterday . |
| 5 | But there seems little doubt that the psychoanalysts ' stress on the childhood roots of adult problems played its part in the general investigation of primitive roots which fills Sweeney Agonistes . |
| 6 | There seems little doubt that the richest clubs went on evading the maximum wage regulation . |
| 7 | The celebrations of selflessness and sacrifice are much as they were in the wartime films , but this time there seems little point in asserting them , nothing to be argued for . |
| 8 | There seems little alternative to a change in the economy 's structure towards a new range of products . |
| 9 | Although the Labour party failed to mount a sufficiently large campaign against the non-intervention policy , there seems little doubt that the government would have continued along its agreed course . |
| 10 | But the National government was locked on course for appeasement and , with the parliamentary majority which it enjoyed , there seems little doubt that even a powerful political campaign by the Labour Party , in league with other anti-fascist groups , could have changed its policies . |
| 11 | However , there seems little reason for limiting the offence to cases involving children under 14 when the general age of consent to sexual activity stands at 16 . |
| 12 | With COSHH in place and environmental pressures growing , there seems little doubt that spray transfer will be the subject of fresh UK regulations before too long . |
| 13 | Though clearly , whatever the logic of the situation , Hitler could still rely upon substantial bonds of undying allegiance among his most loyal supporters , especially of course those who for years had been exposed to the full brunt of Party organization and indoctrination , there seems little doubt that the mass base of unquestioned trust in Hitler was already in 1942 beginning to give way . |
| 14 | But while there now seems little doubt that the drawing is by Leonardo , the question remains as to whether the theft had royal approval . |
| 15 | There seems little respect for anything in Russia these days . |
| 16 | There seems little point in saying that teething is a non-existent condition which has never reliably been shown to cause any distress . |
| 17 | There seems little chance of one of the party 's senior professionals stepping down in the next few months to create a by-election for the Tory chairman . |
| 18 | There seems little probability of a resurrection of residential provision on a large scale although the number of specialist facilities may increase , mainly as a result of initiatives by voluntary associations . |
| 19 | Once again , Charles proved the effectiveness of Christianity as a tool of suppression ; there seems little doubt that it was the only possible way to control the Saxons . |
| 20 | It is necessary to rely on the accounts published since the embargo on absolute secrecy was lifted in 1977 , and there seems little advantage in repeating here what has been told so well already ; and , after all , this book has quite a different purpose . |
| 21 | There seems little readiness in Europe to learn from the Japanese . |
| 22 | So there seems little room for doubt that the graptolites were capable of living in an open-ocean environment . |
| 23 | There seems little doubt that a number of deficiencies and miscalculations , both strategic and tactical , on Mrs Thatcher 's side contributed to her defeat . |
| 24 | There seems little doubt that the team suffered badly by being deprived of the services of Ian Gow , a widely-respected , close associate of the Prime Minister who had played a major part in her 1989 campaign and whose murder by the IRA in July had led to the Eastbourne by-election . |
| 25 | So then , there seems little reason why I should not undertake my motoring trip to the West Country . |
| 26 | There seems little likelihood of more resources ( in terms of money ) becoming available , as a proportion of the total GDP ; and perhaps this is as it should be . |
| 27 | There seems little doubt that Trow Gill once brought down a stream , this entering as a waterfall at the gap now occupied by boulders , and this theory is confirmed by the dry channel coming directly down to it from the heights above . |
| 28 | There seems little doubt that recruitment is now more imaginative , and the data in Chapter 2 showed that there is indeed some change in the volunteer body , yet there are still clear patterns that appear difficult to shift . |
| 29 | There seems little justification for the use of thiazides in these patients . |
| 30 | With the problems of site and design settled and only the question of finance outstanding , there seems little reason why the scheme should not proceed as Molesworth had hoped , but as was to happen many times later , the repercussions of major political events were now radically to affect the progress of the scheme . |