Example sentences of "seems [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in boxing , as in life , every answer only seems to prompt another question . |
| 2 | If you feel you have done well at an interview and everyone seems to like you it is quite likely to find that you have n't got the part . |
| 3 | In general , everyone seems to like this bass . |
| 4 | Little Chef seems to like her . ’ |
| 5 | Everyone in the nearby town seems to like her anyway . |
| 6 | Mr Jones thinks this must be working because Olwyn seems to like it . |
| 7 | The growing emphasis on healthy as distinct from ‘ junk , food can upset parents when all their child seems to like is fish fingers and chips and there is complete refusal of fresh meat and vegetables . |
| 8 | He really seems to like that strange little girl . |
| 9 | I 'm sure Anne could change him if she wanted to , but she seems to like him the way he is . |
| 10 | ‘ Alain seems to like her , ’ Jenna said gloomily , and got herself a very speculative look from Alain 's mother . |
| 11 | ‘ She seems to like you . ’ |
| 12 | The Australian seems to like a supercilious exterior , yet behind the dour exterior is a friendly individual . |
| 13 | She 's lonely and she plied me with tea and scones and the rest , and gave me information about her neighbours , whom she seems to like quite a bit . |
| 14 | He seems to like getting rid of the crowd pleasers , look at his history Cantona last year , Vinny a few years back , John Sheridan before that and now Batty . |
| 15 | She seems to like it |
| 16 | Well I like , usually I like three out of the four and then nobody seems to like the fourth |
| 17 | Oh he seems to like it do n't he Jane ? |
| 18 | nobody seems to like it |
| 19 | Or a great space hulk might be reported drifting in the void or in the warp , harbouring suspected pirates or , worse , those fierce cunning invasive Genestealers which could infest a human world just as termites infest a house — so that it seems to remain firm timber until it crumbles apart . |
| 20 | In England , obtaining extracts of public records would not be seen as a judicial act , and the phrase ‘ other judicial acts ’ seems to remain a source of puzzlement . |
| 21 | It seems to remain unduly descriptive and obsessed with detailed case studies . |
| 22 | DESPITE mounting general election fever political awareness seems to remain at a low ebb in Darlington . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , much as we should like to leave this out , the taxman never seems to retire ! |
| 24 | my Lord , my Lord erm my Lord that really brings me to what are , er my conclusions , my Lord erm , can I just practice my conclusions with two erm comments , first of all about the , the my learned friend seems to paint erm in relation to this of course Mr made a point quite strongly that he agrees this is a relevant consideration and that er have exaggerated the situation and if they are willing to make a point a like this it would require evidence , they did point to their accounts , Lord erm I do n't see to put in evidence , but the , the statutory statement of business served er filed by on the first of September this year with the D T I , revealed that has a total of sixteen and a half billion in it 's members premium trust funds which is up four billion from the end of the previous year , erm , set against that the claims now made against the names is , is relatively speaking er small , erm my Lord |
| 25 | The problem seems to affect people sensitive to primulas . |
| 26 | It shows her growing emotional involvement and gradually seems to affect her every movement . |
| 27 | This is a problem which seems to affect a considerable number of men in their forties and fifties , at a time when there may be a good deal of pressure on them at work and at home . |
| 28 | The economic climate now seems to affect art as well as the market : susceptible collectors will jump at Alfred Sisley 's ‘ Rue de village — temps gris ’ ( est. $700–900,000 ; £405–525,000 ) . |
| 29 | Miscue analysis seems to affect the way in which teachers approach their practice in a quite radical way . |
| 30 | Variation seems to affect all languages and to be present at all levels , although some language types , such as Creoles with post-Creole continua , seem to display more variation than others . |