Example sentences of "[noun] seems to [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 For the Institution even to contemplate withdrawing the free journal seems to me a grave injustice , particularly to senior Life Governors ( I am 78 ) …
2 This theory seems to me the most sophisticated method at present available of conceiving the relationship between musical forms and practices , on the one hand , and class interests and social structure , on the other ; more sophisticated , say , than the theories of homology put forward by some ethnomusicologists and subcultural theorists , which suggest the existence of structural ‘ resonances ’ , or homologies , between the different elements making up a socio-cultural whole. ; Such theories always end up in some kind of reductionism — ‘ upwards ’ , into an idealist cultural spirit , ‘ downwards ’ , into economism , sociologism or technologism , or by ‘ circumnavigation ’ , in a functionalist holism .
3 " The world constructed by the media seems to me a reasonable surrogate for " real life " , whatever that is .
4 Drenching even a few rooms , with foam and then a chemical spray seems to me a high penalty for catching what American police forces call a perpetrator .
5 Feeding your fish is probably the most important aspect of the hobby , but one which in terms of technical and specific advice seems to me a very grey area indeed , not helped particularly by product-leaflets/literature or indeed product labels as designed by the fish food manufacturers .
6 May we , through your newspaper , thank all those who contributed ; the Cairo project seems to us a most fitting tribute to a fine young writer .
7 I do not like the graphic novel , and for a new work from a successful author to come only in this form seems to me a shame .
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