Example sentences of "[pron] seemed that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just when it seemed that a try would be too much to hope for after 30 tedious minutes , the crowd were treated to two first-class efforts , from Ledger and Fox , playing his first game at Hilton Park since he left Leigh for Leeds three years ago . |
| 2 | To both men it seemed that a way out for all parties might be found in an international conference , such as that which had settled the Luxembourg question in 1867 . |
| 3 | Yesterday not only were the Xhosas out in force , it seemed that a convention of the entire Mass Democratic Movement - essentially the exiled ANC 's internal representatives — had been called . |
| 4 | But whenever Angus and his daughter went out in the boat fishing for their lives to keep themselves fed , it seemed that a seal swam in front of the boat and lead them towards the places where the fishes were thickest in the sea in that part of the coast . |
| 5 | Such a policy was first suggested over a decade ago when it seemed that a Polytechnics Central Council on Admissions , styled PCCA and doubtless pronounced ‘ Pukka ’ , would not be inappropriate . |
| 6 | It seemed that a place was available but that all the complex procedures had to be completed before it could be offered to them . |
| 7 | It seemed that every year was special — but there were extra special years , too , like the £1,000 Meet of 1915 . |
| 8 | The SAVE office was flooded with inquiries and orders , and it seemed that every village post office wanted to stock it . |
| 9 | And this issue he had been hard put to it to find a couple of intelligent letters for the correspondence page ; sometimes it seemed that every crackbrain in north-east Norfolk read the PANUP newsletter but that no one else did . |
| 10 | It seemed that every day the papers carried more reports of companies collapsing bringing inevitable job losses and their knock-on effects . |
| 11 | It seemed that every round of the cup had become a pressure game for Tommy but the Glens made it through to the semi-final against Bangor . |
| 12 | They had never even tried it until she had first seen Alain and now it seemed that every step she took was to be supervised . |
| 13 | There were no startling innovations , as Scott found that his main task had to be the adaptation of the wartime organization of the Metropolitan Police to meet peacetime conditions , and he was hampered throughout by a manpower shortage for which it seemed that no solution could be found . |
| 14 | It seemed that no obstacle at all stood in the way of the Empress 's plans — unless Isabel were willing to sacrifice Edmund . |
| 15 | When it seemed that the treatment was over , Freud suggested the patient should give him a present ‘ so that the feeling of gratitude would n't become too strong ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry to hear that , ’ the young man could not be sure , but it seemed that the child 's eyes were glittering with unshed tears . |
| 17 | However , the more I thought about it , the more it seemed that the approximations really ought to hold . |
| 18 | They had met just three months ago , yet now it seemed that the whole of her life had been crammed into those few fleeting weeks ; as if her living had had no meaning before they met and her future would have no substance if ever he left her . |
| 19 | To American eyes it seemed that the whole of South-East Asia was now threatened . |
| 20 | On the other hand an ambassador might refuse a present because he thought it insultingly small , because his mission had been unsuccessful , or because it seemed that the monarch he represented was about to go to war with the one whose court he was leaving . |
| 21 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 22 | Sydney Smith had been wrong too ; it seemed that the country was not even a healthy grave ; though , judging from Edwin 's pusillanimous letter , Smith might have been in the right when he suggested that there were three sexes — men , women and clergymen ! |
| 23 | When we looked more closely at what adult speakers were doing , it seemed that the majority achieved greater efficiency by using a combination of strategies in their descriptions . |
| 24 | It seemed that the circumstances of the 1960s favoured , for the more radical and involved academic , a relativistic conception of crime and a more positive , voluntaristic conception of the criminal or deviant . |
| 25 | In the middle of the afternoon , when it seemed that the work would never be done on time , Bellybutton arrived at the yard . |
| 26 | However , having read the notes accompanying the application form , it seemed that the work we wish to carry out does not require the formal Consent , since the work falls under Section ( a ) of Class III of the exceptions listed in paragraph 2 , ie. works of repair or maintainance not involving a material alteration to a monument , and this opinion has been confirmed verbally by British Waterways themselves . |
| 27 | It seemed that the man hiding in the bushes by the gate existed only in the mind of Mrs Browning , although she was quite genuinely afraid . |
| 28 | To the outside world it seemed that the man who was providing such a detailed vision of the paper would be editor . |
| 29 | It seemed that the thread linking me to those with whom I was familiar was inherently insubstantial . |
| 30 | Just at the time when , in Rome , Pope Alexander III was preparing to canonize Thomas Becket it seemed that the prestige of Becket 's old opponent was reaching still greater heights . |