Example sentences of "[noun] seem have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the bike messengers , that was , and these were easy to distinguish because they were young and wiry and bizarrely dressed , and their eyes seemed to have a certain glaze on them from being on a permanent adrenaline high . |
| 2 | When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness . |
| 3 | That 's one of the reasons why I 'm , why I 'm also interested in er in Freud because I think Freud provides that , I happen to think that Freud 's studies of , of crowd group psychology actually explain that , although it takes time to you know , certainly not at five minutes to four , it takes time to explain , but I think there is an explanation there and I think you c y y you can claim that there are certain emotions to do with identification and idealization , th that our genes have a programmer which things like erm nationalistic erm , erm er kind of jingoism can exploit in a modern culture which in primal cultures would have primal cultures people identify with their , with their local kin and their local culture and that 's that might ultimately promote their reproductive success , but that in modern cultures , this identification occurs with erm on a completely different level and with lots of people will not merely because you need so many more people modern cultures you have much more erm much bigger groups and you just meet many more people that , than you were ever th there is some interesting research , research recently published for instance which shows erm organizations seem to have a critical size and that people are not really able to track more than about two hundred and fifty other people , in other words you can have face-to-face relationships with up to about two hundred and fifty others , but once it gets beyond two hundred and fifty it 's too much and you start forgetting somebody as if the brain was primed to an optimum group size and once you get above that you just ca n't keep . |
| 4 | UV light seems to have a particular penchant for DNA , and the chemical changes that UV radiation causes in it are manifest as genetic mutations . |
| 5 | Fortunately dietary intervention from before conception seems to have a favourable influence on outcome , which seems to be closely associated with the degree of hyperphenylalaninaemia very early in gestation . |
| 6 | Sarah seemed to have a special liking for angry gestures , even when she had provoked them herself . |
| 7 | The assumed humility seemed to have a soothing effect upon Major Tzann . |
| 8 | Whether one applies the older notion of a trend from less to more specialized or the newer concept of a trend from an r-to a K-selected adaptive strategy ( ecologists seem to have a love-hate relationship towards r and K selection ( Dawkins , 1981 ) ) , the phyletically younger organisms would have become progressively more vulnerable to environmental disturbance . |
| 9 | From café to museum , from shopping mall to concert hall , Nuremberg seems to have a little of everything , and a whole way of life ! |
| 10 | On the whole , algebraists seem to have a slight preference for the latter whilst analysts tend to prefer the former , perhaps because of tradition . |
| 11 | Lorne Golub at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his colleagues have found that low doses of doxycycline seem to have a direct effect on collagenase , at least in the laboratory . |
| 12 | ‘ You and the kidnappers seem to have a perfect understanding , Zen . |
| 13 | Clowns seem to have a lower centre of gravity , or a magnetic field that converts everything to prose . |
| 14 | I have already mentioned that right-handed pilots seem to have a natural tendency to turn left . |
| 15 | Beautifully arranged and produced many of the tracks seem to have a full orchestral backing-the wonders of modern technology Never-the-less this album has great atmosphere evoked by the fact that the songs fit smoothly and easily within the singers ' vocal range . |
| 16 | Both Joe and his former pupil Steve Vai seem to have a special fondness for one in particular : the Lydian . |
| 17 | Like other textbook writers , Greer seems to have a clear understanding of the ways in which the examination system services a class-ridden society : CSE Mathematics Book 2 has a whole section on overtime and piecework with a briefer section on salaries paid to ‘ people like teachers , civil servants , secretaries and company managers ’ . |
| 18 | The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause . |
| 19 | Kubrick can posit only a mystical promise of future ( individual ) development because he fundamentally has little faith in human nature or society , unlike Clarke ( most sci-fi writers seem to have a deep-down streak of optimism , even when as downbeat as Philip K Dick or as ironic as Kurt Vonnegut ) . |
| 20 | If the questions seem to have a clear age-related bias , however , then you could ask : ‘ Are you a bit concerned about my age ? ’ |
| 21 | Every democracy except Britain , New Zealand and ( with qualifications ) Israel seems to have a written constitution , plainly labelled . |
| 22 | The energy which creates earth lights seems to have a sensitizing effect on people so that they are more likely to see things psychically , and there may be outbreaks of psychic effects , such as poltergeist activity . |
| 23 | The High Authority seemed to have a wide brief on fiscal matters such as taxes and levies , as well as upon production and restrictive practices . |
| 24 | Devon Malcolm was not sparing himself on a pitch which was offering help to all the bowlers but Waugh seemed to have a ridiculous amount of time to ease him through the leg field twice in an over for two of his 10 boundaries . |
| 25 | So the missionary had to try to take the place of the doctor and the nurse , and had to keep with him a stock of basic medicines — iodine , castor oil , Epsom salts , santonin ( for worms ) , quinine tablets for malaria , and a plentiful supply of aspirin in which the village people seemed to have a great faith . |
| 26 | Yet so many people seem to have a mental block on this point , rushing for those little bottles when common sense should tell them that they can not possibly have some dreadful plague as they have n't introduced any new fish for over a year ! |
| 27 | Derbyshire Assistant Chief Constable Don Dovaston said : ‘ People seem to have a total disregard for the safety of themselves and other road users . |
| 28 | Perhaps it is the fault of the world in which we live , but people seem to have a great fear of failing , forgetting that failing at something does not mean that one is a ‘ failure ’ at life . |
| 29 | Some people seem to have a natural knack for making money , while others have a marvellous ability for getting along without it . |
| 30 | Palms seem to have a mechanical defence in the form of a woody endocarp , familiar as the ‘ stone ’ of a date . |