Example sentences of "[adj] seem a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seemed a great victory for the undefeated Britons and since those living within the Province also now had cause to hate Rome , this gave them a real hope of a military success . |
| 2 | This seemed a suitable area on which to work , and we proceeded in precisely the same way as before , with Sylvia imagining the situation under hypnosis and then going off to do her homework for however long was necessary . |
| 3 | This seemed a reasonable system to consider , as , although it was unlikely that a perfect balance between costs and income could ever be achieved , it provided a target to aim for , or a shared value for all staff engaged on activities concerned with cost control and income generation , regardless of their departmental position . |
| 4 | For practical reasons , fieldworkers adopted a policy in these cases of knocking at the door of the nearest house of a similar type ; since the survey was based on geographical area and housing type , this seemed a reasonable way of obtaining data from a range of addresses while conserving time and resources . |
| 5 | To me , remembering the extraordinary deaths of Katharine and Primrose , in bed together with a copy of Trine 's In Tune with the Infinite open between them , this seemed a masterly understatement . |
| 6 | Although this seemed a good idea at the time , current strategy at WH Smith is to have full control , as in the buying up of 100 per cent of Molinaire , the TV services company , in July . |
| 7 | ‘ Kirkby boasts lots of football teams of all ages and this seemed a good way of drumming up cash . ’ |
| 8 | This seemed a good plan to them all . |
| 9 | At the end of the pitch I ran out of strength and quick draws at the same time , and this seemed a legitimate excuse to frig about , rest and admire the superb view from my vantage point high on the mountain . |
| 10 | Simon said : ‘ We knew that the group needed cash and this seemed a challenging way to raise it . ’ |
| 11 | This seemed a refreshing attempt to ‘ break the mould ’ of British politics . |
| 12 | Although this seemed a wise decision at the time , it was anything but wise in the long run , as we had not reckoned on the dramatic rise in house prices . |
| 13 | This seems a long time . |
| 14 | This seems , this seems a worthwhile thing to do to me , Chairman , this may reflect that , this position that we are in the business cycle that er , you know , with a slightly optimistic outlook , a lot of firms are seeing themselves in a position to expand and , and need this to help them do so . |
| 15 | This seems a useful way of understanding the impact of the Thatcherite revolution on the nature of state ( both local and national ) activity in the two locales under study . |
| 16 | This seems a useful technique for any situation where a straight piece of wood ends in a curve , since it maintains the visual integrity of the piece and is considerably easier than laminating a number of separate strips ( which I always find slide out of line while being clamped ) . |
| 17 | This seems a splendid book — excellent text , and as usual faultless on the production side . |
| 18 | This seems a far cry from the Tory-ism of the Exclusion Crisis : the Oxford Decree of 1683 had condemned the doctrine that the Crown was one of the three estates . |
| 19 | This seems a bewildering tangle of dates , but as a rule the traveller would take note only of the month and the day . |
| 20 | There is more to this speech , but this seems a good place to stop for a short and effective audition . |
| 21 | My dear , he said , this seems a good place for a nest . |
| 22 | Although it has tended during its fairly-long aquarium history to virtually disappear from time to time , it is currently fairly commonly available , so this seems a good time to take a detailed look at this fish and its requirements . |
| 23 | This seems a simple process . |
| 24 | Agreed that their exact requirements should be clarified and detailed cost schedules should be prepared , as this seems a reasonable source of income which would not conflict with the current work-load . |
| 25 | If so , this seems a substantial concession to patronage . |
| 26 | This seems a weak argument much in the spirit of the Andy Capp cartoon which read ( if memory serves ) : |
| 27 | This seems a clear example of his allegiance to popular dissent against the Church and social elite who supported the Restoration . |
| 28 | Again , this seems a justifiable assumption to make because the experience of the UK and other countries confirms that imports rise when incomes rise . |
| 29 | The Encomiast has Emma stipulating that a son of hers , rather than any of his other progeny , should be given the succession , and in the circumstances this seems a plausible feature of the deal , especially as she had evidently earlier required the English to guarantee that her son Edward would succeed Æthelred . |
| 30 | But this seems a unique case ; and while other towns may have had their equivalents of Ajdabiya 's tinned milk lawsuit , most places seemed to practice autonomy rather than to assert it . |