Example sentences of "[modal v] seem at first [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | This is not as heretical a suggestion as it might seem at first sight . |
2 | This might seem at first sight to express the naive view that onomatopoeia and other kinds of sound symbolism constitute essential features of poetry , but Wimsatt 's conception of the iconic function of language embraces a great deal more than this . |
3 | It might seem at first sight that this pace was unambiguously beneficial to demand ( being crucial to market growth ) and equally unambiguously detrimental to profitability ( being the only thing preventing a phenomenal profits bonanza ) . |
4 | The offer would seem at first sight to be an extremely generous one , but those who make it know it can not be accepted . |
5 | It would seem at first sight feasible to calculate this size in a way which reflected precisely the actual use for each category . |
6 | The intuitions most relevant to a study of meaning would seem at first sight to be intuitions about what things mean . |
7 | That it should have been modelled on the Temple of Solomon may seem at first sight presumptuous , but it was an age that relished allusion , and Solomon , son of David , was of royal descent , anointed by Zadok the priest , and the king par excellence . |
8 | It may seem at first sight that the plot of land , the fief , as it was called , was a reward for service , something granted in exchange for service , which would fall in when the vassal died and be regranted to a new vassal . |
9 | However , this limitation is not as serious as it may seem at first sight , since the thoughtful response may well be regarded as an adequate objective . |
10 | Innocuous though it may seem at first sight , this can be interpreted ( at least in the written form ) in two ways : either ‘ I dislike him ’ ( the most usual reading ) , or , in suitable contexts , ‘ It 's not true that I like him ’ ( for instance , in I do n't dislike him , but I do n't like him either ) . |
11 | Another consideration is that English can seem at first glance rather different in primary and in secondary schools . |