Example sentences of "yet it seem " in BNC.
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| 1 | The families choosing such an event put a great deal of effort into making the formal disposal of the body ( which is what the job has become ) as relevant and reverent as possible , and yet it seemed extremely difficult to achieve . |
| 2 | She had known him less than a week , yet it seemed natural to turn to him . |
| 3 | Moreover , men were selfish , cold-hearted and dull , and yet it seemed that , for some reason she could n't quite fathom , a woman needed to have a man around . |
| 4 | Yet it seemed to me they had much to learn when it came to manners and plain humanity . |
| 5 | Her hand lay gently on his shoulder , barely pressing against him , yet it seemed he was gathered there at the point of contact , his whole self focused in her touch . |
| 6 | Sally Ward was better able to comfort him than anyone else , yet it seemed to the family that she did little but simply hold his hand . |
| 7 | They had practised together for only an hour , yet it seemed like an eternity . |
| 8 | And yet it seemed her annoying presence somehow energised him . |
| 9 | Yet it seemed an odd relationship . |
| 10 | Yet it seemed more terrible , a horror greater than the Abigails ' marriage or the treatment of the Dasses by their son , greater even than the death of Stephen 's mother because Stephen 's mother had sought peace and at least had found it . |
| 11 | Yet it seems hardly less lacking in vitality , and manages to make its commendably brief duration of 86 minutes feel like a great many more as it toils though a youthful crisis of conscience . |
| 12 | Of course the pineapple has nothing to do with pine trees and is not an apple ; yet it seems its English name is associated with pines . |
| 13 | Yet it seems likely that resources would actually be better used in other prevention programmes . |
| 14 | Yet it seems nevertheless as inevitable as it is logical that the prime mover and co-ordinator of curriculum planning and development must be a national Ministry of Education . |
| 15 | Yet it seems an omen . ’ |
| 16 | They talk about it as if that 's such a long period , and yet it seems like yesterday when my last one came out , but you do n't realise it 's that long ; you do n't sit round watching the calendar . |
| 17 | Yet it seems that none of them was completely surprised . |
| 18 | Over a period of three hundred years , black people have achieved a growing presence in sport in Britain yet it seems pathetic that we have no account for it apart from reference to the mysterious attribute called natural ability . |
| 19 | Yet it seems inconceivable to be able to do so without investing every creature from worms and viruses , which follow very precise cycles of action , to the higher mammals , with the sagacity and foresight of seasoned desert nomads or intrepid Viking explorers . |
| 20 | It was found in a Late Helladic IIIA context , dating to 1400–1300 BC , yet it seems to be of Minoan workmanship or inspiration ; it may well have been brought to the mainland by proud Mycenean conquerors as booty . |
| 21 | Yet it seems out of character . |
| 22 | Yet it seems very likely that it is an important factor in explaining the caring relationship . |
| 23 | That the king yielded to the resulting complaints of the clergy as far as he did might be explained by his preoccupations in Paris when he could hardly afford serious embarrassment at home ; yet it seems more likely that he recognized the powerful tradition by which the matters in conflict were long deemed to have belonged rightfully to the church . |
| 24 | And yet it seems reasonable to suppose that , since it remains the same object viewed by the observer , the retinal images do not change . |
| 25 | So the argument goes , and it certainly looks more radical than the tired old tat of punk — yet it seems just as likely that there is an unconscious impulse to flaunt having in the faces of those who do not . |
| 26 | Yet it seems that according to Lord Diplock such reasoning is merely the invention of a fancied ambiguity , which is no reason for denying the ‘ plain ’ meaning of a statute . |
| 27 | Yet it seems they keep doing the wrong thing at the wrong time , according to the papers . |
| 28 | Yet it seems that only children are not disadvantaged by this lack and may even profit from the attention lavished on them . |
| 29 | ‘ You say you are not lost , yet it seems unusual for someone to come across this spot . ’ |
| 30 | My youngest daughter Ella will be two on Sunday — yet it seems like only yesterday that I looked at her pink , scrunched-up face for the first time and fell in love with her funny , quirky personality . |