Example sentences of "[noun sg] seem have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The assumed humility seemed to have a soothing effect upon Major Tzann . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The theory seems to have a middle class bias in that it assumes that all criminal and rule-breakers accept and cherish middle-class goals , but many delinquent activities do not appear to be aiming for material gains . |
| 9 | The fullerene-road mechanism seems to have a similar failing ; there must still be sufficient small radicals around when the smaller fullerenes have developed for growth to continue . |
| 10 | A spot of the iced liquid seemed to have a calming effect on my larynx . |
| 11 | In the context of such an overwhelming victory for phallocracy , the BBC 's weird decision to focus its hype on Peter Snow 's giant swingometer seems to have a certain symbolic logic . |
| 12 | The legal profession seems to have a distinct image and the number of matters which are identified by the public as appropriate to a solicitor is relatively narrow . |
| 13 | We conclude that patients with cirrhosis have raised serum laminin concentrations independent of portal hypertension , and that liver dysfunction seems to have a pathogenetic role in the increase of this glycoprotein . |
| 14 | The Labour party seems to have a new-found concern about the level of borrowing , but I must advise the Opposition that if they are serious about that , they could pay for their programme only by increases in taxation . |
| 15 | The idea of interest seems to have a clean and rational image . |