Example sentences of "[noun sg] seem a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the eve of congress the vote seemed a foregone conclusion : |
| 2 | Such drastic action seemed a heartless waste of resources when thousands of people were on the verge of starvation . |
| 3 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 4 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 5 | This former lover seemed a willing participant in providing this story but of much more concern are the occasions when former associates , not directly associated with a sordid murder case , are resurrected by the press for exhibition . |
| 6 | Rather it makes embarking on action research seem a worthwhile endeavour ! |
| 7 | Without the support of the Americans , harmonisation seems a distant ideal . |
| 8 | This uncertainty seems a small price to pay for the comfort of knowing that at least one of these effects must be a reality . |
| 9 | This currency would dominate declining industries and regions ( the British pound seems a natural candidate ) . |
| 10 | Detective Chief Superintendent seems a terrible mouthful . ’ |
| 11 | The fiction seemed a low insurance premium to pay for diplomatic and naval protection , the more desirable in a world where other predatory powers besides the United States were arising . |
| 12 | By early 1955 the result of the forthcoming election seemed a foregone conclusion and this was reflected in a substantially reduced poll in which the Tories increased their parliamentary majority . |
| 13 | A London-based consultant seemed a shrewd idea . ’ |
| 14 | It was one of those grey February evenings when winter seemed a permanent fixture . |
| 15 | After last night , work seemed a tedious irrelevance , a refuge which was no longer needed . |
| 16 | Yet in a former Durham pit village , although all had either been made redundant or been forced out of work by ill-health , a group of miners were so sustained by the community network of neighbours and relatives that giving up work seemed a positive blessing . |
| 17 | The guy operating the machine seemed a likely touch . |
| 18 | If escape seems a negative reason to go on a journey , travel can transform it into a positive one . |
| 19 | When I was ten years old somehow choosing to be a boy seemed a good idea , a logical plan to follow . |
| 20 | George frowned , absent-mindedly gave their order to the servant who had appeared , and said : ‘ I do n't know … marriage seems a public sort of affair . |
| 21 | Secondly , pick out a memory from your past , perhaps from your childhood , which makes your Dream seem a logical progression from what has been . |
| 22 | Every sound seemed a potential threat — the wind rustling in the pine trees , the flapping of a startled bird 's wings , the jackals ' baleful howling as they patiently awaited the abandoned carcass . |
| 23 | A GENERATION ago mammalian neuroanatomy seemed a scholarly subject , a frame for functional studies but unlikely to provide an impetus for the astonishing advances in understanding of the brain over the last four decades , in which Hans Kuypers became one of the leaders . |
| 24 | The outcome seemed a foregone conclusion . |
| 25 | At first , the war seemed a long way away , and the Otago CA reported that the 1914–15 summer promised to be a most successful one , with the ‘ services of world-renowned player , J.N. Crawford ’ ensuring that Otago cricket would be second to none in New Zealand . |
| 26 | To most Victorians , truth seemed a simple matter , only confused by people like Pontius Pilate , of conformity to facts . |
| 27 | Believe me , the sombre atmosphere of that place seemed a living thing which clutched the heart and dulled the spirit . |
| 28 | Despite the Conservatives ' election victory and the easing of rates since their high point in August 1990 , recovery seemed a long way off even before the events of Black Wednesday . |
| 29 | Overall , however , the accuracy in the appearance of the equipment and the ‘ feel ’ of the period seem a full measure above most cinematic efforts . |
| 30 | Petrol rationing , restricted travel , limited travel allowances , the Iron Curtain , expensive air travel and ships still commandeered , made travel in the immediate post-war period seem a bleak prospect . |