Example sentences of "[coord] it seem the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The Poles filled every available truck and train with Silesian coal and sent it north ; for weeks a fine drifting cloud of coal-dust hung over Danzig and it seemed the port was to become a coal-opolis fit to rival Cardiff , the coal capital of the world . |
2 | There had recently been a very bad storm , leaving mud everywhere , and it seemed the sewers had overflowed in Saffron Hill , for the filth was worse than she had ever seen it . |
3 | We paid out on the life of Greg Martin — and it seems the bastard was n't dead at all but living a life of luxury in Australia . ’ |
4 | Half-year profits are down 6% at £108.4m and it seems the recession has finally hit the North . |
5 | Indeed it does , and it seems the job can not be left to the mere television reviewer either , for criticism soon leaked from the cultural pages to the overtly political ones , even reaching as far as the editorial sections of some newspapers . |
6 | He 's waited an awful lomg time for his chance , and it seems the fans love Rocky . |
7 | But it seemed the educators in question had simply failed to understand the structural rules of nonstandard grammars , and as linguists success-fully argued , their claims were meaningless . |
8 | She had expected to return home with full payment for the shoes she 'd made , but it seemed the theatre people were not too quick in settling bills , a practice they shared with the gentry . |
9 | Riven received many odd looks , and was the subject of much behind-hand whispering , but it seemed the result of awe more than anything else . |
10 | But it seemed the doctor could persuade Sarah to do anything , for it did n't take much argument to convince her that it was wrong to be ungracious . |
11 | We think John Patten 's gone too far and should resign — but it seems the way of things in government now — they call each other ’ bastards ’ and ’ barmy ’ people , that 's not how public life should be governed |
12 | The research is still in the early stages , but it seems the drug could help patients withstand higher doses of radiation , or might itself kill cancer cells . |
13 | A panda will eat meat if the opportunity arises , but it seems the attitude is not one of a hunter — the effort seems to great when the sun is warm and a cosy spot for a nap is just round the corner . |
14 | Scotland have offered some assistance in the Canadians ' injury crisis , physiotherapist Colin Elliot will be available to them , but it seems the Canadians stopped short of asking Scotland whether they could borrow their spare player — Stark — for the Fiji tournament , for which Canadian captain Julian Loveday has joined David Lougheed as an invalid . |
15 | A security guard has been shot several times during a bungled armed robbery attempt outside a bank.The guard was shot in the leg by two men just after he arrived in a security van , but it seems the raiders escaped empty handed . |
16 | What happened is not clear , but it seems the moran displayed a certain lack of enthusiasm : ‘ in the conditions prevailing one week saw the limit of their usefulness ’ , was the cryptic summary of the Kajiado DO . |
17 | ‘ Do n't much care for it myself but it seems the people do . |
18 | What the girl was suggesting was probably impossible , but it seems the logistics were never checked . |
19 | The performances individually are ok but it seems the tactics are wrong . |