Example sentences of "[Wh det] do not seem [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day after the declaration , which did not seem at first to be being taken seriously in Washington , Gen Noriega 's troops escalated the crisis into a confrontation . |
| 2 | She wore a light silk dress and thin shoes , which did not seem at all suitable for a long walk in the snow . |
| 3 | Upstairs , Fleury had taken the pistol to pieces ( as far as it could be taken to pieces which did not seem to be very far ) and put it together again . |
| 4 | Greg was uncertain how to respond to this addendum , which did not seem to be addressed to him . |
| 5 | Mrs Grandison , the mother of Sophia and Penelope , had the remains of her daughters ' Pre-Raphaelite beauty , now much faded and overlaid with some other quality , which had made her the President of the Women 's Institute in the village where she lived but which did not seem to be quite Pre-Raphaelite . |
| 6 | Apart from that , I do not think that I learned a great deal from Conservative Members ' contributions to the debate — except , perhaps , that the hon. Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) , who is not noted for his breadth of vision , does not like Labour councillors , which did not seem to me to advance the argument very much . |
| 7 | Perhaps nothing , but as she waited for money which did n't seem to be coming , it was fairly certain the crash was going to mean something . |
| 8 | But the films had strange names which did n't seem to Dot to mean anything . |
| 9 | When you were home — which did n't seem to be very often ! — you did n't want to listen . |
| 10 | She eventually found the River Boyne , which , according to the map , ran near Slane — which was probably a lie , she decided after making numerous unlooked-for detours because the map did n't seem to bear any relation to the roads , which did n't seem to be signposted — except for one that explained where the famous battle had taken place . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're the English male , ’ she 'd said , which did n't seem worth denying . |
| 12 | Ways of trying to increase your bargaining power include delaying negotiations or confrontation until you are in a stronger position , initiating action in another area which raises the costs to your opponent if he disagrees with your offer , linking the issue under discussion with much wider issues which do not seem of much importance at first sight to your opponent but which may be to his long-term disadvantage but to your long-term advantage which will compensate for your short-term loss . |
| 13 | Forbes ( 1933 ) and Snodgrass ( 1935 ) have introduced changes in the nomenclature of the cubito-anal veins which do not seem to be widely accepted while Vignon ( 1929 ) has an unorthodox modification of the Comstock-Needham system . |
| 14 | If we can identify style markers , we shall rule out , simply by ignoring them , whole areas of the English language which do not seem to be exploited in any unusual way in a particular text . |
| 15 | Gerard has a long dissertation on it in his Herbal of 1597 , and shows four coloured illustrations of different sorts , which do not seem to be known nowadays . |
| 16 | The other thing that concerned me was particular slots which do n't seem to ever produce much in the way of attendance or revenue . |
| 17 | So that 's rather depressing actually , that a lot of students will go into RADAR and various other sorts of defence things which do n't seem to me to be increasing the sum of human happiness . |
| 18 | Richards created a method of defining vessel shape ( 1982 ) using a fixed set of rules ; the profile of vessels is recorded and normalised to a standard height , a parameter which does not seem to be relevant to the definition of forms . |
| 19 | We wish to express concern about the above scheme which does not seem to be compatible with the environmental principles adopted by the European Community over recent years . |
| 20 | About mysticism he says , ‘ While its theories seem to me to be mistaken , I yet believe that by sufficient restraint , there is an element of wisdom to be learned from the mystical way of feeling , which does not seem to be attainable in any other manner . |
| 21 | when you offered a meeting which does not seemed to be in dispute , either you 're travelling to London or making yourselves available in Corma were you offering a ten minute conversation or were you anticipating that you would be able to deal with any questions he might have ? |
| 22 | Erm but what we would say at this stage , is that there does n't seem any rationale behind the discounts that have been applied by by the County Council , indeed we have a situation in Hambleton district , where there is a seventy percent discount , erm which does n't seem to us to have been explained or justified . |
| 23 | It seems to me that the new settlement if my analysis is correct can only be in one of those two areas , which does n't seem to me to be a very sensible way of proceeding . |