Example sentences of "it seem odd " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed odd that he should feel ill at ease among the people whose vernacular he has espoused so wholeheartedly . |
| 2 | It seemed odd , but not remarkable . |
| 3 | It seemed odd that my skin could be so wet and my mouth so dry . |
| 4 | It seemed odd that taking the ( gentle ) mickey out of women ( i.e. ourselves ) made some men ( not our Real Pals ) feel a bit got at … |
| 5 | It seemed odd , anyway , to be holding a kind of celebratory dinner , the original highspot of the weekend , when someone had just been killed in the very kitchen where the preparations were taking place . |
| 6 | It seemed odd that a military organisation could have the power to change your entire identity . |
| 7 | Although it seemed odd . |
| 8 | It seemed odd when you came to consider it . |
| 9 | ‘ It seemed odd at the time , ’ the youth went on , unconscious of his sudden undesirability . |
| 10 | It seemed odd not to be surrounded by concrete , but the jungle-dense trees and vertiginous inclines were hardly less oppressive . |
| 11 | It seemed odd that he loathed her with such intensity and yet had made a pass at her . |
| 12 | It always was a surprise , the pure majesty of the scene approaching the Alps , more especially in moonlight ; it seemed odd to me , whilst devouring this special panorama that in a short time we would be raining all the horrors of war down on people not seriously willing to fight . |
| 13 | So on first consideration it seems odd that in the early days of planning The Possessed Dostoevsky should write to his friend Maikov and describe his new venture as ‘ like Crime and Punishment but even nearer to reality , even more urgent , and directly concerned with the most important contemporary question ’ . |
| 14 | It seems odd that I should be expected to pay for the privilege of assisting in this way , in particular , as I doubt that these changes will alleviate the falling numbers of applicants to medical schools in the UK . |
| 15 | It seems odd , at first sight , that the potteries of Stoke-on-Trent ( q.v. ) should have grown up more than two hundred miles away from the source of their vital ingredient , but in fact the manufacture of stoneware and earthenware had been established in Staffordshire long before the secret of porcelain was found , and that area had the necessary clay , coal and water supplies for the growth of the industry . |
| 16 | It seems odd now that I was offered a place at Somerville College , Oxford , by my Headmistress on the strength of my extra-mural Diploma and my war service . |
| 17 | It seems odd at first sight that Celsus senior should have been of this view , and odder that he managed to persuade Ducenius Varus ( consul in AD 95 ) and his colleagues that it was the correct one . |
| 18 | But it seems odd that the nut is not the prime product of the tree : apparently the fluid of the cashew apple , quite apart from its inflammatory properties , makes jam , a passable alcoholic beverage , is a lubricant , and insecticide , and finds a use in paints , plastics and car tyres . |
| 19 | It seems odd , in retrospect , to see governments delegating so passively their most important educational function , but there were two main reasons for it at the time . |
| 20 | If it seems odd to devote a chapter to one book , however important and significant , it must be appreciated that numerically it is by far the most commonly found book and one which has been published over such a long period that the collector will see it more frequently than any other . |
| 21 | It seems odd , but I was enjoying myself so much that I hardly gave a thought to the fact that we were alone , miles away from anyone , and that the average man in such a situation … |
| 22 | It seems odd that a man with so much of a reputation for sexual encounters should cringe from public contact , but it was all part of his reserve . |
| 23 | If charges are intended to raise money , it seems odd not to impose them for staying in hospital or visiting a GP . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , it seems odd , does n't it ? ’ |
| 25 | Given the apparent sexist bias of much humanities and social science teaching , it seems odd that it is in these subjects that women are numerous ; it is the absence of women in physical science and engineering that has generally been regarded as a ‘ problem ’ . |
| 26 | It seems odd , now , but so it was : this is what young people did in those days . |
| 27 | Looking back , it seems odd that , although this happened many times in the moves over the years , the cars and trucks were never searched . |
| 28 | It seems odd that this extra day should suddenly appear every Leap Year but there is a good reason . |
| 29 | It seems odd that the Prime Minister should use the same words as us . |
| 30 | It seems odd not to do so when he is innocent . |