Example sentences of "might seem a " in BNC.

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31 To many this might seem a dry and rather dusty concern ; but those who have watched the progress of AD can hardly fail to ask if the person they once knew is still somehow trapped within the body and mind of the sufferer .
32 Although in retrospect it might seem a vain hope to disguise ourselves as a motor yacht , we were not well known in the area and there were , after all , quite a few converted HDML 's about in those days , so we removed a few obvious identification marks from the ship including our uniforms , flew the red ensign and settled down to wait .
33 It might seem a bit like looking for a black cat in a coal cellar .
34 It might seem a bit academic to worry about what would happen when the universe collapses again , as it will not start to contract for at least another ten thousand million years .
35 Rarely the third ; when gin might seem a cheaper and faster way of easing pain than any other .
36 This might seem a bit rich coming from a man who has spent most of his career luxuriating in material wealth as one of the US 's most enduring entertainers .
37 At first sight an association between NFC and a cycle campaign organisation might seem a little unusual .
38 Although the above might seem a little onerous , remember that the problem it is addressing , that of parallel modification , is of great importance and the difficulty of trying to cope with parallel modification is reflected in LIFESPAN .
39 While this might seem a basic requirement , it has resulted in a wide range of design criteria , each designed to fully respond to the environmental conditions .
40 But then you come to the problem , erm , because for ninety four five , erm , the formula suggests that we would need less staff , that might seem a bit odd but the , the reason is that if you do indeed bring your target times down , then the amount of work which your passing over into the next year is er considerably less , erm than the amount of work which you passed over into this year ,
41 The village of Stoke Row in south Oxfordshire might seem a world away from India , but the two have been connected for 130 years .
42 ’ It might seem a hard message , but it is a meaningful one and I would ask people to respect it . ’
43 INVESTING heavily in 1992 calendars or Cowdenbeath to win the cup might seem a better bet .
44 Although they might seem a natural fit for RTZ , the sale might still go ahead after a review .
45 It might seem a strange choice for a man who gives the appearance of , and sounds very much , a Home Counties man .
46 So that 's why their policies might seem a little bit wishy-washy in that how that if they were going straight for a rich peasant economy then perhaps you would have expected a more spectacular economic growth , but there was n't and perhaps this was because they did n't actually go positively just for a rich peasant economy , they were trying to achieve a greater degree of erm egalitarianism in the countryside at the same time .
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