Example sentences of "might seem a " in BNC.

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1 She is entrusted , on one occasion , with what might seem a rudimentary version of one of his own opinions .
2 On first sight it might seem a case of plus ca change , plus c'est la meme chose .
3 That might seem a needless question to ask .
4 It might seem a little crazy to move house rather than decorate the kitchen , and then finish up taking on an almost derelict house instead .
5 Girarrosto , at No. 31 Corso Venezia ( Palazzo Castiglioni is at No. 47 ) is Tuscan , which might seem a bit unreasonable in this , the capital of Lombardy .
6 It might seem a bit bleak , a bit inhuman ( ‘ antihumanist , yes ; inhuman , no , ’ she would interject ) , somewhat deterministic ( ‘ not at all ; the truly determined subject is he who is not aware of the discursive formations that determine him .
7 It might seem a matter of logic that Sicily and Scotland can not require the same performance features of tiles .
8 It might seem a daunting task , but in recent years climatologists have begun an intensive study of temperature changes on Earth .
9 This might seem a somewhat unusual thing to do , but if Mr Cleese can resurrect his dead mother as frequently as he does his dead parrot then she will have a busy afterlife .
10 If you have a frequency meter of any sort , check at pin 10 of IC1 to see that the frequency is between 20kHz to 25kHz ; this might seem a big variation but the design works over this range .
11 Considering the overall sound quality and taking into account how much is in such a compact package the retail price of a touch under £1500 might seem a tad high , but it compares more than favourably with reel-to-reel machines aimed at the same market .
12 ‘ It might seem a little odd , but really , the blending of so many different nationalities is what the University and the Varsity Match is all about , ’ says the 23-year-old hooker .
13 Golf courses might seem a very obvious use for redundant farm land , but where they are most needed — in the crowded South East — they have met most resistance from the environmental and Nimby ( not in my back yard ) lobbies .
14 We take up the fourth book and find ourselves with a work which , if we are not Latin scholars and particularly interested in medicine , might seem a dull dog .
15 There are few diamonds to be found , nor is there much cocoa ; and considering the amount of space the Pacific commands it might seem a little odd ( unless one remembers the geology ) that only a fifth of the world 's proven oil reserves are there .
16 Although this might seem a ‘ safe ’ option compared to buying Goblins , this is n't really the case .
17 Numerous theorists approach their work armed with interpretations or modified versions of Marxism , and to stick so firmly to elucidating Marx 's own texts might seem a rather scholastic project , in the pejorative sense of that phrase .
18 It might seem a smaller risk to stick to stores and wait for a retailing boom to return .
19 To a man from Mars , the ocean might seem a thoroughly sensible place to dispose of rubbish .
20 This might seem a rather feeble threat .
21 The Janáček Sonata might seem a more likely candidate for Zimmermann and Lonquich 's powerful projection and strong expressive contouring .
22 Though he might seem a minor political nuisance , his name was on the list of those to be rounded up and interned .
23 It is worth spending a moment considering what might seem a very technical matter , but it is one with important practical implications .
24 The year 's end might seem a long way off but the minute-by-minute activities of a Profitboss are always directed to that end and the interim end-results required to achieve it .
25 And that might seem a rather odd way to actually spend some of your redundancy money , but perhaps this leads us on to another area influencing the demand , and that 's to do with , if you like , psychology .
26 A common lawyer , as in the 1520s , might seem a better choice than either a noble or a cleric in an office so concerned with the law , but in the early fourteenth century common lawyers were regarded with some suspicion by the king-witness the attempts to get them barred from parliament — and by people whose complaints about the corruption of lay judges were frequent until late in the century .
27 It might seem a little unreasonable at first sight but believe me this is a possible approach , and under the circumstances it may very well be the best approach .
28 I confess it might seem a little far off — not as a country but as a comparison — and yet that was what I thought .
29 ‘ He might seem a bit bumbling , but he 's very good . ’
30 This might seem a particularly appropriate task for geographers although similar work has been the province of biologists , archaeologists and geologists .
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