Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they , they had to do the , it had n't used to have very good drainage and far more of a slope , it , it 's far more level today than it used to be , it used to have a great slope towards the long end which was considered an advantage to Walsall and the water used to gather , but I believe the improved the drainage and had pipes put under which it , it does n't seem to gather water so much now down at the railway end . |
| 2 | History did n't seem to accommodate people like Charlie , it dealt with concepts like social mobility , observable through statistics , or political power , not single units of humanity . |
| 3 | Our studies suggest that the arrival of bile salts in the ileum may be one of the factors that stimulate the postprandial release of PYY , although the peptide does not seem to inhibit motility locally . |
| 4 | The sudden illumination did not seem to inhibit Ted , but Jenny found it comforting . |
| 5 | As a mother of adolescents myself , I now find this combination of intolerance and inaction extraordinary , although it would seem to confirm Selvini Palazzoli 's point that the parents in anorexics ' families are both unwilling to assume leadership . |
| 6 | Stewart 's departure , after an incident that left Paul Roberts holding his face , did not seem to affect Spurs unduly . |
| 7 | He hated seeing wartime documentaries ; they did n't seem to affect Anna in the same way — she seemed to thrill with excitement as the guns flashed and the tanks churned through ruined streets . |
| 8 | Our observations confirmed this : race did not seem to affect panel decision-making . |
| 9 | ‘ They do n't seem to like honey , Agnetha , ’ she said . |
| 10 | He put out his hand to touch the shiny paint but there was a man at the wheel who did n't seem to like Stuart . |
| 11 | However the collapse of the wavepacket does not seem to carry information of this kind so that there does not appear to be a prima facie case of contradiction . |
| 12 | But Horsley did not seem to see things like that , and he had cheered them up mightily with a little speech congratulating them all and insisting ‘ the team ’ must stay together . |
| 13 | This critique of utilitarianism would seem to support Gandhi 's contention that in comparison with sarvodaya utilitarianism shows a lack of dignity and humanity . |
| 14 | However , although literature in general and certain works in particular would seem to support Derrida 's claims about the principle of différance in language , the very nature of those claims means that we can not regard literature as being a special kind or use of language . |
| 15 | We have been able to examine these largely through inference alone , but our information does seem to support Curtice and Steed 's view of the ‘ denationalisation of British politics ’ . |
| 16 | At first glance , the association of holism with their strongly materialist brand of Marxism might seem to prejudice the discussion : the very distinctiveness of its explanatory categories might seem to distract attention from the matter in hand . |
| 17 | AZT does seem to benefit people with full-blown AIDS . |
| 18 | I was not hungry and the rooms did not seem to deserve cleanliness and embellishment in his absence . |
| 19 | But it does not seem to worry Montague . |
| 20 | Also , dotted lines showing arch shapes would seem to indicate brick arches placed below the tracks to give direct support from the original ground . |
| 21 | That last phrase would seem to indicate employment of the military to ensure safe and regular transit over Azerbaijan , through which 85 per cent of the rail freight reaching Armenia must pass . |
| 22 | The IPG constantly strives to improve the information service that it offers to bureaux , and bureaux silence on issues surrounding information would seem to indicate satisfaction . |
| 23 | At first sight , man-made artefacts like computers and cars will seem to provide exceptions . |
| 24 | ‘ The English did n't seem to know right what they were doing . |
| 25 | You do n't seem to know Father and what lies behind his jolly façade . |
| 26 | On the face of it , this finding might seem to invalidate Hudson 's whole theory . |
| 27 | The vast majority of our examples do not seem to cause comprehension problems for the ordinary reader . |
| 28 | Poorer working-class groups do not seem to perceive lawyers as providing a service for them . |
| 29 | The term " with intent " in s.9(1) ( a ) would seem to require purpose , a narrower meaning than intent in murder ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 30 | Hence , the creation of a single capital market in the EC would seem to require EMU , if capital mobility is to be driven by reasons of efficiency in the allocation of resources . |