Example sentences of "seem the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point , Alf Jacobson entered the room to inform us that when he rang the Canadian Pacific Railway to check on the 9.15pm train by which Mr Murray and party were to travel to Regina , he was informed that the train was held up at Swift Current because of the blizzard , and that it would seem the CBC party might have to spend the night in Moose Jaw . |
| 2 | ‘ If the saints can secure at will whatever their own wishes may be , it would seem the lady saw fit to turn to me . |
| 3 | And unbelievable as it may seem the champions have a meagre nine points to show for their labours following trouncings by Willowfield and Ballymena . |
| 4 | Indeed , that would seem the origin of Swift 's excremental vision . |
| 5 | Whatever may seem the case to a man chasing a bus , running involves little work for most vertebrates . |
| 6 | Joyce was given to describing such events so that he should seem the hero — even the wounded hero — of a hair-breadth escape . |
| 7 | It would seem the voyage hardly warrants the payment of this dinner . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It would seem the £100m needed to build the jail would be a ripe contender for the cuts and it wo n't go ahead for the next financial year at least . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It would seem the £100m needed to build the jail would be a ripe contender for the cuts and it wo n't go ahead for the next financial year at least . ’ |
| 10 | If the police can show that they have issued a warning , it might seem the defence that the actor 's conduct was not ‘ wilful ’ will hardly ever avail . |
| 11 | He did not seem the type , yet he passed his course at Achnacarry with flying colours . |
| 12 | But Lesley-Jane did n't seem the type . |
| 13 | Shame — he did n't seem the type to go star-spotting . |
| 14 | she does n't seem the type that would be a school teacher I mean the erm that erm seven , eight year old that she teaches and I just think what she 's like at school . |
| 15 | ‘ With the decision to promote unionist politics with the trip to France it would seem the council holiday club is as active as ever , ’ he said . |
| 16 | In it , Mr Rod Bowman , Bowhill 's managing director , says : ‘ It would seem the facility is being regarded as a model for similar facilities in other parts of the country . ’ |
| 17 | It too , in a sense , is a potential person but it would seem the act of a fanatic to insist that it has a right to life . |
| 18 | Did he wish to forestall any suggestion that a French Catholic might not seem the equal of , let alone superior to , those mighty Lutherans ? |
| 19 | Normally he would have had little patience with the attitudes of the Fromes , but the morning after such a bereavement did n't seem the time to argue the social or political toss with them . |
| 20 | This did n't seem the time to remind him that he had seen her wearing considerably less . |
| 21 | ‘ It would seem the people of Middlesbrough are about to lose a valuable free open space for the sake of an enterprise aimed primarily at commercial profit rather than providing a sports facility , ’ she said . |
| 22 | It did n't seem the moment to remind him that he had . |
| 23 | ‘ There 's a lot o' difference in their ages , an' Fred do n't seem the sort o' bloke who 'd be a cheerful soul ter be wiv . |
| 24 | ‘ He did n't seem the sort for being free |
| 25 | It was true that Ted Mosse had turned out not to be too honest , even in his best uniformed days , had run various little corruptions and been found out , but it did not seem the sort of bad behaviour that would have worried most of working-class South London . |
| 26 | The effect of the device is to remove or reduce human agency , making events seem the consequence of impersonal forces such as ideology , the unconscious , history , or language itself . |