Example sentences of "it seemed [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it seemed surprising to reflect that the supremely versatile Hampshire trainer has not yet struck in our Classic races , it was even more incredible to learn from the man himself that Dead Certain 's victory in the richest two-year-olds race ever run in this country was his first success in a group one event . |
| 2 | In such circumstances , it seemed surprising that the Report should recommend the repeal of the Obscene Publications Act and consequent decriminalisation of all forms of publication other than those narrowly defined as causing actual harm to performers , whilst urging for films , and films alone , the continuation of an administrative system of prior restraint . |
| 3 | The girl — it seemed sarcastic to call her the bride — was wearing a cheap costume in lilac that looked stiff and new . |
| 4 | It seemed reckless to press on , and we had just passed a safe , if inconvenient , landing site . |
| 5 | WATCHING the crowds in Wenceslaus Square avidly reading the notices in every shop window about the progress of the revolution , it seemed inconceivable that the hard-liners could ever return . |
| 6 | It seemed inconceivable that a mere punt trip could end in death . |
| 7 | It seemed inconceivable that any would be lost for ever . |
| 8 | If they were implicated in the cover-up it seemed inconceivable that the President had been unaware of what was going on . |
| 9 | ‘ But it seemed inconceivable that it could have been an accident . ’ |
| 10 | It seemed inconceivable that he was of the same race as the two vibrancers sitting near him ; inconceivable , too , that they shared his art . |
| 11 | The Republic had legality on its side and , at the beginning , it seemed inconceivable that the will of the majority , as expressed in the February 1936 elections , could succumb to the self-centred truculence of the minority . |
| 12 | It seemed inconceivable that the man who had teased her so unforgivably in the morning had been so filled with compassionate understanding later in the same day . |
| 13 | It seemed inconceivable that a man as fantastic as Damian Flint could find her attractive , and as she realised that that was what she truly thought of him she felt her hands move caressingly on his strong throat and her eyes move down unsteadily to study his mouth . |
| 14 | He was about five-feet tall , but he had an enormous ability to make you feel that you had been given a real challenge and it seemed all-important to discharge it to his satisfaction and he was equally praising of your achievement . |
| 15 | It seemed familiar to Carrie . |
| 16 | It seemed familiar : 373 was an Earls Court exchange . |
| 17 | It seemed strange to make that argument , Mr Cook said , when it was clear the whole policy review process was designed to placate the centre ground . |
| 18 | It seemed strange to me that many dead Germans we had come across in the built-up areas after leaving the landing beaches yesterday morning had no boots on , some were even minus socks . |
| 19 | It seemed strange without Sid next door , and the barrage seemed much worse than yesterday evening . |
| 20 | It seemed strange , walking over brown leaves to a very English suburban house in Maresfield Gardens to visit the great mid-European . |
| 21 | It seemed strange to Maura to look up at someone . |
| 22 | He had blushed at the thought and turned quickly away , but as time passed he found that he desperately wanted to share his secret with her ; until then he 'd always confided in her unhesitatingly and it seemed strange that something should now make him hold back . |
| 23 | At first I took them for Maria 's , though it seemed strange that she should be going down to the beach at that time . |
| 24 | It seemed strange , to have that old pamphlet by me , that tiny piece of a long-past England that had found its way to this Greek island , these pine trees , this pagan earth . |
| 25 | It seemed strange that it should still be there , in a trunk . |
| 26 | But then the weather changed and although things were given and flowering it was cold and windy and it seemed strange there should be all that blossom , wrong like , as if it had made a mistake and popped up at the wrong time — that was because I had felt the warmth of those few nice days . |
| 27 | She could imagine that Tom would go out and leave his door open if he was working about the place but not if he had quitted it , and in winter it seemed foolhardy to say the least to leave it and let the cold air invade the house . |
| 28 | It seemed logical to suppose they had killed one another . |
| 29 | It seemed logical , because apple trees were among the most popular fruit trees . |
| 30 | She had no way of knowing where Luke was this morning , but it seemed logical to try the house first and then go on from there . |