Example sentences of "[not/n't] seem [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , in his discussion about " navigable rivers " he actually says that the phrase : ( 24 ) the only navigable river unambiguously expresses the characteristic notion , and not that of being true for some particular occasion ; but this does not seem to give an indisputable picture of normal English usage , and the same goes for his remark about : ( 25 ) the only river navigable which he describes as " unambiguously occasion " . |
| 2 | However , there does not seem to exist an accepted notion of ‘ grammatically different element ’ which is sufficiently well-defined to carry the whole burden of distinguishing lexical units . |
| 3 | Kate did not seem to play a great part in her husband 's political life : she appeared on platforms with him from time to time , but she was by no means an automatic member of his entourage . |
| 4 | However , scent does not seem to play a large part in hunting . |
| 5 | Admittedly , the theology of the end of days is vague enough : Daniel does not seem to expect a universal resurrection of the dead . |
| 6 | The excavator suggests that the positioning of the doors and the size of the buildings ‘ does not seem to indicate an agricultural function ’ ( Millett 1983 , p. 247 ) , preferring to see the stability of the layout as a reflection of social units , whether divided by ‘ kinship , sex or status ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 7 | The latter was more likely ; he did not seem to have a great deal of time for God . |
| 8 | And so far , with our results , it looks as if it does not seem to have a major impact on our patients , so we may be doing something that does n't er particularly help the patients , and this is very important since we spend a lot of time doing these sorts of er procedures in our patients . |
| 9 | Moreover , the best lunar analogue for the Mercurian smooth plains are not the maria , which are the best candidates on the Moon for volcanic activity , but the lunar highland plains , which do not seem to have a volcanic origin . |
| 10 | He does not seem to have a top trigger . |
| 11 | However , drying the whiskers out did not seem to have an important effect upon their strength , as far as I could tell . |
| 12 | Well we 've been on to and they do n't seem to do an awful lot . |
| 13 | Yeah , we do n't , we do n't seem to have a Vice Chairman , looking at last years |
| 14 | The British government did n't seem to have a coherent policy for dealing with the hostage situation , they just wanted to teach the kidnappers a lesson . |
| 15 | I want us still to go out together , I want him to be my boyfriend , I really need him to confide in , as I do n't seem to have a close girlfriend . |
| 16 | Nothing but bills as usual — she did n't seem to get a great deal else these days . |