Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lapels of his well-worn suit seemed to carry a permanent sheen from years of dropped ash on worsted . |
| 2 | This description of the extended professional takes some account of Stenhouse 's criticism of Hoyle 's earlier formulation which seemed to emphasise an uncritical acceptance of theory and consequently reduced teacher autonomy . |
| 3 | He was standing in the doorway , his lean frame clad in a loose-fitting tawny-coloured suit that seemed to emphasise the taut muscle that lay beneath it . |
| 4 | She loved the country life of the estate and could have been entirely happy were it not for Stephen 's habitual absences which only seemed to emphasise the constant presence of his mother . |
| 5 | The influenza epidemic of 1918/19 seemed to confirm a national state of unfitness : more than 151,000 deaths were recorded , the highest relative to population for any epidemic since the cholera outbreak of 1849 . |
| 6 | Much of the early proceedings seemed to confirm the recent resurgence of the conservative wing , as witnessed at the June founding congress of the Russian Federation Communist Party [ see pp. 37538-39 ] . |
| 7 | The whole Soviet record seemed to confirm the undemocratic origins of Bolshevik power in Russia : glasnost and perestroika suggest that the regime itself is on the point of admitting as much . |
| 8 | He seemed to like the easy life down there in Alba , or feasting with Popes and with Emperors further south . |
| 9 | No one seemed to like the dry enervating and dusty climate of the Hollywood hills . |
| 10 | I talked to the lady for some time and we seemed to like the same things , so I was pleased when their bid was the successful one . |
| 11 | The dusty streets , now that the traders had withdrawn from them , seemed to enjoy a silent life of their own . |
| 12 | They seemed to enjoy the whole thing a hundred times more than your average blasé concert-goer . ’ |
| 13 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 14 | I worked in England but I always seemed to miss the good jobs abroad ; every time I started rehearsing for something special , my mother would drag me away . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman seemed to miss an important point when he said that head teachers were worried . |
| 16 | It seemed to promise a new beginning , almost a new birth . |
| 17 | With its headbanging title , your issue on the Politics of Greed ( NI 188 ) seemed to promise the usual hellfire and damnation about the iniquities of Thatcher , Reagan and Co . |
| 18 | As we pored over his crippled handwriting I felt a steady heat coming from his body like an aura which slowly enveloped me and seemed to penetrate the very marrow of my bones . |
| 19 | FitzAlan shifted one hand to the nape of her neck , holding her still , while that probing gaze seemed to penetrate the very depths of her soul . |
| 20 | She seemed to see a distant future in which she and Tom were together in their own home , a house where music was made , and with perhaps their own children . |
| 21 | At photo opportunities or on walkabouts , he seemed to see a Private Eye cover picture in every handshake or pram . |
| 22 | Indeed , it is an oddity that he seemed to see the criminal justice system as being the only aspect of the environment that influences individual decisions about whether it is worthwhile to commit crime or not . |
| 23 | Everywhere , Perdita seemed to see the emerald-green colours they had chosen to emphasize their Irish origins , which were worn by players , grooms and supporters alike . |
| 24 | The eyes smouldered for a moment at the impertinence , then he seemed to see the funny side and chuckled hoarsely . |
| 25 | Naturally , he was speechless with rage and he seemed to go a funny colour , rather like the top range of a steel tempering chart — cherry red . |
| 26 | But in this case , the evidence seemed to go the other way , and was the express reason why the magistrates dismissed the charges . |
| 27 | She never seemed to wear the same fur coat twice . |
| 28 | Nicholson did n't turn , hardly seemed to acknowledge the other voice . |
| 29 | When our love was young , we would exchange presents — small tokens , often meaningless in themselves , but which seemed to enclose the very essence of their donor . |
| 30 | However , Kenneth Clark , who replied for the government , was not encouraging and seemed to accept the pessimistic view of Neville Trotter , Conservative MP for Tyne mouth , who blamed all the problems on Korean labour costs which were only 20% of those in the UK . |