Example sentences of "seem to be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The air was sweet with the smell of bread from the bakeries which seemed to be on every other street corner . |
2 | The country seemed to be on a knife-edge , with a minority government , the economy poised on the edge of collapse , and potential disorder in industrial relations , racial matters , and the affairs of the Celtic fringe . |
3 | Her fiancé seemed to be on a Cook 's tour of the Middle East , and she had a touching faith in my opinion as to his current safety . |
4 | Upstairs the old house seemed to be on a multitude of different levels , with steps up and down , unexpected recesses and windows , all of which had been given a character of their own , by a carefully chosen ornament or floral arrangement . |
5 | AT St James Park on Saturday just about everyone seemed to be on a winner . |
6 | Pockets of resistance still remained in 1922 , in Tambov , Siberia , Georgia , and Central Asia : seemingly safe areas , like the Smolensk and Kursk gubernii , were not as stable as they seemed to be on the surface . |
7 | SID , the German news agency , said : ‘ At a end of a hearing of which the DLV 's legal commission was out of its depth with the case and from the start seemed to be on the side of Krabbe , Breuer and Moller , there was a scandalous ruling . ’ |
8 | Delaney and Forster exchanged quick , worried glances , for the man seemed to be on the verge of total derangement . |
9 | No one stepped forward , no one seemed to be on the lookout for a stranger and the other passengers quickly dispersed . |
10 | He was certainly an attractive man , with bright , smiling eyes and a face which always seemed to be on the point of laughter . |
11 | Much of the recorded research seemed to be on the ability ( or non-ability ) to distinguish different sounds or single words through the tactile sense , mainly with deaf children in mind . |
12 | Their idea seemed to be on the right track but the quantities of helium were never going to fill an airship . |
13 | He always seemed to be on the move … |
14 | It had been an indifferent season for the New York Yankees , the team he had followed faithfully for thirty years , and , at 4-I down to the Detroit Tigers with two innings left , defeat seemed to be on the cards for a third successive game . |
15 | I had flashes of recall so many times seemed to be on the verge of knowing who I really was . |
16 | The Vietnam War really appeared to be near its end , and the economy , shaken by the rise in world oil prices and the inflation produced by the war , seemed to be on the mend . |
17 | Her eyes seemed to be on the ceiling , watching them . |
18 | Trade unionism in the countryside seemed to be on the crest of a wave and the sense of exhilaration was increased when in 1920 the system of price guarantees and wages boards was extended into peacetime . |
19 | Just at the moment when the establishment figures on both sides of the Atlantic were talking about substantial cuts in military spending , when the role of the hawkish political leaders was being eclipsed , when the United States seemed to be floating away from its international role , and new self-confident Europe seemed to be on the verge of creation , Iraq invaded Kuwait . |
20 | But biography had perhaps peaked as the hardback genre , and travel writing , except by the acknowledged masters , seemed to be on the decline in bookshops . |
21 | Ana who was so sweet , so natural , seemed to be on the point of hysteria . |
22 | And the house no longer seemed to be on the defensive , she realised as she parked the car . |
23 | Every time she seemed to be on the verge of making some sort of breakthrough , new questions came up . |
24 | Over one last rise , and they were driving across a grassy boulder-strewn plateau which seemed to be on the top of the world . |
25 | At times we seemed to be on an unavoidable collision course with menacing sharp edged rocks , only to be swept clear by the current at the last minute . |
26 | The little girl seemed to be with a group , the carriage was dense with bulky figures , and I had the impression someone was trying to get her away from the window . |
27 | The coverage seemed to be for the exclusive benefit of the Tory Party . |
28 | During the period between the Fascist ascendancy of 1934 and the collapse of Mosley 's hopes in March 1937 , Joyce 's personal life had undergone a change which seemed to be for the better . |
29 | The sketches seemed to be of a great age , but over the surface of some of them were drawn in fresher colours smaller and more recent scenes , and rude forms of animals , such as the kangaroo , wallaby , porcupine , crocodile , etc . ’ |
30 | Colonel Peter Young was a popular officer , well liked by everyone , always seemed to be of the same temperament , in action , or sitting at the bar in a country inn . |