Example sentences of "it [verb] to me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seemed to me necessary to bring the testimony of our solidarity for the courage and determination of Colombia to fight a danger that extends beyond the borders of this country , ’ Mr Mitterrand told President Virgilio Barco . |
| 2 | It seemed to me extraordinary that this man should have such immense authority in caste-ridden India ; yet no one has questioned his greatness . |
| 3 | understand why all the agencies involved identify four in those circumstances I think in R A Southern Water district to themselves , because we 've got that information repeated across the county erm and it seemed to me important that erm somebody er accepted responsibility for taking an overall view of the circumstances to er merely because of course we can only concern ourselves with manmade er circumstances rather than er erm but I think you know members would agree that as a strategic planning authority , we appear to be the only auth er the only body which can erm in the cold light of day we view the circumstances look at the implications for strategic planning and local planning and the suggestion of those developments and obviously that would be a concern to us and er I felt and I have to that it is an area of responsibility erm which er within the of this |
| 4 | It seemed to me axiomatic . |
| 5 | It seemed to me advisable in all the circumstances . |
| 6 | Thus it seemed to me clear that the Galatians passage ( that there is neither Jew nor Greek , nor bond nor free , there is no more male and female ) 20 was of the essence of Christianity . |
| 7 | It seemed to me shocking that they should engage in such a crude , almost obscene activity in public , and I would watch them with fascinated repulsion . |
| 8 | It seemed to me obvious at the time that to be a child was safer and easier than to be adult and that , specifically , to be a girl was safer and easier than to be a woman . |
| 9 | It seemed to me incredible . |
| 10 | After a while it seemed to me amusing that such preparations as a wedding involve should surround the plain , pale husk that was me and that no one had commented on this incongruity . |
| 11 | Now at that time the Scottish National Party was the only other party in Scotland advocating what we were advocating ( though obviously going much further ) and it seemed to me crazy to be competing with them for devolutionary votes . |
| 12 | It sounds to me illegal to even try to touch somebody 's future . ’ |
| 13 | Therefore it appears to me clear that a corporation at common law may maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured . |
| 14 | Therefore it appears to me clear that a corporation at common law may maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured . |
| 15 | In the present case , it appears to me apt to describe the changing of the lock at 195 , Burnt Oak Broadway as " an idle ceremony . " |
| 16 | It seems to me deplorable that proud mountains should be degraded and downgraded thus . |
| 17 | Coroner : ‘ It seems to me deplorable that you did not go into the workhouse . ’ |
| 18 | It seems to me indisputable that , in our culture , adolescence constitutes just such a crisis — perhaps for many people the major one — but because it is one with which we are all familiar , I do not intend to delineate it in detail . |
| 19 | The latter responded by writing to the then minister of health , saying : ‘ It seems to me intolerable that employees of the Health Service should openly criticise their health authorities in this sort of way . ’ |
| 20 | Again , because of the nature of the allegations and counter-allegations , it seems probable that the hearing would be lengthy and bitter , and in view of their ages it seems to me impossible that the children would not know all about the hearing and the issues raised by it and be caught up in that bitterness . |
| 21 | Without deciding the point , it seems to me arguable that , on the taxpayer 's argument , such loss or part of it would be an expense incurred by the school in providing the concessionary places . |
| 22 | Forgive me but it seems to me strange that a lady such as you … how shall I say … should stay in a pensione . |
| 23 | It seems to me possible to demonstrate that some of the general requirements of justice are compatible with any determinations including contradictory determinations . |
| 24 | It seems to me possible that here in this room we might between us just conceivably be able to make a first … |
| 25 | If not it seems to me possible that Summerchild could be opening himself to proceedings under the Official Secrets Act . |
| 26 | ‘ It seems to me appropriate and just , ’ went on Miss Fergusson , ‘ that the first traveller to ascend the mountain upon which the Ark rested should bear the name of an animal . |
| 27 | Er we 're going to er get it drafted up and er we have some money in the , we have some money in our budget , for a gift , and it seems to me appropriate erm that the gift that we might make to Cheskevod is the s trading charter which we can get for the money that we 've budgeted er written by a calligrapher who I 've already contacted , who said that they can do it erm well , for that sort of price , in both English and Czech . |
| 28 | It seems to me appropriate and indeed perhaps essential that one should offer a brief biographical sketch of Proust on an occasion like this , but I shall try to avoid the unbalance of which I 've spoken , by at least relating the biography to the circumstances in which the novel was written , and I shall in any case spend the major part of the time that remains on an examination of the novel itself . |
| 29 | It seems to me questionable that Ruether is herself theistic . |
| 30 | But where I am is in something of a dilemma , because if we do n't recruit anybody now it seems to me unlikely that we will actually manage to reduce our times , that would in tern would mean we 'd actually want more staff next year erm , so I have set out a series of options . |