Example sentences of "it seem [adj] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This curious conclusion set at nought the work on distribution done by Brown , Humboldt , Darwin and Wallace , and by the botanists Joseph Hooker of Kew and Asa Gray of Harvard ; they had found all sorts of curious patterns , of which it seemed possible to make sense in terms of migrations , barriers and ice ages . |
| 2 | Then it seemed unkind to leave Daisy out , so she was invited too . |
| 3 | As Alice Walker has pointed out , Blackwomen must read history for clues not facts , and it seemed essential to leave clues as to a more holistic range of our artistic pursuits . |
| 4 | It seemed undesirable to use force against the Yugoslavs at the moment , but incidents could occur or be provoked , and clear instructions should be issued soon as to whether Alexander should order Eighth Army to close the Austrian frontier to the Yugoslavs and eject them from Carinthia , which would of course mean by force . |
| 5 | It seemed unthinkable to turn Miguelito down now , after that warm flush of pleasure just thinking about being with him , his strong body and arms , his soft mouth and deep beautiful voice . |
| 6 | With the family reaching working age it seemed sensible to take advantage of the expanding market for organic produce and increase the chances of supporting them all from the farm . |
| 7 | And by dusk were back in autumn ; it seemed sensible to make camp in this gentler landscape , but during the night an odd wind fetched up and snow fell , followed by an appallingly humid heat . |
| 8 | We had such happy family holidays in the drizzle waiting for the sun to try and come out that it seemed churlish to spoil things with science . |
| 9 | In fact , it seems impossible to find examples of associatives which are non-restrictive , and this is not accidental . |
| 10 | If a relationship is clearly becoming either more established , or girls ( and boys ) are moving on to other sexual relationships , it seems logical to take precautions . |
| 11 | It seems reasonable to assume Fedorov will collect it , despite the danger . |
| 12 | It seems necessary to remind de Man ( who claims that " deconstruction is not something that we have added to the text but it constituted it in the first place " ) of Todorov 's statement that de Man himself quotes in Blindness and Insight : |
| 13 | It seems certain to blacken miles of pristine coastline , kill hundreds of birds and wreck lucrative shellfish grounds . |
| 14 | In actually measuring subjective risk while driving it seems appropriate to encourage drivers to think about the external environment in a more normal way and answer questions about subjective risk with reference to their internal states . |
| 15 | Sarai 's age : it seems surprising to find Sarai , at 65 , described as " very beautiful " ( 12:14 ) . |
| 16 | It seems right to see Hubble 's greatness in recognising splendid opportunities and pursuing them with utmost devotion and superb vision . |
| 17 | ‘ It seems possible to place France in the company of those countries — Germany and the US included — which at mid century experienced a ‘ railway Kondratieff ’ with emphatic growth-industry capabilities ’ ( Trebilcock , 1981 ) . |
| 18 | It seems fatuous to condemn companies like this for functioning as they must in the industrial and political context in which they find themselves . |
| 19 | Martin Hardie wrote : ‘ Where all the plates are so excellent , it seems unfair to make distinctions , but where Daniell especially excels is in suggesting the warm haze that hangs over a summer sea , or sunlight playing on the roofs of a fishing village and the walls of its harbour . |
| 20 | This disc is being sold in Britain , but it seems unlikely to win favour amongst large microcomputer manufacturers . |
| 21 | It seems easier to relate landforms in many deserts to earlier wetter periods than to present conditions . |
| 22 | It seems sensible to take advantage of the good days in order to make allowance for any excess eating on the difficult days , and dieting calorie intake can be averaged out on a weekly basis . |
| 23 | It seems illogical to require response to a treaty which adversely effects a third State , as in the instance of a territorial settlement when the third State also has a claim , and yet to regard lack of protest to an evolving principle of customary international law as acquiescence to it . |
| 24 | Carbon is versatile in chemistry in the way that bricks are versatile in architecture : it seems able to give rise to an infinity of different molecules , just as bricks can be employed to create a garden path or a palace . |
| 25 | They have a whole scene that makes it seem possible to write songs all the time and really , really enjoy it . ’ |
| 26 | By the early 1970s , however , the situation looked more favourable ; the reorganization of teacher education following the 1972 White Paper and the run-down of initial teacher training made it seem feasible to redeploy resources to raise the quality of the teaching force in further education . |