Example sentences of "that do not seem [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to cry and even that did not seem worth the effort . |
| 2 | I knew there was nothing I could do but that did n't seem to be the point . |
| 3 | That did n't seem to be allowed , somehow . |
| 4 | The odd thing was , that did n't seem to be how it struck McWhirter . |
| 5 | Even when they left , that did n't seem to be the end of it . |
| 6 | Well no , no I know but I thought well that does n't seem to well that 's better than what they had . |
| 7 | That does n't seem to be so at some stages it is a little difficult getting it over as a as a a retired person talking to someone who is facing redundancy about retirement . |
| 8 | That does n't seem to me to be a very satisfactory way of detecting that these systems were n't working and with such complex systems as we 've got such as the system , it would take one person quite a number of minutes , if not hours , to check all the lights so I very much recommend this system and I should I suppose declare an interest when you start to talk about bulbs |
| 9 | of Knaresborough , that that does n't seem to be a a a matter that concerns the structure plan greatly because there are County Council elections , there are new County Councils , the reason I am here today is to avoid any sort of statutory commitment in the structure plan . |
| 10 | ‘ That does n't seem to be a problem , ’ said Juliet . |
| 11 | Well there is not because that does n't seem to right |
| 12 | But if it 's done as a way of accelerating the child 's development , in order , as it were , to give it the edge over its peers , that does n't seem to me to suggest a relationship in which parent and child are enjoying each other ; it is much more a relationship in which the child is being prepared for competition with its peers and this , I feel , probably is going to turn out badly , because almost inevitably the child will not reach the levels that the parent has build up in fantasy in its own mind . |
| 13 | But if it 's done as a way of accelerating the child 's development , in order , as it were , to give it the edge over its peers , that does n't seem to me to suggest a relationship in which parent and child are enjoying each other ; it is much more a relationship in which the child is being prepared for competition with its peers and this , I feel , probably is going to turn out badly , because almost inevitably the child will not reach the levels that the parent has build up in fantasy in its own mind . |
| 14 | I am depressed by the lack of provision for small children , because although we have things like the Equal Opportunities Commission and the S S R C funding , very generously research into what they call women 's under-achievement , educationally and occupationally and so on , that does n't seem to be the area in which things ought to be being done . |
| 15 | Fourthly , the appellants were never auditors of B. & C. That does not seem to me in any sense to be conclusive since the inquiry is into the affairs of Atlantic of which the appellants were auditors and as to representations made about it before acquisition . |
| 16 | That does not seem to be the law . |
| 17 | That does not seem to be the law . |
| 18 | It is , of course , true that some wrappers might come from the chocolate which had already been bought or from chocolate which would have been bought without the offer , but that does not seem to me to alter the case . |
| 19 | I am bound to say that that does not seem to be the policy of the Opposition . |
| 20 | Well the lowest figure , erm we 've already got a level of commitment , we have to have three thousand de-allocations if that was the case , that does not seem to me to be correct . |
| 21 | One possibility is that the sentences simply invoke mental associations , in the way that hearing , say , the word prognosis might make one think of hospitals But here that does not seem to be the case . |