Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] seem [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mrs Fanshawe 's sister seemed quite certain . ’ |
| 2 | Last night 's intimacy seemed doubly incongruous in contrast to this fraught hostility . |
| 3 | Kilfedder 's vote seems highly personal and only those who are close to the political scene in North Down can know whether natural supporters of UPNI and Alliance had Kilfedder as a first and personal preference , and then reverted to their natural allegiance , or whether the position was reversed . |
| 4 | Even royal uncles traditionally drew the line at that , something which explains why Gloucester 's action seemed so shocking to contemporaries and , perhaps , why he got away with it so easily in the short term . |
| 5 | Even royal uncles traditionally drew the line at that , something which explains why Gloucester 's action seemed so shocking to contemporaries and , perhaps , why he got away with it so easily in the short term . |
| 6 | At one time Lancashire 's reply seemed very likely to even less than that as Albert Ward , Sugg , Smith and Briggs were all back in the pavilion with only 21 on the board . |
| 7 | Valerie Cass 's motive seemed pretty feeble , too . |
| 8 | He was fine-featured and his dress and movements had a fastidiousness that made Ludo 's appearance seem almost earthy . |
| 9 | PENNED-IN by steel barriers between a noisy crowd of gay liberationists and the lonely emissary of the oppressed African Dinkas , few of the street-corner causes besieging this week 's conference seem as hopeless as the campaign for Labour to organise in Ulster . |
| 10 | However Prolific 's strategy seems absurdly short-term . |
| 11 | Germany 's performance seems yet another example of a successful rival economy taking the sort of long-term view that still eludes us . |
| 12 | Coming to Belgium in mid-May , Hunt 's championship seemed fairly hopeless : Lauda had ( though temporarily ) increased his championship points to 33 and Hunt was still stuck on six . |
| 13 | On the surface , Paula 's life seems very different to Shirley 's dead-end existence . |
| 14 | But at the level of theory Dearlove 's approach seems more helpful than Cockburn 's in a number of important respects . |
| 15 | It is this kind of intriguing connection which makes Cynthia Enloe 's book seem so promising . |
| 16 | She shivered as she considered the implications of this , and for a moment Johnny 's world seemed uncomfortably close . |
| 17 | Despite its eulogistic tone Oldershaw 's memory seems more credible than E. C. Bentley 's half-humorous , half-invented sketch of Thomas aged sixteen during his first half-year at St. Paul 's : ‘ It was Walker [ Frederick Walker , the High Master ] too , who had made this possible by clearing the ‘ History Eighth ’ , the first recruits to which included my friend Oldershaw and myself , soon to be joined by an exceptionally reserved and quiet boy who usually had in his pocket a rat or so , and a few snakes , which he would shut in his desk with books , and occasionally peep at stealthily — Edward Thomas the poet . ’ |
| 18 | He would have denied it quite genuinely " , which suggests Eliot 's ability to seem quite different to different people . |
| 19 | Even to Harry , then , her reaction to Clare Mallender 's death seemed too sincere to be ignored . |
| 20 | Fiona 's face seemed very real as I closed my eyes and scenes of the Highlands passed before me . |
| 21 | Across the gleaming table , Montgomery 's face seemed almost luminous . |
| 22 | To many people the horse 's face seems rather unexpressive , and as a result they are unaware of the emotions of the horse . |
| 23 | All this makes Pat 's task seem very daunting but she is challenged by the strength and reality of the faith of the people she plans to meet soon . |