Example sentences of "it seem [adj] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed inconceivable that any would be lost for ever . |
| 2 | Once they were revealed , it seemed extraordinary that either operation should have borne the stamp of the American government ; they seemed to be bad dreams . |
| 3 | As I thought about it it seemed extraordinary that any man should endure such behaviour and still wish to marry the object of his desire . |
| 4 | On 31 August 1948 it seemed certain that another glorious Hollywood career was about to be poured down the drain when Robert Mitchum was arrested for smoking marijuana . |
| 5 | Since only a limited number of booklets had been issued to each school , it seemed possible that many teachers might well have seen and used it , a section at a time , in the form of photocopied sheets . |
| 6 | In the summer and autumn of 1989 it seemed possible that this might no longer be true . |
| 7 | As bile salts release PYY and PYY has been reported to slow intestinal transit time , it seemed possible that this peptide plays a role in the regulation of ileal motility . |
| 8 | Because of the rigorous nature of fasting and bowel preparations before surgical resection of tumours , it seemed possible that these procedures could contribute to the hypocholesterolaemiac state . |
| 9 | To the LDDC it seemed apparent that any effective programme for Docklands would need to concentrate on a number of key objectives . |
| 10 | It seemed to Maggie that the whole place was almost hanging in the air because it seemed impossible that such slender columns could hold such intricate , lacy arches and ornate ceilings . |
| 11 | There was so much snow that it seemed impossible that this was not the natural surface of the earth . |
| 12 | It seemed impossible that this might become a battlefield , and perhaps it would not , for Sharpe was already beginning to doubt what he had seen that same morning . |
| 13 | In 1985 , BR announced that it was withdrawing from existing agreements with the unions , although it seemed unlikely that this would seriously reduce the level of unionization . |
| 14 | I knew very little about boats , and had hated what little experience of sailing I had had , but it seemed unlikely that any boat would shut down its engine until it was safely round into the bay , or even then . |
| 15 | Since methylation of Dcm seems to proceed through binding of SAM to the active site ( see above ) it seemed plausible that this reaction may be stimulated by the presence of DNA . |
| 16 | So it seemed plausible that these elliptical fields are stimulated best by bars orientated parallel to their long axis , and that the lack of obliquely oriented cells explained the difficulty the octopus has in distinguishing between the two diagonals . |
| 17 | It seemed likely that many isolated sections of the League of Youth would merge into the Young Communist League if the national organization were not restored . |
| 18 | When , for example , I discovered that 90 per cent of those attending a workshop did not become Moonies , it seemed clear that any brainwashing techniques that the movement was employing were , to say the least , not very efficient . |
| 19 | It seemed obvious that all this operator handling must be contributing to the black specks . |
| 20 | The same medical model taught that both male and female had to produce the fluids necessary to conceive a child , and it seemed obvious that this occurred , in both sexes , with orgasm . |
| 21 | Though massive progress was visible in all branches of knowledge , it seemed evident that some were further advanced , some more fully formed , than others . |
| 22 | This I can not accept : it seems impossible that such a central part , mathematics , of such a political institution , education , should really be politically neutral . |
| 23 | It seems impossible that any mother would be able to find her own babe from among such a throng . |
| 24 | For those who do not have addictive diseases it seems incongruous that some sufferers will pursue their addiction to death , either through the consequences of the addiction or through suicide at the sense of hopelessness that is the hallmark of sufferers from the primary disease , - but that is the nature of the addiction . |
| 25 | In retrospect it seems extraordinary that some of these could be prescribed in the first place . |
| 26 | We therefore believe that all galaxies are composed of quarks rather than antiquarks ; it seems implausible that some galaxies should be matter and some antimatter . |
| 27 | On the other hand , it seems implausible that most male English adults readily consented to having no political rights , as would seem to be the implication of Locke 's arguing that England was a country with government by consent . |
| 28 | Curious in that with the bulk of the country 's youth taking their cultural signposts from America and the more visceral thrills offered by rock'n'roll , it seems strange that such a dated and wrinkly musical form should enjoy such an upsurge in fortunes , particularly when it faced competition from sexier young pups operating in the rock idiom such as Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard . |
| 29 | It seems strange that this great surge of medical interest in dietary fibre should have occurred only in the past decade . |
| 30 | It seems strange that this phenomenon , so necessary both for social cohesion and for the development of real harmony between ourselves and our horses , has been given less attention than pecking order : a reflection , perhaps , on the observer more than on the observed . |