Example sentences of "it seem [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 2 | It had been a shock to discover that for the first five years they went to homes in the country where women were paid to nurse them , and it seemed to put a stop to any hope of seeing Angel again . |
| 3 | ‘ It seemed to need a lot of explaining , then and later . |
| 4 | ‘ It seemed to take a lot of counting up . ’ |
| 5 | One last rocky outcrop of headland ; it seemed to take an age to round . |
| 6 | Filmer looked back towards Xanthe and the investigator and made a small gesture of impatience , and it seemed to trigger a response from the investigator because he said that if anyone remembered any helpful detail , however small , would they please tell him or one of his colleagues , but meanwhile everyone was free to go . |
| 7 | Not that it seemed to make a lot of difference . |
| 8 | At the outset , it seemed to mean a structure ( like the initial form of the French Community ) which would allow France to retain control over significant areas of policy-making . |
| 9 | ‘ It seemed to mean a lot to her , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The transitive verb meant ‘ to make suitable ’ and when translated into human terms this indicated a solution to a number of perceived difficulties in the juvenile labour-market : at the very least it offered a safeguard against redundancy through technological change ; it provided a necessary companion for ‘ intelligence ’ , one of the qualities demanded by ‘ modern ’ industrial conditions ; and it seemed to imply a degree of social contentment , integration , and stability , which were important , if only in so far as they could serve as protection against the ravages of unemployment and , in extreme cases , unemployability . |
| 11 | When the Department of Industry announced its " Microcomputers in schools " , scheme in 1980 , it seemed to Provide an opportunity for Promoting the use of the microcomputer in school libraries and through that further to promote the school library . |
| 12 | It seemed to provide an envoi to the policies and economics of consensus , which had coincided with decades of calamitous financial and international decline . |
| 13 | The mere thought of it seemed to drag a blanket of depression about her shoulders , causing her to turn away from him and go to the desk . |
| 14 | She watched it with mild curiosity ; it seemed to have a life of its own . |
| 15 | It seemed to have a life of its own as the needle ate up the cloth . |
| 16 | Bourdieu has written on traditional societies and modern society , but does not at all on the face of it seem to have a theory of modernization . |
| 17 | It seems to represent a programme which is extremely good value for the taxpayer and which offers the best prospects of much better services for the user . |
| 18 | Above all , it seems to fill a gap in the reference material available to non-specialist researchers who need comprehensive , contemporary information on any area of linguistics . |
| 19 | The reason the coding metaphor has such currency in contemporary talk about perception is that it seems to suggest a way in which very simple and apparently homogenous elements such as nerve impulses can generate the richness and variety of consciousness . |
| 20 | It seems to cover a multitude of sins . |
| 21 | It will run initially for three months but may become permanent if it seems to fulfil a need . |
| 22 | yes , yes , she 'll just have an or orange when I came out , she 's been , I 've been getting a few of those , it seems to help a bit |
| 23 | In particular , since in several cases it seems to involve a conflict of time reference , we must note that what is involved is not the same as a superficially rather similar phenomenon which was the subject of a useful discussion by Bach ( 1968 ) — all the more so because some of his examples are ambiguous and could also be covered by this case . |
| 24 | Standing high on the spur of Mount Subasio , it seems to provoke a feeling of peace , admiration and sheer joy . |
| 25 | I say minimal both because it is rather modest , in contrast say to Jakobson 's , and because it seems to present a demand that it should be very difficult for modern literary studies to deny : that in describing the language of literary texts a degree of rigour is required such as has been notably absent from the work of a great many critics . |
| 26 | It is a truism that a good story requires telling ; it seems to have a life and momentum of its own , which demand expression . |
| 27 | ‘ Yet it seems to have a song of its own , ’ she said whimsically . |
| 28 | It seems to have a will of its own … ’ |
| 29 | It seems to have a bit of a different taste . |
| 30 | Although this is bought through a massive number of connections it seems to have a number of advantages over previously mentioned strategies : |