Example sentences of "it seem that [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However , it seemed that each sex could have learnt something from the other on this occasion ; by the end of the day , the beautifully laid-out nursery , ready to provide the young arrivals with constructive play activities , was reduced to utter chaos from the tidal force of juvenile anarchy .
2 It seemed that each member of the group had a question to ask concerning his or her own life , and the whole thing turned out to be a kind of Agony Aunt column — you took along your problem and were advised what you should do , and you did it .
3 It seemed that any movement of hers would be a snub .
4 No details on coherence of the supersecret X-ray laser demonstrated two years ago at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have been reported in public , but it seems that that device probably would not have generated coherent output for similar reasons
5 As long as attention is diverted to supposedly universal standards and the differences of opinion and taste which undermine them , it seems that all value slides into the subjectivity from which factual judgements are exempt .
6 Private Acts of Parliament could be used to overcome opposition ; 472 between 1770 and 1779 , 2000 in all ( Darby 1973b ) , although it seems that more land was enclosed in the seventeenth than in the eighteenth century .
7 Timings were not available as we went to press but it seems that this year 's performance honours must go to the Riddles machine .
8 It seems that this passage led Barnett J. ( and indeed the Court of Appeal ) to conclude that the district judge should have approached the inquiry on the footing that ( i ) the burden of showing that the continuance of the prosecution would be a misuse of the process of the court rested upon the applicant , but ( ii ) this burden could prima facie be discharged by demonstrating an inexcusably long delay , unless the prosecution could in turn discharge the burden of showing that prejudice did not in fact follow from the delay .
9 JUST when you may been ready to despair , it seems that this country of ours may have found something of its heart , or perhaps its soul .
10 It seems that this field is in some danger of being overrun . ’
11 People will say that they seem to be wishing that the person would hurry up and die , but in reality it seems that this event is the only one that can break the suspended animation of events being acted out in front of them .
12 It seems that this change is based on advice received from the Royal Society of Chemistry , though it has not been applied in the latest issue of Chemistry in Britain , neither can I recollect having seen it mention any possibility of change .
13 It seems that this trend will continue , and many African countries have been forced to accept democracy to foster economic and political justice for all . ’
14 It seems that this Andrée woman was the star turn there , won all the prizes , played all the parts , set the fashion or whatever it is they look up to at those girl schools , you should know . ’
15 Despite the fact that carnitine has not been studied in coeliac disease patients in other geographical areas and dietary carnitine was not studied in our population , it seems that this population does not have nutritional carnitine deficiency .
16 It seems that this tax charge does not actually cancel out the potential tax charge referred to above but it is difficult to see how there can be double tax problems because there can only be a charge on monies remitted to the United Kingdom and this can not extend beyond the amounts actually available to be so remitted .
17 In fact , it seems that this chintz was the product of a relationship rather than a society .
18 It seems that this perception is a common one amongst black kids , whether they are headed for a sports career or not .
19 Given that the majority of people are as rational about their fertility as I am — and God knows we are the ones who have to live with our decisions — it seems that any government which tries to overrule those decisions for the sake of some nebulous ‘ common good ’ , or ‘ future benefit ’ is not to be trusted .
20 It seems that any attempt to conceive of a content of a mental event , separately from its inherent subject , is in a way futile .
21 It seems that another Lance-Corporal from the Stores Platoon , responsible for running the Force laundry contract , somehow managed to get all his personal laundry starched and pressed .
22 It seems that another subtlety has escaped me .
23 For it seems that some assurance is required that societies have and must have this structure .
24 In other cases it seems that some assessment was made , at a high level , of the general condition of a school , so that it was considered inappropriate for project status .
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