Example sentences of "but it [verb] seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it does seem possible that Georgina purposely waylaid Arabella on the day before she died , and that the two of them had a row . |
| 2 | That the project schools provide potential examples of good practice is also clear , but it does seem that potential here is yet to be realized . |
| 3 | This is not to say , of course , that there is no relationship at all between reading and spelling : but it does seem that teaching phonics may not necessarily have much effect on spelling ability . |
| 4 | It is of course difficult to measure such a discrepancy objectively , but it does seem that , for instance , some of the so-called' irreversible binomials ' such as fish and chips are less opaque than , say , blackbird , even though both contain only full semantic indicators . |
| 5 | And finally — Editor Steve Windsor is not widely known for his psychic powers , but it does seem some of his predictions come true . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry to go on about this BBC thing but it does seem important to me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The notion of tragedy did n't enter my head , ’ she protested , ‘ but it did seem odd for her to break off in the middle of a phone call like that . ’ |
| 8 | It was difficult to tell at that point how many people in the department wanted to be included , but it did seem likely that some would . |