Example sentences of "[noun pl] do [adv] seem [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And attempts by several African countries , including Zimbabwe , Kenya , Nigeria and South Africa ( would you believe it ? ) to ban sales of these soaps do not seem to have done much to lessen its ' widespread use . |
| 2 | One can speculate why , with so much in common , Greeks and Jews do not seem to have spoken to each other . |
| 3 | Sadly , population planners and contraceptive manufacturers do not seem to share women 's concerns . |
| 4 | Teenagers do n't seem to understand that they do n't have to actively misbehave to be disagreeable to older people . |
| 5 | Rather , the involvement of bacteria has been inferred from studies showing that pretreatment with broad spectrum antibiotics may prevent small intestinal ulceration caused by indomethacin and that germ free animals do not seem to develop the lesions . |
| 6 | Again local inspectors do not seem to do so well in engendering trust . |
| 7 | ‘ Kids do n't seem to mind the modern shirts but of course older people remember how they used to be . |
| 8 | Architects , councillors and contractors do n't seem to think that the working class need or want warm bedrooms . |
| 9 | It says a great deal for Saxon resilience that the Sussex settlements do not seem to have reverted to wholesale waste , and the pressure was greatly liked in 1017 when Cnut was elected king of England and the country passed under a Scandinavian aegis for the next half century or so . |
| 10 | Even the directors do n't seem to know . ’ |
| 11 | The other points to note on the Regulations are : ( i ) that advantage can not be taken of the section if a provision , ‘ however expressed , ’ of the company 's memorandum or articles requires copies of the full accounts to be sent to members or which prohibits the sending of summary financial statements ( ii ) that provisions , similar to those in relation to the full accounts , apply to approval by , and signature on behalf of , the directors of the summary , and ( iii ) that , up to the end of 1991 , most listed companies do not seem to have opted to adopt the innovation . |
| 12 | Merchant 's companies do not seem to distinguish between key result areas and critical success factors . |
| 13 | It seems that a lot of the new guitar players in bands do n't seem to go back anymore to check who their idols were influenced by — like , they 'll go as far back as Jimmy Page then stop , without finding out about his influences … |
| 14 | Lardner 's volumes were not quite an encyclopedia , since each one could stand on its own : volumes came out at intervals , and buyers do not seem to have been made to subscribe to the whole set . |
| 15 | Inland changes to sites over the last 1000 years do not seem to have been so drastic . |
| 16 | The huge dishes at the BT ground stations do n't seem to change much over the years . |
| 17 | For women , the social customs do not seem to permit such a clear distinction between work and leisure . |
| 18 | In fact , stockmarkets do not seem to penalise the defence-related companies most heavily dependent on defence contracts ; since the end of 1989 , shares in companies which get most of their business from the Pentagon have risen more than diversified firms ( chart 3 ) . |
| 19 | Composers do not seem to have found much use for this device , though it has been known since Weber 's day . |
| 20 | Others , particularly those with longstanding and deep-seated chronic diseases , may be tried with various approaches before a satisfactory response can be obtained , and some unfortunate individuals do not seem to respond well to any technique so far known . |
| 21 | Once elected , however , these principles do n't seem to count for very much . |
| 22 | Gloxinias do n't seem to like it at all , but that 's been my only failure . |
| 23 | SMALL businesses do not seem to know about the industrial building allowances introduced last November , and the uptake has been very disappointing , David Wilson , chairman of Wilson Bowden , the Midlands house-builder and developer , said yesterday . |
| 24 | The answer to this is in the manual , but most knitters do n't seem to spot it . |
| 25 | ‘ English dancers do n't seem to have the same enthusiasm ’ |
| 26 | English dancers do n't seem to have the same enthusiasm as Americans . |
| 27 | There are many references to our caves but the writers do not seem to have gone beyond the entrances and we are left wondering what they are like inside and most importantly whether they were ever lived in , and if so , by whom . |
| 28 | Producing a good report , especially on a very technical paper , can take many hours , and editors do not seem to appreciate how rewarding referees would find the knowledge that their comments were taken note of and that the other referees agreed with them . |
| 29 | But customers do not seem to care . |
| 30 | Now of course they will say that their goal is to win but unfortunately their actions do n't seem to reflect this ; no matter the amount of money Leeds needs to keep its class players if it wants to win . |