Example sentences of "[pers pn] seemed [adj] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed worried that Prince Charles would not make the wedding in time . |
| 2 | In the hours that followed the announcement of the attack , they seemed convinced that Hitler had triumphed in the east without provoking war in the west . |
| 3 | They say that ‘ nothing happens to the bad ‘ uns ’ , but it seemed unbelievable that misfortune should strike Arthur yet again directly after his triumphs at the Horse of The Year Show . |
| 4 | It seemed possible that outpatient referrals might provide scope for savings if fundholding general practitioners were to refrain from referring patients in cases where they were ambivalent about the necessity for specialist intervention . |
| 5 | Only a week earlier on Palm Sunday , it seemed possible that Jesus could have led a rebellion against the hated Romans . |
| 6 | It seemed possible that childhood cancer was therefore something that happened naturally , was something that was part of the child 's genetic make-up , its chromosomes . |
| 7 | Since N-Oct 5 proteins contain only the POU DNA-binding domain and lack the homopolymeric glutamine and glycine stretches ( see Figure 1 and 2 ) , it seemed possible that N-Oct 5 would inhibit N-Oct 3 by competing for DNA-binding . |
| 8 | For just a moment before the Elbow , it seemed possible that Llewellyn and Party Politics might join the sad company of might-have-beens , for whom the 494 yards of the Aintree run-in have turned dreams into nightmares . |
| 9 | All brightness and colour had gone , and it seemed possible that Ilbrec had sent her right out of the world , away into nothingness . |
| 10 | It meant however that we had little time to relate our studies at any deep level to Buddhism , but it seemed unanswerable that people must have a deep understanding of their own faith before they can go on to study that of other people . |
| 11 | From the beginning of 1984 when it seemed probable that Lord Hailsham would soon resign as Lord Chancellor , Sir John was widely discussed as his probable successor in the Thatcher cabinet . |
| 12 | It seemed probable that Ras Hailu and Ras Seyum would join him , and that all Tigre , Begemder , Gojjam and Wollo would rise in revolt . |
| 13 | Moreover , it seemed ironic that South Africa 's reimmersion in the Test arena should be marred by such a local show of disaffection , a boycott naive and myopic in concept and of no relevance to racial reform in the Republic , which may yet have repercussions in the Caribbean game as a whole . |
| 14 | Its population was expanding so fast that it seemed impossible that food production could keep pace with it . |
| 15 | Even now it seemed incredible that Mark — cynical , idle , sophisticated Mark , had actually joined that file of Catholic students who , during Holy Week , carried a heavy wooden Cross through the public streets and along the open road between London and Our Lady 's shrine at Walsingham . |
| 16 | It struck him that it seemed weird that Leeds rejected continuous bids from Blackburn all through the season and then suddenly , out of the blue , accepted one . |
| 17 | It seemed unfair that Mary , Patrick and Rosie had all been reconciled , and that Moira alone was excluded — banished from their affection for ever . |
| 18 | It seemed important that George Aspinall should not know . |
| 19 | In 771 it seemed likely that Desiderius would join forces with Carloman against Charles , but in December of that year , the younger Frankish king died . |
| 20 | When it seemed likely that cars would be prohibited , they decided to return to the Lakes . |
| 21 | It seemed likely that Stanley 's stroke was connected with his lifestyle . |
| 22 | It seemed clear that Gilbert had wiped out the landmarks . |
| 23 | To the cynical and not so cynical , it seemed clear that Britain was seeking to secure the best of two worlds : to take advantage of the market opportunities for its own industrial goods that a free trade area would provide , while still retaining its special economic arrangements with the Commonwealth , especially its cheap food policy . |
| 24 | Looking back , it seemed inevitable that Evelyn would go down with some sort of psychological trouble . |
| 25 | It seemed inevitable that application for export licences would be made for most of these , given the unlikelihood of purchase within Britain . |
| 26 | When this proved negative it seemed obvious that Crabb had drowned . |
| 27 | It seemed remarkable that Elizabeth should be as good as she was to her sister-in-law . |
| 28 | More field trips were demanded ; in the new climate in which life was at last prepared to be amenable to Richard 's desires , it seemed natural that Murray should supervise these expeditions . |