Example sentences of "[pers pn] seems that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This extraordinary increase is due in part to the fact that the dogs breed twice a year and it seems that all females give birth whereas in wolf society only dominant females do so . |
| 2 | If natural selection were given its head , and an infinite amount of time to work in , then it seems that all lineages would tend inexorably towards ‘ perfection ’ ; where perfection was defined as perfect adaptation . |
| 3 | It seems that such facts are wholly irrelevant , at least in the standard case of discovery by a party to the action . |
| 4 | It seems that many buildings will soon become unsafe unless there is a big increase in funds available for much-needed work . |
| 5 | It seems that many men , however , show little in the way of symptoms and may therefore pass on the disease quite unknowingly . |
| 6 | Since the mid-1980s when the satanic child abuse scare first came to Britain , it seems that many workers within Social Services in particular have been influenced by this thinking . |
| 7 | Few copies ever reached the streets : it seems that most copies were seized . |
| 8 | Third , it seems that most adults are predisposed to respond to infants as social beings , and they are prepared to spend a considerable amount of time and energy in establishing a degree of social rapport . |
| 9 | So it seems that most women go over the 20lb ‘ ideal gain ’ . |
| 10 | It seems that most chairmen do offer a brief explanation of the tribunal 's procedures , though these may be rather perfunctory . |
| 11 | It seems that most designers of fibreglass pools are not water gardeners , for the shelves are often narrow and curved making it difficult to accommodate a traditional square planting basket . |
| 12 | At Bologna , it seems that both laws — the Roman or civil law , much used by the emperor , and the canon law , the law of the Church and of the papacy — were being taught by this date . |
| 13 | Thirdly , it seems that both groups of critics would want to see greater support given to natural families , in general , to help them to care for their children more effectively and to prevent the need for substitute care arising . |
| 14 | It seems that both sides work just as hard , although holidays are better over here . |
| 15 | As Buck states , ‘ there is , in reality , a lot of difference between the expression of a preference and a choice and it seems that some parents who have heard of the new rights sometimes confuse these two concepts . ’ |
| 16 | Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring . |
| 17 | Now it seems that some things work , especially those like the AEC that are associated with what has come to be described as the problem-focused/task-centred approach ( Roberts , 1990 ) . |
| 18 | Er with the new contracts that started in September erm basically it seems that some teachers are having to do bits of cleaning themselves to keep their their classroom up to up to scratch up to the standards they ought they ought to be . |
| 19 | In other words , it seems that some schoolchildren ( boys ) are rewarded for breaking the rules while others ( girls ) are punished for following them . |
| 20 | It seems that some designers of upright cookers think they can get away with dowdy styling and primitive features . |
| 21 | It seems that these patterns are maintained by insider knowledge depending on the extent to which speakers belong to relatively close-knit groups . |
| 22 | It seems that these conditions were relaxed in 1894 . |
| 23 | While I know many consultants who take supervision of preregistration house staff seriously , scheduling regular meetings and teaching sessions and using checklists to ensure that skills and techniques are mastered , it seems that these consultants are in the minority . |
| 24 | It seems that these obligations were found more likely to stir up serious friction within families than to rally family help . |
| 25 | It seems that these authors see mind as an entity distinct from the processes that support it . |
| 26 | This would offer great possibilities for travel in space and time , but unfortunately it seems that these solutions may all be highly unstable ; the least disturbance , such as the presence of an astronaut , may change them so that the astronaut could not see the singularity until he hit it and and his time came to an end . |
| 27 | IT SEEMS that these days Martina Navratilova needs all the inspiration she can get . |