Example sentences of "[pers pn] seem [art] only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you seem the only person present able to take instructions , perhaps you will relay them to Mrs Arkwright when she can be found . |
| 2 | ‘ It seemed the only way to avoid a huge argument . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It seemed the only hope at the time , ’ he said lamely . |
| 4 | And the storm went on and on and on ; when finally relief came to the exhausted crews , it seemed the only recourse was to turn tail and head for home . |
| 5 | It seemed the only thing to do . |
| 6 | It seemed the only thing to do in face of what he said . |
| 7 | It seemed the only salvation for a country with a burgeoning population and limited arable land , wholly dependent upon irrigation . |
| 8 | But , as an exile friend says , threatening to throw himself in Chihana 's footsteps , ‘ It seems the only way the media will be interested is if something happens to someone else . ’ |
| 9 | Everton boss Howard Kendall is reluctant to allow a quality player to depart , but with the club almost £4 m in debt and gates falling it seems the only way he can gather sufficient funds . |
| 10 | Emergency admissions develop a momentum of their own , not least because in some areas it seems the only way to get a place in a local authority residential home ( Sinclair , 1988b ) . |
| 11 | It seems the only way round my problem . |
| 12 | Unless the EC decides to treat them as a special case , it seems the only way out for them will be to give the toys away . |
| 13 | But it seems the only accounts the cash ended up in , were his own secret ones in Florida and Spain . |
| 14 | It seems the only time I can ever talk to you is on the way to violin lessons and on the way back . " |
| 15 | ‘ If we can identify this Person Y … it seems the only thing to do . ’ |
| 16 | It seems the only thing which divides the underclass from the rest of society is cash . |