Example sentences of "[vb mod] seem to [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 You few must seem to be many . ’
2 For some tastes these measures , and particularly the last , might seem to be simplistic responses to public outrage — based on the old principle of having to be seen to be doing something , anything in a crisis .
3 If necessary , such a person could then be sent on a suitable training course to learn any technical skills which might seem to be appropriate .
4 The answer might seem to be that experience tells us that nation states are a key fact of the current world and that they plainly do often behave in a self-interested way .
5 Using similar materials in joint replacements , heart valves , membrane oxygenators and haemodialysis membranes presents specific problems associated with , for example , their biocompatibility , strength and permeability that might seem to be absent in contact lenses .
6 So these first results indicated that quantum mechanics is adequate even for those situations where nonlocal effects might seem to be necessary .
7 There is one well-known materialist account of different modes of knowledge that might seem to be useful here in preserving the ‘ mode of knowledge ’ approach against the need for the more drastic behaviouristic alternative .
8 He points out that such a provision bans any invasion of sovereign territory , air space and maritime zones , even where there might seem to be good grounds .
9 Now we can distinguish what might seem to be two forms or , versions of conventionalism .
10 So they 'd seem to be ideal for anyone wishing to avoid police cameras .
11 But as the male can just as easily catch small prey , the female would seem to be disadvantaged .
12 A better name would seem to be Cadomian , after the Roman name for Caen in Normandy , where all the Precambrian sediments seem to have been tectonised before the beginning of the early Palaeozoic .
13 There would seem to be four types of players contesting the board and two axes on which the game pivots : conservative — transformist ( a safer term than ‘ radical ’ ) , and centraliser — de-centraliser ( a safer term than ‘ liberal ’ ) .
14 Written resolutions can not be used to remove directors and auditors , but the s 382B procedure would seem to be available , so that removal of a non-member director or the auditor without a meeting or without director or auditor representation could be achieved in that way .
15 The mood would seem to be temporary ; judging by the ever-decreasing number of Trabants on eastern Germany 's roads no one , when faced with the superior horsepower of Volkswagen , Audi and Mercedes , is that nostalgic .
16 This would seem to be one of the few events that had any lasting emotional effect on him .
17 There would seem to be ample justification for preventive interventions aimed at reducing feelings of helplessness , if it were possible , and of enhancing feelings of self-esteem for women raised in institutions or for other reasons experiencing a marked lack of care in childhood .
18 Usually Aunt Louise would seem to be asleep , or not to realize I was there .
19 In a world in which women are understood to be the equals of men , and in which we must promote the equality of people of different races , such a Christology as that which I was proposing would seem to be fruitful .
20 The point was not seen in Collins , which would seem to be incorrect on this issue .
21 Acceptance of these presuppositions would seem to be possible only on the basis of faith , and this point is made by Gandhi when he says
22 If such stipulations are made for so mundane a practice as motoring , they would seem to be reasonable precautions for protecting our environment for the rest of time from possible damage by man-made creatures .
23 And with the millions of insects buzzing , crawling , flying and swimming about , all needing to communicate with their own kind and with other associated species , but not with the millions of other creatures , this would seem to be essential to avoid confusion .
24 Although the latter would seem to be essential , they could contain a large proportion of practical exercises , as is common in papers in mathematics .
25 The scepticism follows because if we are confined in experience to the contents of our own minds alone , it would seem to be impossible that we should ever come to know anything about — or even come intelligibly to think about — things outside our own minds .
26 Perhaps this position can best be tested by taking an extreme example — a crime which it would seem to be impossible to accept as being within the ‘ normal ’ range of human motivations : sexual abuse of children .
27 But it would seem to be impossible for us to return to patristic sensibilities , for the framework of thought which made that Christology possible is no longer with us .
28 Accordingly it would seem to be impossible to entrench a provision in our constitution .
29 It would seem to be middle sized undertaking , since the very large business will employ personnel managers and legal experts who need no introduction to the subject , while the smaller operator ( the book quotes the average number of goods vehicles per operator 's licence as no more than three trucks ) is normally too concerned with driving by the seat of his pants while looking over his shoulder at legal requirements ( one may envisage ! ) to worry unduly about the skills of communication or the restrictions on picketing flowing from decisions of the courts as well as statute in the event of a major dispute .
30 There would seem to be little doubt that Parliament could , by passing an Act ( which would , of course , necessitate the Royal Assent ) establish a republic .
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