Example sentences of "time it seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times it seemed that price increases would be favoured as a means of raising self-financing and reducing pressure on the capital market ; at others that rises would be deprecated as contributing to inflation . |
| 2 | At other times it seemed near to irresponsible madness . |
| 3 | Do n't ignore it just because at times it seems impossible to deal with . |
| 4 | The name is somewhat misleading , since in ancient times it seems likely that the division of life into ‘ sacred ’ and ‘ secular ’ had no meaning : the whole of life was considered sacred , as were artistic and other creations . |
| 5 | But this time it seemed worse . |
| 6 | For a long time it seemed impossible to refer to Communists without using the words ‘ conspiracy ’ and ‘ sons of bitches ’ . |
| 7 | For girls who had delayed making their pregnancy public , at the time it seemed impossible to tell anyone , but afterwards they all wished that they had . |
| 8 | At the time it seemed one of the better right hands I 've ever thrown — from the shoulder , punching not at but through the target , with half-pivot that threw all my weight behind the blow . |
| 9 | The problem was that the whole thing had become so complex — it was n't only what he was going to do now but there was the stuff back at the club , there was Ashdown and what he knew , there was the whole sorry business of his suspension and the charges against him … taken one piece at a time it seemed bad enough , but taken all together it was far too much for his mind to handle . |
| 10 | The forces of federation and supranationalism were in disarray , and at the time it seemed natural to conclude that the whole momentum of European integration was lurching to a halt , in particular because the EDC debacle had opened up a rift between France and West Germany . |
| 11 | Our prospective visitor bowed to the inevitable and wrote to us : ‘ Owing to procedure for obtaining a visa usually taking a long time it seems impossible to start our work at the date you suggested . |
| 12 | At the same time it seems fair to say that until recently , writing about Proust , particularly perhaps in England , but in France , too , has concentrated too much and too exclusively on the social element in the dualism , has concentrated too much , if you like , on the nose and the beard . |