Example sentences of "seem [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever was supposed to be wrong had never hindered Rosenthal 's career , and it seemed the real reason for Udinese 's calling off the transfer — they signed Argentinian striker Abel Balbo instead — was the level of anti-semitism in the town . |
| 2 | The man responsible for two of the cruellest kidnappings in British criminal history seemed the perfect neighbour . |
| 3 | It seemed the perfect finish to the best story in modern rock . |
| 4 | A visit to India being planned for the Prince the following year seemed the perfect opportunity . |
| 5 | So it was natural for Sarah to turn to her for help in her troubles — and last year 's annual royal holiday pilgrimage to Balmoral seemed the perfect opportunity . |
| 6 | Clare seemed the perfect guide , thinker , and friend . |
| 7 | I was greatly touched ; it seemed the perfect gift from one writer to another : what had formerly held down his prose would now hold down my verses . |
| 8 | The young Morris , born in Walthamstow and educated at Marlborough , had wanted something ‘ very medieval in spirit ’ , and the bit of north Kent which was then deep in the fruitgrowing countryside seemed the perfect place to build . |
| 9 | We had a date for this afternoon but when I heard about Francis it seemed the decent thing to postpone the arrangement . |
| 10 | And increasingly , as I thought about it , that planet seemed the best idea . |
| 11 | However much I might want to keep tabs on him , bumping into him several times a day in the corridor hardly seemed the best route to anonymity . |
| 12 | Just now work seemed the best antidote to the frustration that was boiling inside her . |
| 13 | Loudon 's avowed objective , ‘ the amelioration of the great mass of society in all countries ’ , may appear to a modem reader grandiose , but to the Victorian reformer a bloodless revolution in housing seemed the best way of avoiding the carnage already witnessed on the European mainland . |
| 14 | It seemed the best way of unifying gravity with the other forces . |
| 15 | Financially , the elder son of Viola , and his wife , seemed the best bet , if character were taken into account , too . |
| 16 | It seemed the best bet . |
| 17 | It suddenly seemed the best solution . |
| 18 | Direct quotes from the literature have been employed where this seemed the best means of extracting the information . |
| 19 | It seemed the Prime Minister was in danger of quite literally hitting the campaign trail when his specially chartered aircraft made a decidedly bumpy landing at Gloucestershire airport near Cheltenham . |
| 20 | As soon as the offer was accepted , it seemed the clearest piece of luck . |
| 21 | That he was black seemed the final indignity : her heart swelled with the recognition of the spectacle 's powerful symbolism . |
| 22 | This series , set in a Boston bar , had become the most popular television comedy of recent years ; and no character was more loved than the mop-headed Norm , whose seat at the corner of the bar seemed the only home he knew . |
| 23 | ‘ It seemed the only hope at the time , ’ he said lamely . |
| 24 | ‘ It seemed the only way to avoid a huge argument . ’ |
| 25 | This exhibition had received little attention in the press , though l'Autorité and Paris Journal had referred to it as an ‘ exhibition of Fauves and Cubists ’ no doubt through a confusion of terms , but also partly because this seemed the only way of describing the manifold tendencies represented , which were as divergent as at Brussels . |
| 26 | It seemed the only salvation for a country with a burgeoning population and limited arable land , wholly dependent upon irrigation . |
| 27 | Corman , however , never permitted the final conclusion and left an ambiguous ending in which suicide seemed the only answer for the Fonda character . |
| 28 | After two or three years of utter boredom in the bosom of their family , marriage seemed the only answer to those forced back home . |
| 29 | It seemed the only thing to do . |
| 30 | Between the ages of 33 and 33–½ my mind changed , I think due to mere terror , or the outrageous ageing process , or gross deliberate indulgence , or love and emotion , or noticing that all around me friends and enemies were having children and were tons happier than I ever thought possible , or all of a sweet serious sudden it just seemed the only thing to do . |