Example sentences of "seem [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It seemed the best way of unifying gravity with the other forces . |
| 3 | ‘ It seemed the only way to avoid a huge argument . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A grand ball in the château seemed the obvious way to celebrate such exciting new departures , especially as the decoration was , finally , complete . |
| 6 | It seemed the ideal way for the NFC to go into the private sector . |
| 7 | Darren said : ‘ We are both history lovers so enlisting the town crier 's help seemed the ideal way to propose . |
| 8 | Darren said : ‘ We are both history lovers so enlisting the town crier 's help seemed the ideal way to propose . |
| 9 | I was warm and sleepy but my master kept haranguing me : compliance seemed the easiest way out so I put on my boots , grabbed my cloak and accompanied him down to the Templar chapel . |
| 10 | Simon said : ‘ We knew that the group needed cash and this seemed a challenging way to raise it . ’ |
| 11 | True , it seemed a curious way of implanting poison but — He pulled himself back to sanity . |
| 12 | ‘ Kirkby boasts lots of football teams of all ages and this seemed a good way of drumming up cash . ’ |
| 13 | It was only when I was almost in despair that I recalled having seen a letter written by a knitter from overseas , about an easy way to make cables and it seemed a pleasant way to take a break by referring back a few months until I found the letter from — you 've guessed it — June Shaw . |
| 14 | For practical reasons , fieldworkers adopted a policy in these cases of knocking at the door of the nearest house of a similar type ; since the survey was based on geographical area and housing type , this seemed a reasonable way of obtaining data from a range of addresses while conserving time and resources . |
| 15 | It all seemed a long way from his flat in Whalley Range . |
| 16 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 17 | Surgical techniques for an artificial penis and scrotum were still experimental and any success there seemed a long way in the future . |
| 18 | It seemed a long way , though , from the summer perfume of myrtle and orange-blossom , the brilliance of white fluted marble , the wreathing steam , the orderly practices of the sugar-yards , the worksongs of the scything and the vintage , the glory of the sun setting , of the sun rising out of the sea . |
| 19 | Despite the Conservatives ' election victory and the easing of rates since their high point in August 1990 , recovery seemed a long way off even before the events of Black Wednesday . |
| 20 | At first , the war seemed a long way away , and the Otago CA reported that the 1914–15 summer promised to be a most successful one , with the ‘ services of world-renowned player , J.N. Crawford ’ ensuring that Otago cricket would be second to none in New Zealand . |
| 21 | My posting to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes seemed a long way away . |
| 22 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 23 | By the end of that first trip , our goal still seemed a long way off . |
| 24 | it seemed a long way away |
| 25 | Gateshead and the Reed family seemed a long way away . |
| 26 | But Samantha 's freedom still seemed a long way off . |
| 27 | Her sleepless , restless night seemed a long way off . |
| 28 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
| 29 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 30 | Humankind and human structures seemed a long way away . |