Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] no [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luke seemed to lose no opportunity of parting her and Rob whenever he found them together , as if he could n't bear to see them slacken pace . |
| 2 | To Julia 's eye she seemed to wear no powder or lipstick , but then she hardly needed any . |
| 3 | He spoke in a pleasing linguistic mixture that seemed to acknowledge no boundaries between Spanish and English . |
| 4 | But he seemed to bear no grudge . |
| 5 | All that day she thought about his words , considered them , agonised over them , tried to justify her behaviour that now seemed to bear no justification at all . |
| 6 | This they seemed to find no difficulty in doing , once the meeting started . |
| 7 | Subjects seemed to provide No responses slower than giving Yes responses initially , but No response reaction time increased at a greater rate tending to converge with reaction time for Yes responses in larger memory sets of about four digits onwards . |
| 8 | Benthamism seemed to provide no basis for determining whether the principle of utility aimed to maximize an individual 's happiness or the happiness of all . |
| 9 | The gangway lamps seemed to give no light , only add further to the gloom of the dusk . |
| 10 | Since the end of the seventeenth century the Cecils , at Burghley House just outside the town , had controlled the election of both members by a combination of methods that seemed to leave no loophole for a mistake . |
| 11 | The compilers of the catechism seemed to have no doubt that it was perfectly possible to define God and say precisely what he is . |
| 12 | Just as he had no ‘ side ’ so he seemed to have no possessiveness . |
| 13 | The next tunnel forked , turned left , turned right again , and other tunnels led off from it ; and Fand led them at an even pace along a course that seemed to have no sense . |
| 14 | He seemed to have no sense of fear , but that had been easy in the days when the Party ruled supreme and there was no opposition . |
| 15 | Of 34 patients followed throughout the year , only two seemed to have no response to the healing . |
| 16 | Someone else who seemed to have no difficulties keeping to schedule was Michael Stein — but then , as Stephen had begun to remark rather acidly , a major part of his job involved sitting on his arse under a convenient fan listening to the sound of his own voice . |
| 17 | Moreover , he seemed to have no awareness of his limitations . |
| 18 | Lindsey leaned against the rail , conscious of his nearness , her mouth dry with a nervousness that seemed to have no logic to it . |
| 19 | The Marines had sent her off in a small wooden-bedded truck that seemed to have no springs or shock-absorbers whatsoever . |
| 20 | The tall dark-faced man seemed to have no problem managing his robes , though his haste did n't do him much good . |
| 21 | Indeed , some of the film sequences we saw seemed to have no purpose or justification other than to reinforce or sell the idea that it can be highly pleasurable to inflict injury , pain or humiliation ( often in a sexual context ) on others . |
| 22 | And he seemed to have no purpose . |
| 23 | This did not mean that they were wholly resistant to new ideas — that was clearly not the case because many spoke of the helpful advice and information given on the farming , nutrition , health and child care programmes — but they seemed to resist anything which either conflicted with views they already held or seemed to have no relevance to their experience . |
| 24 | There was a hard knot of misery in her throat , but she seemed to have no tears left to shed . |
| 25 | Marc was saying , ‘ When I gave you that place on your twenty-first birthday , Peter , I foolishly imagined it would help you settle down as you seemed to have no idea what you wanted to do with your life . |
| 26 | But he had little confidence of backing from a UK government which seemed to have no idea about the fishing industry . |
| 27 | It was clear , furthermore , she was a housekeeper who took her work very seriously and in spite of her youth , she seemed to have no difficulty gaining the respect of her staff . |
| 28 | She was so slim that she seemed to have no breadth whatever . |
| 29 | Her head was three times its normal size , one huge , crusty , black blister , her eyes like two slit tennis balls , and the lower half of her face seemed to have no features at all except enormous fat black lips that covered her nostrils and chin . |
| 30 | Signs pleading for slower driving seemed to have no effect , he said . |