Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that she 'd nothing in particular to gain , the chances seemed to favour the first of these options . |
| 2 | Carter and Cureton 's entries on " style " seemed to match the first brief and I found they complemented each other in interesting ways . |
| 3 | Now they 've got the centre the children seem to spend the first ten minutes with their parents and then they go off and play and their parents can have some time together . |
| 4 | The data seems to support the first belief : of those who had had some experience of unemployment in the previous five years , 0.480 said they would be prepared to break the law , whereas only 0.300 of those who had no such experience were ( a difference of +0.180 ) . |
| 5 | The argument as I have presented it seems to require the first reading of this crucial sentence ; on the second reading we get , not a regress of justification , but a demonstration of justification which is only successful in certain conditions . |
| 6 | The SPAR system seems to represent the first explicit attempt to work out solutions to all four problems . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman does not seem to have the first idea of what happens at Social Affairs Councils . |