Example sentences of "it seem [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed familiar to Carrie . |
| 2 | It seemed strange to me that many dead Germans we had come across in the built-up areas after leaving the landing beaches yesterday morning had no boots on , some were even minus socks . |
| 3 | It seemed strange to Maura to look up at someone . |
| 4 | To be sure , the great apes behave so intelligently and have such a rich social life that it seemed extraordinary to many people that they could not learn to speak . |
| 5 | From Sounion comes a splendidly illuminating decree of the demesmen , which reads : ‘ It seemed good to the men of Sounion : since Leukios has given the demesmen land to build an agora , three men are to be chosen straight away to measure an area not less than 2 plethra by 1 , so that there shall be broad space for the men of Sounion to agorazein ’ … ( the last word is untranslatable : ‘ carry on all the activities usual in an agora ’ is accurate but too prosaic ; there is also the sense of ‘ promenading oneself : Syll. 925 ) . |
| 6 | Two inscriptions from the early fourth century show that it did not always do so ( Tod 103 , 108 = WV 7 , HD 20 ) : they have the unusual opening formula ‘ it seemed good to the Council ’ . |
| 7 | The normal formula is ‘ it seemed good to the Council and People ’ , indicating that the decree had been prepared for the Assembly ( ‘ the people ’ ) by the Council , and was then voted on by the Assembly . |
| 8 | It seemed warm to him , as the handle of a spoon or a fork had often been , passed from her hand to his , after she 'd mashed up something on a plate for him when he was younger . |
| 9 | Given the demands of the United Kingdom 's aging population and the tendency of health care costs to rise , it seemed certain to some doctors that governments ' policies in this area would contain an appreciable element of cost containment . |
| 10 | Their mother had warned them to beg for forgiveness when their turn came to pray to their great-grandfather 's spirit before the altar , and it seemed certain to Lan 's ten-year-old mind that if she and her brothers had angered their father so deeply they must also have offended the spirits of their illustrious ancestors too . |
| 11 | I was asked once if it seemed real to me that one day I would be lifeless inside it . |
| 12 | After a long hot journey we had not paid much attention to our surroundings and it seemed unbelievable to be in Germany at last . |
| 13 | It seemed feasible to some in the profession that , in releasing pressurised teachers to enjoy the experience of a different context , they might choose never to return . |
| 14 | In the 190s it seemed intolerable to the then bishop of Rome , Victor , that the churches in Asia Minor celebrated Easter on a different date , and to the distress of many he threatened excommunication on those who did not adopt the Roman date . |
| 15 | ‘ It seemed redundant to me to tell us we were ‘ part of the president 's team ’ . |
| 16 | It seemed ridiculous to me that a guy with his experience and ability should have to accept the restrictions of a Number Two . |
| 17 | It seemed necessary to be able to do simple calculations . |
| 18 | It seemed incongruous to them that the sweet teenager they knew was not only surviving life in the toughest of all trades . |
| 19 | It seemed incongruous to Dexter , inappropriate when he knew they had come to talk about violent death . |
| 20 | We attempted to have the case tried in a Crown Court with a judge and jury but it seemed apparent to us , at our first appearance at the Magistrates Court , that every attempt was made , including the dropping of a crucial charge , to keep the case at that level . |
| 21 | It seemed curious to be describing such ice-cold seas while sitting in a palm-thatched Bahamian beach café that looked on to a shoreline where pelicans perched under the diamond-hard sun . |
| 22 | It seemed probable to Allen that there were still four verderers but that now they had between them only three horses . |
| 23 | It seemed remote to the point of impossibility . |
| 24 | It seemed amazing to be able to leave the house each time without feeling furtive , and irritable at being obliged to feel furtive . |
| 25 | It always was a surprise , the pure majesty of the scene approaching the Alps , more especially in moonlight ; it seemed odd to me , whilst devouring this special panorama that in a short time we would be raining all the horrors of war down on people not seriously willing to fight . |
| 26 | His business contacts were being checked , but it seemed unlikely to Azadi that any of them would have been in a position to spirit the shipowner away at a moment 's notice . |
| 27 | He had liked it terrifically when he had seen it before but had n't wanted to say : it seemed girlish to him to think anything of an animal . |
| 28 | Anyway , it seemed sensible to at least find some paper in readiness . |
| 29 | It seemed incredible to Tug that only five minutes before he had been calling her Ma and they had been grinning at each other . |
| 30 | Back in his own home , it seemed incredible to George that he had actually seen Tamar 's attacker at Thorsbury , and yet he was certain that the groom was the same man . |