Example sentences of "it seem [adj] for " in BNC.
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1 | It seemed sad for the pregnant women , especially , to be in such a depressing house . |
2 | I appreciate the arguments that go on nowadays , but let us not forget that the old crossings were not suitable for the disabled , which is why , in the case to which I am referring , it seemed unnecessary for the authority to insist on a ramp being built . |
3 | It seemed early for Mum to be back but I did n't think anything of it . |
4 | I worked beside Bill and when he had to resign it seemed appropriate for me to step forward . |
5 | In this situation it seemed appropriate for the staff at Perth College to offer educational opportunities which would parallel those available in other music fields . |
6 | ‘ It seemed symbolic for me to say to them you climb your mountain every day and I 'm going to climb one that really I should n't , and probably would n't be able to . ’ |
7 | It came as some surprise to the board when they were informed that , although it seemed unreasonable for them to have to know what was going on , they could be made liable for the damage . |
8 | It seemed impossible to reconcile the ideal of the simple monastic life with a great religious order , just as it seemed impossible for the papacy to exercise leadership without becoming an autocratic bureaucracy . |
9 | With the threat of bombing it seemed sensible for Mrs Daly to go to stay with a widowed friend in Rainford , and she seemed to have settled there very happily . |
10 | Erm , leisure services product , erm , project erm , closure , really that was an opportunity to erm , to close the loss making element of provision without cost , and in view of the erm , rather poor outlook for maintenance work for the next contract year , it seemed sensible for us to do that . |
11 | Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle . |
12 | But once established as individual musical personalities — ‘ it seemed natural for us to work together . ’ |
13 | It seems impossible for a well-selling pop record to vanish from the face of the earth , but it actually seems to have happened here . |
14 | Nowadays , with psychedelic craziness back on the agenda , it seems overdue for a revival . |
15 | And turning away from calls to battle and the accompanying rise in blood pressure , it seems reasonable for teachers of literature to go on teaching what they have been trained to teach , and what they like , understand , and are familiar with , without also having to take on many varieties of history — intellectual , cultural , political , social , economic , artistic , and musical — not to mention sociology , the study of popular culture , including the merest graffito , and , inevitably , literary theory . |
16 | It seems necessary for it to have what has been called a ‘ cognitive map ’ in its head ; that is , it would have to have something which conveyed the same information as is conveyed by Figure 10 . |
17 | If it seems appropriate for you to sell , I promise you I will be back to you immediately . |
18 | It seems appropriate for such a nice day , ’ she had told him . |
19 | It seems ridiculous for me to try and offer excuses why we were so comprehensively beaten , but the fact that we were well below full strength certainly gave Alborne a ten-goal advantage . |
20 | He says this because it seems pointless for the sun to have done all this work , and then let war spoil everything and killing off the sun 's children . |
21 | Thus informed and protected you are ready — but only if it seems right for you — to embark upon a sexual journey that will last in one way or another for a life time . |
22 | Although there is no example in the cases , it seems possible for an employer to appropriate the goodwill which an employee brings with him by express provision . |
23 | Indeed , it seems usual for bisexual groups with sedentary females to evolve dwarf males . |
24 | As I hinted parenthetically following the quotation from Clark , it seems perverse for him to insist that we must choose one at the expense of the other . |
25 | It seems severe for a technical offence , and it hurts . |
26 | Nevertheless it seems sensible for librarians to aim at selecting books which are well-written , where there is a choice . |
27 | However , if I does well to use a randomised strategy , it seems sensible for II to do likewise and we must ask whether LPI* and LPI are still valid if II is using randomised strategies . |
28 | It seems sensible for the inspectorate to maintain that national curriculum . |
29 | Animals are not human , therefore it seems inappropriate for them to have legal rights . |
30 | At any rate , it seems difficult for them all to be given equal emphasis all the time . |