Example sentences of "which [ex0] seem [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like irony , if it came to the point , of which there seemed at present a good deal to be borne . |
| 2 | Ironic compliments were paid to Pierre , Donna and Raoul for the potency and effect of their acting and Raoul played for sympathy and looked nobly forgiving , holding a handkerchief to his nose and peering at it for blood , of which there seemed to be not much . |
| 3 | Friends were having repeated trouble with their telephone , for which there seemed to be no obvious reason . |
| 4 | And all that was left was a silent man who was imprisoned still by a numbness born of horror and years of fear , tormented by the simple question to which there seemed to be no answer : why , through all the hell he had seen , had he survived ? |
| 5 | Large British forces had been tied up in an expensive operation to which there seemed to be no obvious military solution other than counter-guerrilla operations in Sabah and Sarawak and the deployment of large forces to discourage further escalation of the conflict . |
| 6 | It can be kept to a minimum by proper safety guidelines , of which there seem to be plenty . |
| 7 | In addition to the usual interest in old postcards ( pre 1914 ) , good sales were also made of modern cards of which there seem to be a growing number of collectors . |
| 8 | Some , such as the Somerset Levels , Chat Moss , and Hatfield and Thorne Wastes , are visible from motorways , from which there seems to be no exit whereby they can be reached . |
| 9 | The one subject on which there seems to be unanimity , is that purity of insulin has been an important advance ( Andreani et al , 1977 ) . |
| 10 | YOU MAY BE one of those millions of people suffering from backache , stiff neck , headaches , arthritis or other symptoms for which there seems to be no answer . |
| 11 | ‘ If intercourse under the circumstances now in question constitute an assault on the part of the man , it must constitute rape , unless indeed , as between married persons rape is impossible , a proposition to which I certainly am not prepared to assent , and for which there seems to me to he no sufficient authority … |