Example sentences of "and it seems [conj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His father had been killed in the Rostock riots of 1931 , and it seems that Gustav himself had for certain been a Worker Youth . ’
2 The S.N.M. declined to attend and it seems that General Aidid did not do so either .
3 On the one hand , ethnic minorities currently settled in Britain have been here for a relatively short period of time , and it seems that circumstances of migration and initial settlement are conditions under which support between siblings assumes greater significance than it might otherwise do — a point illustrated by the patterns of chain migration and of joint households which I discussed earlier in this chapter .
4 And it seems that women are keen to use NORPLANT .
5 I saw the goal again on the box this morning , and it seems that Brian Deane was pushed into a marginally offside position .
6 The idea of the unchanging east was widespread in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century thought and it seems that Marx accepted this view , although it has subsequently been shown to be misleading .
7 The term was derived from the Greek oikos , referring to the operations of the family household , and it seems that Haeckel intended his readers to visualize a kind of global organic economy in which all species played a part .
8 The cutting comes from a feature on breweries , and it seems that HO 2 has a lot to answer for : ‘ although TT myself , my lab friends frequently described local beer as rodent or feline effluent .
9 Further readings are more favourable ; the strange cry and the endless sobbing remain in our minds , and it seems that Alice is weeping for far more than she or her unimaginative protector can understand .
10 There is no limit to the number of times the button may be pressed , and it seems that mourners in cars queueing behind can get somewhat restive .
11 She had died during the night , and it seems that Maurice Haigh-Wood telephoned Carlyle Mansions very early in the morning ; John Hayward received the call , and then passed on the news to Eliot who , according to one friend , " buried his face in his hands , crying " Oh God !
12 But investigations into the leaking of sensitive material from Washington had narrowed down to Maclean as chief suspect , and it seems that Burgess was detailed , probably by Philby , who was still in Washington , to warn him and organize his escape , although it does not seem to have been intended that Burgess should go too .
13 It has been suggested that although some occupations in north Staffordshire experienced real-wage falls over the war years , these were generally of no more than 10 per cent , and it seems that colliers , like potters , were among the groups who could maintain living standards by working harder and longer , even if at times money wages lagged .
14 Christians will see in this the biblical command to ‘ look after the widows and the orphans ’ and it seems that churches are uniquely placed to provide this sort of support .
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