Example sentences of "seems to represent the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A gold ornament found in the Knossos Labyrinth seems to represent the Cretan skaros or parrot wrasse , which is now quite rare in Cretan waters but still highly regarded as a dish ( Figure 36c ) . |
| 2 | The SPAR system seems to represent the first explicit attempt to work out solutions to all four problems . |
| 3 | Beautifully scented by fragrant olive and lemon groves , slender cypress and exotic palm trees , for many it seems to represent the exact dream they have of Italy . |
| 4 | Ritual mourning for the divine son of a mother-goddess is very common throughout ancient polytheism — not to mention modern polytheisms like Catholicism — where it seems to represent the same situation as the self-inflicted mutilations but at one remove . |
| 5 | The dissociation of the Muftilik from a kadilik is thus important in that it seems to represent the further definition of a chiefly " religious ' authority , the representative of the more spiritual aspect of the Seriat as opposed to its practical application which was to some degree tainted , in the eyes of the pious , by its close association with secular government . |