Example sentences of "it [modal v] seem [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst it may seem that Standing Committee are abandoning Hong Kong Branch in a time of upheaval in the colony , the 1991 A.G.M. also resolved that the Branch should be provided with the opportunity of reformation in the future if formally requested to do so by the ‘ Chairperson ’ of the now disestablished ‘ Branch ’ . |
| 2 | It is important to remember that illness does not strike ‘ out of the blue ’ even though it may seem that way at times . |
| 3 | It may seem that Community law is somewhat remote from us as individuals and is irrelevant to our daily lives . |
| 4 | It might seem that Judaism , Christianity and Islam would find mysticism alien and difficult to incorporate . |
| 5 | It might seem that fax 's current growth in popularity is attributable to a technological breakthrough or perhaps to some new commercial need to communicate pictorially as well as texturally . |
| 6 | There is a great deal of suspicion that these may simply b.e the products of biological contamination after the meteorites have landed ; but , if this is not the case , it would seem that life is likely to be rife throughout the Universe . |
| 7 | can not be denied , but it would seem that man 's instinctive awareness of his mastery of his own destiny , is influenced by an equally instinctive awareness that he can not peacefully and successfully control that destiny unless he can locate , or himself create some supreme form of guiding influence which is recognised by all . |
| 8 | On reflection , it would seem that garrison and police duties amongst the civil population would be the worst role possible for NSWP armies in time of war . |
| 9 | ‘ It would seem that way , yes . ’ |
| 10 | It would seem that compactness and design can not prevail over human factors , so that the need for a visible , multi-access central system that also facilitates mutual support takes precedence . |
| 11 | It would seem that Parliament 's legal power has been limited only if : ( a ) community law is seen as a higher system of law ; and ( b ) our courts are willing to uphold the supremacy of community law . |
| 12 | At first glance it would seem that sport must involve a victim , which rather explains why boxing is considered sporting . |
| 13 | In theory , as mass is the best sound insulation , it would seem that building a new brick wall alongside the party wall would make the best improvement . |
| 14 | It would seem that imagination rightly directed enables the extension of meaning which is involved in the Incarnation ; but as the Incarnation points beyond itself in the risen and ascended Christ , so imaginative knowledge of God is transcended by a more purely spiritual experience . |
| 15 | As to succeeding ‘ waves ’ , it would seem that curiosity and peer-group pressure , together with other social factors such as drug availability , overcame any reservations they might have had regarding addiction and withdrawal . |
| 16 | In this particular case it would seem that planning permission had been given after inadequate consideration of publicity . |
| 17 | It would seem that nature is remarkably economical , despite the apparent diversity of natural forms . |
| 18 | It would seem that egg mimicry in cuckoos has evolved to its present level of sophistication because poorly matching eggs are ejected by the host . |
| 19 | In brief , it would seem that Anselm , like many reformers , had not reckoned with the solid weight of inertia on most matters , and positive dissent on others . |
| 20 | It would seem that Madam ( please call me ‘ Falklands ’ ) Thatcher has decided that 145 local tax collection offices should be closed over the course of the next four years , with the loss of 3000 Inland Revenue jobs . |