Example sentences of "it seem [art] only [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It seemed the only way to avoid a huge argument . ’
2 It seemed the only hope at the time , ’ he said lamely .
3 And the storm went on and on and on ; when finally relief came to the exhausted crews , it seemed the only recourse was to turn tail and head for home .
4 It seemed the only thing to do .
5 It seemed the only thing to do in face of what he said .
6 It seemed the only salvation for a country with a burgeoning population and limited arable land , wholly dependent upon irrigation .
7 But , as an exile friend says , threatening to throw himself in Chihana 's footsteps , ‘ It seems the only way the media will be interested is if something happens to someone else . ’
8 Everton boss Howard Kendall is reluctant to allow a quality player to depart , but with the club almost £4 m in debt and gates falling it seems the only way he can gather sufficient funds .
9 Emergency admissions develop a momentum of their own , not least because in some areas it seems the only way to get a place in a local authority residential home ( Sinclair , 1988b ) .
10 It seems the only way round my problem .
11 Unless the EC decides to treat them as a special case , it seems the only way out for them will be to give the toys away .
12 But it seems the only accounts the cash ended up in , were his own secret ones in Florida and Spain .
13 It seems the only time I can ever talk to you is on the way to violin lessons and on the way back . "
14 ‘ If we can identify this Person Y … it seems the only thing to do . ’
15 It seems the only thing which divides the underclass from the rest of society is cash .
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