Example sentences of "it seems [adv] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems also fair to say , that schemes which focus on penetration are more satisfactory than the Canadian arrangement . |
| 2 | It seems not unreasonable to argue that in a modern primary school all staff , and especially those with formal responsibilities of any kind over and above the class-teacher role , should have clear and properly negotiated job specifications . |
| 3 | ‘ It seems particularly stupid to ban the disabled and not put any restrictions on cyclists . |
| 4 | ‘ It seems particularly unfortunate to find within the elegant and modern buildings of Feltham , so carefully landscaped , all the defects of poor regimes ’ ( Home Office 1989 ) . |
| 5 | It seems somehow presumptuous to believe that in 1989 Europe has emerged into a cloudless world in which such things are now no longer possible . |
| 6 | There may be difficulties in particular law centres in finding the right balance between assisting clients in individual cases and taking on group work or projects , but it seems unduly restrictive to deny that the latter was a proper role for lawyers to play . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the current parameter values are probably not optimal , and it seems clearly impossible to determine what the optimal values are . |
| 8 | It seems rather grandiose to label a talk with a colleague in the same office or department as an ‘ interview ’ , but in some ways it could be considered to be one , especially if our colleague is an expert in the field in which we ourselves have become interested . |
| 9 | It is quite clear that most Canadian and American graduates speak perfect English , and it seems rather pointless to expect them to take an examination that consists of a test of English and of basic medical knowledge that they already have . |
| 10 | However , it seems rather unnecessary to introduce the negative sentence ( 2b ) into a consideration of the relationship between ( 2a ) and ( 2c ) which arises in the conversation presented earlier in ( I ) . |
| 11 | In a way , I suppose , it seems rather illogical to dismiss the value of the brochure altogether , for all types of customer , and at the same time suggest that the best way a customer can get the information s/he needs is to use a list of telephone numbers printed in the very brochure that is being dismissed . |
| 12 | But where explicit programming will not serve , it seems equally reasonable to direct an organism to fall back on ‘ thinking ’ , particularly when the solution to a problem can then , as in the case of imprinting , be wired into the system for later service . |
| 13 | It seems exactly right to see the whole family sitting on a sofa together as Joseph meets his new sister at the end . |
| 14 | Sailing downwind it seems most logical to head straight for your goal point but in fact , particularly in stronger winds , sailing downwind can be slightly uncomfortable . |
| 15 | Thus if a test is given for diagnosing a difficulty it seems less relevant to decide on a boundary score than to obtain details of the nature of the difficulty . |
| 16 | ‘ It seems almost cool to play 200 gigs a year and get in the Top Ten , when that 's all it is , you do n't even need to be that good ! |
| 17 | In contemporary Britain it seems almost impossible to go a single day without hearing , from some quarter or another , a senior policeman hectoring us on the deteriorated condition of public morals , while assuming the right to deliver homespun history lessons in which the past is lovingly remembered as a time of harmony . |
| 18 | It seems almost impossible to do anything with them ; therefore , the view has grown , get rid of them . ’ |
| 19 | It seems almost needless to say nowadays that exposition repeats are faithfully observed . |
| 20 | To a layman no doubt it seems perfectly reasonable to charge the curator with a trust to supervise the land and the distribution of its income . |
| 21 | It seems perfectly reasonable to assume that people who frequently commit crime hold ‘ pro-criminal ’ values . |
| 22 | For example , it seems perfectly natural to claim that the quantifier some in ( 23 ) means " some and not all " : ( 23 ) Some ten cent pieces are rejected by this vending machine and that would be the basis of the natural interpretation of a notice with this message , attached to the machine . |
| 23 | It seems more reasonable to anticipate a response to a formal written instrument , especially one which may have adverse consequences on a third State , and thus to regard lack of response as acceptance of that agreement , than it is to demand early protest to an emergent rule of customary international law . |
| 24 | ( That is why it seems more reasonable to say ‘ I went to work in my pyjamas ’ than ‘ I went to work in my clothes ’ . ) |
| 25 | As things stand at present it seems more appropriate to talk about ‘ brains ’ than about ‘ the brain' . |
| 26 | Sometimes it seems more appropriate to describe tonic stress placement in terms of ‘ information content ’ : the more predictable a word 's occurrence is in a given context , the lower its information content is , and tonic stress will tend to be placed on words with high information content . |
| 27 | It is interesting to note that the correlation between objective and subjective risk measured by Watts & Quimby ( 1980 ) is of a similar magnitude to the correlation between estimated risk and objective risk reported by Brehmer ( 1987 ) — Brehmer in fact uses the term subjective risk , however , in this study subjects were not actually driving or even simulating it , thus it seems more appropriate to regard this as estimated risk . |
| 28 | The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping . |
| 29 | Again without wishing to underestimate the significance of these and other influences , however , it seems more illuminating to regard them as sources of constraint than as contradicting the assumption of management control . |
| 30 | They are men who rationally weigh up the advantage of conformity to criminal demands or staying on the path of righteousness ; for the most part they choose the former simply because it does not weigh on their conscience and because it seems more likely to secure economic and career advancement within the corporation . |