Example sentences of "not seem [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not seem to appreciate the contradiction between his virulent denunciations of parliamentary democracy and the increasingly close economic ties being woven between Spain and the western democracies ; nor between his belief that economic nationalism was best and the fact that unless Spain liberalized its economic policies , it would remain isolated from the growth then beginning to be enjoyed by the rest of Europe . |
| 2 | Matthew found it difficult to suggest such a thing to a man like Cashman , but , surprisingly , the businessman did not seem to take the question amiss . |
| 3 | The problem with drawing distinctions between cases in this way is that the chance circumstance that a particular case falls into one of these categories does not seem to justify the difference between compensation and no-compensation for illegality . |
| 4 | Knowledge of what they were expected to do on discharge was equally scanty and the elderly people did not seem to connect the pattern of drug-taking in hospital with a possible continuation once they were home . |
| 5 | She did not seem to view the prospect of bumping into Matthew with any great alarm . |
| 6 | The housekeeper 's room even contains a servants ' library with books in three categories : ‘ One of books of divinity and morality : Another for housewifry ; A third of history , true adventures , voyages and innocent amusement ’ — the last , one notes , does not seem to include the novel . |
| 7 | Secondly , the Rules were flawed in so far as they did not seem to anticipate the possibility of problems created by the piecemeal acquisition of bonds either by occasional buying out or by gift . |
| 8 | But these moments did not seem to lose the play 's tension . |
| 9 | This type of signalling does not seem to support the attenuation theory . |
| 10 | Since you are not altering the brain in any other way , the way the brain is organized would not seem to affect the interpretation of stimulation studies . |
| 11 | Then you notice that there are cobbles in the yard , there is lichen on the golden hamstone dressings , the iron railings keeping the cows from the garden are refined and elegant , and the carved and hooded doorway does not seem to herald the entrance to an ordinary farmhouse . |
| 12 | You may feel inadequate at this point , because whatever you do for her will not seem to lift the cloud of her despair , but by being willing simply to be there and available in the background , accepting uncritically her inevitable mood-swings , and allowing her to talk , weep , or remain silent just as she wishes , you will be proving your concern for her ; and loving concern and the right to grieve in their own way is what the bereaved need most of all . |
| 13 | It should be added that there are a number of philosophical problems with Grice 's theory ( see e.g. Schiffer , 1972 ) , but they do not seem to vitiate the value of the central idea . |
| 14 | Thus , PYY does not seem to mediate the inhibition of ileal motility by bile . |
| 15 | The distant traffic noises did not seem to interrupt the silence ; the reflective water gave to the Palace of Westminster the illusion of insubstantiality . |
| 16 | This unruffled progression fits perfectly the sort of chain of correlations of consequences which we disentangled at the start of this chapter but it does not seem to offer the prospect of the decisive determination of a particular result . |
| 17 | Tug heard the suspicion in her voice , but it did not seem to worry the girl . |
| 18 | Whichever motive is uppermost for them , feminist linguists engaged in sex difference research do not seem to find the idea of studying difference problematic in itself . |
| 19 | I could not seem to find the courage to fly free . |
| 20 | Tamoxifen did not seem to compromise the effectiveness of HRT . |
| 21 | Furthermore , fundectomy does not seem to influence the development or growth of basophilic atypical cainar cell foci . |
| 22 | Also , the intake of second line drugs did not seem to influence the development of active duodentitis and gastric metaplasia , although such histological abnormalities , as well as gastric H pylori , were less common in patients treated with gold injections . |
| 23 | Our balloon probe is not suitable for this , but anal basal pressure would not seem to influence the outcome of patients receiving biofeedback treatment . |
| 24 | it does not seem to match the coat at all , |
| 25 | We all know that there are crimes for which the penalties go up to life imprisonment , but that does not seem to cover the point raised so eloquently by my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow , Shettleston ( Mr. Marshall ) . |
| 26 | However , he did not seem to comprehend the possibility that self organisation and compulsion are mutually exclusive . |
| 27 | She was determined to defend the discount to that mother , although that did not seem to fit the rest of her contributions in Committee . |
| 28 | At first sight the last category might not seem to fit the dating criteria since glass is strictly speaking amorphous rather than crystalline , but it can have a sufficiently crystalline structure for TL to be produced . |
| 29 | The financial circumstances of the college also appear to have improved since 1988 when it was forced into an underfunded merger with Bedford College , and the state of the building does not seem to require the sum of £10.5 million originally put to the Commissioners . |
| 30 | Third , the NHS changes are very concerned with improved management and ‘ efficiency ’ and do not seem to confront the need to increase resources simply in order to maintain the status quo . |