Example sentences of "because it seemed [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This queer way of writing filled me with foreboding , because it seemed to indicate a cold , self-centred nature , the reverse of the outgoing geniality he displayed to one and all . |
| 2 | The recapitulation theory was seductive because it seemed to offer a powerful guide to the reconstruction of those steps in the history of life hidden by gaps in the fossil record . |
| 3 | To men of the Middle Ages astronomy was of particular interest because it seemed to offer the best means of understanding , and possibly controlling , terrestrial events . |
| 4 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates says he is working with Time Warner Inc to bring experimental two-way television to some 5,000 Florida homes by early 1994 , the Orlando Sentinel reported , adding that the two companies are working toward making such two-way systems more user-friendly ; Gates said that he studied several other experimental two-way television systems but chose the Orlando project because it seemed to offer the best interactive possibilities of ordering movies , making financial transactions and ‘ creating a computer window into the world of information ’ . |
| 5 | Some could even accept Spencer 's philosophy of progress through struggle , because it seemed to offer an updated version of the Protestant work ethic in which thrift and industry were rewarded in this world as well as the next . |