Example sentences of "seemed [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Later , confronted with the ambiguously dominating Attwater who kings it over the natives on his atoll , one of them ‘ broke into a piece of the chorus of a comic song which he must have heard twenty years before in London : meaningless gibberish that , in that hour and place ’ , seemed hateful as a blasphemy : ‘ Hikey , pikey , crikey , fikey , chillinga — wallaba dory . ’ |
2 | I appreciate the arguments that go on nowadays , but let us not forget that the old crossings were not suitable for the disabled , which is why , in the case to which I am referring , it seemed unnecessary for the authority to insist on a ramp being built . |
3 | The conditions seemed right for a repetition of the French Revolution on English soil . |
4 | Yes Norman Lamont you 're right erm even the demise was suggested that the square sausage , which seemed possible on the basis of the conversion of metric tables and if you do n't know what the square sausage is , the G M B Scotland delegates will only be too happy er to give you the answer . |
5 | Further acts of aggression by the Soviet bloc seemed possible in a number of vulnerable regions such as Germany and Yugoslavia . |
6 | ‘ It seemed odd at the time , ’ the youth went on , unconscious of his sudden undesirability . |
7 | Not for the last time during the long process of negotiation with the GPRA , de Gaulle himself seemed depressed by the impasse . |
8 | Linford seemed assured of the silver medal , which would be England 's first at 100 metres since 1938 . |
9 | She seemed oblivious of the echo this might find in her own daughter 's life . |
10 | The Manchu was eating with economy , and seemed oblivious to the strangeness of his surroundings , but Alexei was sitting frozen , unable to conceal his disbelief as he watched a Yek officer impaling his meat with claws which were easily three centimetres long . |
11 | Neither of us had been prepared for this sudden release of feeling ; Edward seemed embarrassed by the confession , I embarrassed by his embarrassment , and regretting my earlier ungenerous thoughts … |
12 | He examined the rack of mouldings used for making frames and seemed interested in the machine for mitreing the angles . |
13 | On the platform the thick , sour air seemed fresh after the atmosphere inside the car . |
14 | Initially the reasoning behind this law seemed sensible for a region like Champagne , which is set in a viticultural twilight zone where the size of harvest fluctuates from year to year . |
15 | Nigel seemed willing on the surface to receive this . |
16 | It is simply that a feature , which seemed prominent in the stereotype , may appear insignificant in the performance , and vice versa . |
17 | Allied commanders seemed delighted at the outcome . |
18 | The sea shimmering and heaving beneath the brisk breeze seemed ignorant of the loss in her life . |
19 | Elements of both the Jordanian government and the PLO seemed undismayed by the expulsion or detention of leftist or independently-minded members of the NGC . |
20 | It seemed impossible to reconcile the ideal of the simple monastic life with a great religious order , just as it seemed impossible for the papacy to exercise leadership without becoming an autocratic bureaucracy . |
21 | Apart from a look of mild surprise , the Rector seemed unaware of the toy being pulled roughly from under him . |
22 | But he seemed unaware of the darkness at the back of everything . |
23 | He seemed unaware of the noise Damian was making . |
24 | In the darkened carriages most commuters , snatching another hour 's sleep before dawn or reading newspapers , seemed unaware of the anniversary . |
25 | Nicolo was the only one who seemed unaware of the girl 's fawning admiration , which was too bad , Caroline thought grimly . |
26 | There were other confusions — he was vain , she could smile at that , and yet many times he seemed unaware of the effect his strong presence could have on others . |
27 | Marc seemed unaware of the effect of this spectacular setting . |
28 | The choice of film seemed appropriate on the day the simmering dispute boiled over with growing frustration and bitterness among the staff , many of whom attended the Clapham train disaster and are veterans of dealing with the aftermath of IRA bomb blasts . |
29 | In public hardline rhetoric also seemed appropriate at a time when McCarthy and his communist witch-hunt were riding high . |
30 | This left only 20 per cent who reported a degree of pain which seemed appropriate to the nature and amount of their injury . |