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 .
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