Example sentences of "seemed [that] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it seemed that the longed-for reunion with his family was not to take place . |
| 2 | It seemed that the industrial revolution was creating its own work-force . |
| 3 | In the autumn of 1950 it seemed that the Korean crisis was well on the way to a solution . |
| 4 | At first it seemed that the only delay was in making the cottage fit to occupy , and Coleridge wondered whether , until it was ready , there might not be some rooms to spare at Shurton Court . |
| 5 | It seemed that the only way I could be sure of making teams in future was to be so far ahead of the opposition that they could n't possibly leave me out . |
| 6 | No French troops troubled the road to Mons ; it seemed that the Belgian countryside slept under its summer heat . |
| 7 | For some weeks , it seemed that the joint US/NZ resolution on drift-netting would founder in the mire of State Department compromise , as successive US proposals were rejected as too weak by the New Zealanders . |
| 8 | It seemed that the all-pervading light was weakening : it must have been late afternoon . |
| 9 | The former German capital , which had been under joint administration since 1945 , lay deep within the Soviet occupation zone and at first it seemed that the Western sectors would be starved into submission . |
| 10 | They had supposed the threat of Naggaroth all but extinguished , but now it seemed that the Dark Elves had merely been rebuilding their strength . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , it seemed that the weak force did obey the combined symmetry CP . |
| 12 | It also seemed that the perceived adequacy of close relationships was of most importance to women , while for men it was the perceived adequacy of more diffuse relationships that was crucial . |
| 13 | To their untutored peasant minds it seemed that the endless rows of alien rubber trees marching with unnatural precision across great tracts of their wild ancestral jungles provoked the storm each night to new extremes of savagery . |
| 14 | It seemed that the unschooled Wolof children lacked Western self-consciousness ; they did not distinguish between their own thought or statement about something and the thing itself . |
| 15 | It seemed that the entire congregation was there helping , through breakfast time in the Undercroft until evening when everything was stowed away in Church leaving it presentable for he next day 's Service . |
| 16 | It seemed that the Prime Minister was unable to dismiss her Chancellor , but was unable to invest him with full confidence either . |
| 17 | Suddenly , sleazy accounts of the murders appeared in book form , Manson 's image was plastered on the covers of such respected magazines as Life and Rolling Stone , Manson T-shirts , bumper stickers and recordings of his songs were available everywhere , and it seemed that the bizarre element of the Family 's life and crimes had captured the imagination of both freaks and straight society . |
| 18 | It seemed that the detailed pattern of the embryo was laid down in the egg and became partitioned during cleavage , thus supporting Weissman 's claim . |
| 19 | Furthermore , on -0 April , it seemed that the American support Alexander was counting on would not be forthcoming , as President Truman cabled Churchill : I wish to avoid having American forces being used to fight Yugoslav forces or being used in combat in the Balkan arena On 1 May Alexander returned to his original objective of seizing Trieste and the lines of communication , and on 2 May the New Zealand Division under 13 Corps arrived in Trieste almost simultaneously with Tito 's troops . |
| 20 | It seemed that the local inhabitants had betrayed their past for the sake of the fictitious glamour which the new name was imagined to convey . |
| 21 | To the public at large , if not to the combatants on the right and left , it seemed that the high tide of British Fascism had come and gone . |
| 22 | for one moment it seemed that the bald man would carry the situation through by sheer force of character . |
| 23 | At all events it seemed that the Cold War , if it had a victor , had been won by the West . |
| 24 | The level of argument and discussion at the Workshop was very high : in the course of the week , the assumptions underlying the teaching of a communicative syllabus were explored carefully and critically , but by the end , it seemed that the sceptical voices among the participants had become more sympathetic . |
| 25 | By the end of the campaign , when it seemed that the whole country was willing him on , it was as if he was everyone 's brother , everyone 's son , everyone 's lover . |
| 26 | It seemed that the whole country had gone mad clamouring to put money into the new transport system which was destined to make fortunes for its investors . |
| 27 | Here we were disturbed by no one , it seemed that the whole world had stopped on this Scottish Sabbath . |
| 28 | Just as Frederick was gaining increasing power in Italy , and it seemed that the Holy See would become isolated from general support , Lucius died in November of 1185 and the new Pope Urban III , was one of Barbarossa 's fiercest opponents . |
| 29 | It was clear that Thomas Grenfell had made more than his share of mistakes , it seemed that The Fine Leather Trading Company had been overspending on labour and without the expected turnover in goods moved and sold . |