Example sentences of "seems [adj] that [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to FDR 's Splendid Deception by Hugh Gregory Gallagher : ‘ It seems undeniable that depressive neurosis — a state of reactive depression — was a condition of the last year and a half of his life . ’ |
| 2 | There was no need in O'Reilly v. Mackman to choose between these approaches , but it seems clear that Lord Diplock considered himself to be stating a general rule with exceptions . |
| 3 | It seems clear that Rider Haggard intended Ayesha in part to embody a moral distinction between physical and ideal love . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , it seems clear that Mr Wood — whose career has been in corporate treasury departments — decided quite early on that he was not in the running for the job of chief executive , given Barclays ' desire that someone with all-round banking experience fill the post . |
| 5 | Mr Haselhurst claims that he is ‘ not aware of any preconceived plan ’ but seems unaware that Michel Rocard , Prime Minister of France , describes himself as ‘ a complete federalist ’ and of the recent advocacy by the five Christian Democrat leaders in Europe of a Single European Government and a Single European Parliament . |
| 6 | It already seems obvious that Mr Kinnock will be the earliest beneficiary , and this for a simple reason . |
| 7 | It seems likely that child labour underground increased after 1815 as the greater use of wheeled wagons on rail tracks brought the drawing of coal within their physical capabilities . |
| 8 | For heavy goods , especially of timber and stone , it still seems likely that water transport , by river and sea and a little by canal , was cheaper and more expeditious than long-distance travel by road — and that there was sense as well as sentiment , for example , in the devotion the Norman builders showed in England for their native stone from Caen . |
| 9 | In fact it seems likely that mountain goats are very successful at avoiding all these predators . |
| 10 | Thus it seems likely that health authorities were encouraged to be generous in the allocation of budgets , that fundholders were less concerned than they might otherwise have been about the need to stay within strict cash limits , and that non-fundholders were allowed greater freedom of referral than might have been anticipated . |
| 11 | There was , moreover , a considerable amount of discretion in terms of what might count as ‘ violence ’ in a street robbery , and it seems likely that street robbers were more commonly charged with ‘ bag-snatching ’ which was regarded as a less serious offence than ‘ robbery with violence ’ . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , it seems likely that Mr Waldegrave may be preparing a basis on which to reject the EC call for a ban . |
| 13 | Staphylococcus aureus and alpha haemolytic streptococci were the most commonly identified organisms and were usually isolated from the biopsy channel of the endoscope and it seems likely that needle tip contamination is the chief culprit . |
| 14 | Thus it seems likely that examination questions in chemical engineering at degree level will bear certain similarities of form and content , and share certain presuppositions , in institutions throughout the world . |
| 15 | If the government does lose the showdown , it seems likely that John Major will call a confidence vote 24 hours later . |
| 16 | It seems likely that Fahreddin Acemi was indeed muderris at Murad II 's Darulhadis , but the evidence on this point , which comes from the biography of Molla Ala " al-Din Ali al- " Arabi ( Molla Arab ) , is not altogether firm since Taskopruzade and Mecdi appear to be at odds on the matter . |
| 17 | It seems unlikely that William Joyce would not have known it at the same time . |
| 18 | Although the measure of schema-consistency from these studies is not compelling , it seems unlikely that schema theory could provide an adequate explanation of the sensitivity results that were obtained . |
| 19 | Even that buttock-licker Pybus seems worried that Pahdra Singh has replaced them with his shifty brothers but , as I told Crowe , having a property developer , an estate agent and a supermarket magnate on the board can only be good for the club . |
| 20 | While Farr-Jones will be wearing the gold Australian jumper this year , it seems certain that flanker Simon Poidevin will be missing . |
| 21 | It seems certain that pavement K , Woodchester is of the same period as the Orpheus mosaic , i.e. c. 310-325 . |
| 22 | Two extensions at La Hague are already 18 months behind schedule , and it seems certain that fuel assemblies will have to be packed tighter in the pools . |
| 23 | It now seems certain that St Paul 's Cathedral will not be surrounded by a modernist wall , but by a sympathetic series of buildings in the best classical tradition . |
| 24 | Certainly many of the ordinary rank and file , like William Joyce in the early years , were of this nature ; and it seems significant that J. Havelock Wilson of the Seaman 's Union , a stalwart of working-class anti-socialist movements , spoke at an anti-Bolshevik meeting stewarded by 600 fascists at the Royal Albert Hall in 1926 ii |
| 25 | Economically speaking , then , it seems plausible that vampire economics conform to the rules of a Prisoner 's Dilemma . |