Example sentences of "seems [prep] be the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may therefore be that 871/1466–7 represents a terminus ante quem for the death of Fahreddin Acemi , provided that the various facts given in the are correct and that Ali Tusi 's departure for Persia followed reasonably closely upon his defeat by Hocazade in the competition , which seems to be the implication in the Shaka'ik . |
| 2 | Er , my Lord er I my observations on that issue at this point be that erm it seems to be the defence case that for the purposes of er the defendants avoiding a duty to advise the plaintiffs as to the need for clear financial offers their terms from the bank , Mr was an experienced man of business and er had considerable financial acumen for the purposes of considering er whether under the banks original proposal for finance he would have been successful , they would be trading as a financial disaster . |
| 3 | ‘ Now then , now then , ’ Sergeant Bramble spoke in reassuring country tones , ‘ what seems to be the problem ? ’ |
| 4 | What seems to be the problem ? ’ |
| 5 | This seems to be the problem too with perfective done , a feature of Appalachian speech studied by Wolfram and Christian ( 1976 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , what seems to be the problem ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Amy , what seems to be the problem ? ’ asked Dad . |
| 8 | ‘ QUIT while you 're on top ’ seems to be the philosophy of Mr Jon Shirley , president of Microsoft , the leading supplier of software for personal computers . |
| 9 | Protest , to model a phrase on Clausewitz , seems to be the continuation of the Oedipus complex by other means . |
| 10 | Im also ‘ concerned ’ that he always seems to be the catalyst for the periods when Leeds start ‘ buzzing ’ . |
| 11 | Its market seems to be the lawyers themselves : ‘ If , as is hoped and expected , the Bar continues to thrive and prosper , its future members require an explanation of the characteristics of the unique profession of advocate which theyare to join . ’ |
| 12 | The wall on the left seems to be the back of a bank , the wall on the right and the one at the back of the yard belong to the Admiralty . |
| 13 | Behind this question seems to be the idea that to talk of the ‘ meaning ’ of a word is to talk of some thing — either some thing in the world , which the word stands for , or some thing in the mind of the person who utters the word and in the mind of the person who hears it . |
| 14 | Indeed the best characterization of the meaning of have in this use seems to be the idea of " controlling the production of an effect " . |
| 15 | The one conspicuous element lacking in Paine 's construction therefore seems to be the element of judicial review . |
| 16 | Some of these efforts appear in my diaries of the period , along with detailed accounts of the amatory dispositions and sub-amatory activities of what seems to be the whole of the lower school . |
| 17 | The long slow movement ( track 28 ) is particular seems to be the core of Reger , prophetic of early Schoenberg or Busoni and darkly introspective in sharp contrast to the Mozart theme , which is blown up at the end of the concluding fugue — almost literally , pious Mozartians may feel , in Wagnerian harmony . |
| 18 | Except on the odd occasion when the paper tray is empty , the problem only seems to be the inability of the printer to handle data as quickly as the PC can send it . |
| 19 | It seems to be the convention for c.c.d. delay line chips to have separate clock generators , and in this case IC7 provides both the two phase clock signal and a bias voltage for IC3 . |
| 20 | What seems to be the purpose of sexual relations in this passage ? |
| 21 | This tendency toward self-identification seems to be the norm for all the modern multi-processors and I must say I see little point ; if you do n't know what unit it is already … |
| 22 | No doubt in some cases this was true , but as research has indicated a much denser pattern of settlement in earlier periods , and as continuity seems to be the norm , the role of churches has required re-examination . |
| 23 | The significance of either of these factors varied from site to site ; at times cults appear largely to have been promoted by the Church hierarchy , or by a small group with a precise , often family , interest in the new saint — this seems to be the norm for the development of the cults of the aristocratic saints of the seventh century . |
| 24 | Opening a Trust account seems to be the route favoured by many hoteliers . |
| 25 | This seems to be the maxim of those who use the library and information service which has been even busier in the last session . |
| 26 | Looking good on the box seems to be the prerequisite for anything these days . ’ |
| 27 | This seems to be the law , but it can be elicited only from a great confusion of terminology in the reports . |
| 28 | Being a woman seems to be the name of the game nowadays ! |
| 29 | One important factor seems to be the tendency of the cat to ‘ jump up unexpectedly ’ and to behave in an unpredictable way when at close quarters . |
| 30 | The end , rather than the beginning , of 1991 seems to be the choice of many pundits . |