Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some groups seem to try to get the best of both worlds , tacking an FM " wolf-whistle " onto the end ( or sometimes the beginning ) of a long , constant-frequency " hoot " . |
| 2 | The new theorists seem to have gone the same way because of ideological conservatism , or fatalism about what is possible . |
| 3 | Prior to the eighteenth century the Europeans seem to have handled the ethnographic aspects of these dilemmas without much difficulty . |
| 4 | Can I just enlarge upon that because , and quote from it , by boycotting employment action the CoUncil 's controlling group seem to have made a bad decision , prompted by a desire to score political points in the debating chamber . |
| 5 | We seem to have made a little camp . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ In pursuing their war with Iraq the United States and its allies seem to have made the traditional error of interpreting Middle East politics with a map in hand . |
| 7 | All these problems seem to have made the criminal personality difficult to track down . |
| 8 | For economic or social reasons ( plus a sweet tooth ? ) it was they who seem to have made the biggest dietary switch from meat , fish and wild plants to largely maize , which , being rich in carbohydrates , caused their teeth to decay more markedly than before . |
| 9 | ‘ I seem to have made an awful mess of things , ’ she murmured . |
| 10 | I do try not to be a stupidly over-indulgent grandparent , but then I remember how my own mother would refill jam tarts for my children after they 'd licked the jam out of the pastry , and they seem to have suffered no ill effects ! |
| 11 | Those communities which did not receive franchises seem to have suffered a greater degree of extortion , as their lords strove to recover some of the profits they were losing elsewhere . |
| 12 | Most of your clothes seem to have suffered the same fate as the rest of your belongings , Fran . |
| 13 | Editor 's note : The writers seem to have missed the extensive coverage of the conference in our issue of 8 April . |
| 14 | ‘ Still breathing — the spikes seem to have missed the main vessels in his neck , but the right brachial plexus may have copped it . |
| 15 | If you were to report to Ernest and Julio Gallo that their pickers seem to have missed an awful lot of grapes , you probably would n't get much of a reaction . |
| 16 | The points were made that parking there can not be dangerous as it is permitted during part of the year , and that the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to cars parked outside the church during services . |
| 17 | Such people seem to have grasped the key distinction that : |
| 18 | ‘ The Slav idea , indirect Austrian control over Serbia or even German domination of the Straits do not , in the light of cold reason , ’ concludes a recent review of Russia 's options , ‘ seem to have justified the appalling risks Russia faced in entering a European war . ’ |
| 19 | We seem to have reached a contradictory position . |
| 20 | The names of Robert Graves , W.H. Auden , and Christopher Isherwood may serve to remind us of English writers who seem to have reached the same dismaying conclusion over the years since . |
| 21 | We seem to have lost a common language . |
| 22 | I seem to have collected an awful lot of those parking-tokens over the last few months . |
| 23 | Many of the movements in the 1960s were reluctant to take this step , largely because of their hostility to the bureaucratic character of traditional parties , and they seem to have formed no clear idea of how the desired transformation of the economy , the political system and cultural patterns ( including education ) could actually be carried out in an effective way . |
| 24 | Thus the family , neighbourhood , or work-place groups of older and younger men and a sprinkling of women , which seem to have formed the basic unit of attendance between the wars and before , broke up . |
| 25 | Two members , however , seem to have undergone a major personality change . |
| 26 | Korg seem to have done the impossible and produced a totally digital processor with some absolutely authentic guitar sounds . |
| 27 | I never stopped loving you , but somehow since I 've been abroad , and you 've been ‘ out in the world ’ , we seem to have struck a deeper note , and more powerful … |
| 28 | Instead , he said to Schellenberg , ‘ You seem to have wasted an inordinate amount of time so far , General . |
| 29 | It was perhaps these reservations which seem to have persuaded the British government to play down its enforced involvement in the Conference on Political Union and to be economical with information about its stance therein . |
| 30 | The Italian manufacturer seems to be happy with the arrangement because , being a medium-sized manufacturer , it is considered that it would be too expensive to set up their own distribution facilities in the United Kingdom , and Argent Distributors seem to have performed a reasonable selling job on their behalf . |