Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the Aube département between Bar-sur-Aube and Bar-sur-Seine , the patches of vine are even more scattered and , although the best sites face south-east , most seem to have no general trend of aspect . |
2 | Elsewhere he remarks , " we seem to have no other criterion for truth and reason than the type and kind of opinions and customs current in the land where we live . |
3 | The laws of cause and effect , which appear to operate so consistently in the physical world , seem to have no such application in the world of metaphysics . |
4 | Indeed , some verbs seem to have no lexical content beyond one which is aimed at providing some kind of reservation about applicability of the adjectival property , examples being become and turn which place a temporal restriction on the adjective 's applicability ; the subordinate property only holds after the time indicated by the tense of the verb . |
5 | There are many examples of institutionalized exchanges of goods between peoples , who specialize in different things , which seem to have no hierarchical implications . |
6 | At one extreme , we have theories that take the form of bold , risky conjectures , while at the other , we have theories that are cautious conjectures , making claims that seem to involve no significant risks . |