Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take two examples which I find seem to embrace the fateful aspects of my life in the Service . |
| 2 | Some of the four million annual visitors seem to find the mere ascent insufficiently fulfilling . |
| 3 | They seem to find the sexual promenading of the warriors amusing . |
| 4 | So far as desktop publishing goes the dominant range here is supplied by Bitstream , indeed most packages seem to provide the basic Dutch ( Times ) and Swiss ( Helvetica ) faces free of charge . |
| 5 | I seem to remember the Labour Party being dragged down what proved to be a very long dark road indeed by the trade unions . |
| 6 | I seem to remember the other evening — ’ |
| 7 | As for Miss Kenton , I seem to remember the mounting tension of those days having a noticeable effect upon her . |
| 8 | Thus the archaeocyathids ( or Pleospogia ) of the Cambrian , certain brachiopods and forams in the Permian and the rudistid bivalves in the Cretaceous all seem to parallel the present equator . |
| 9 | Simplicity and ceremonial seem to express the changing pattern of Nonconformist worship but that worship was only part of a wider search for dignity , a dignity which was mainly realized in the new and improved buildings Nonconformity was erecting up and down the country . |
| 10 | Delia Marr graphically demonstrates her sincere affection for dogs of all kinds through paintings which seem to express the very soul of her subjects |
| 11 | JD says that for some reason the rails also seem to amplify the high frequencies , but ca n't say why . |
| 12 | On the other hand the loss of heather has meant a contraction of the breeding-grounds for birds like golden plover , dunlin , and perhaps whimbrel , although the post-breeding flocks of these species seem to favour the re-seeded grassland . |
| 13 | I seem to hear the stuck pig shriek |
| 14 | ‘ I seem to expect the whole happiness and sweetness to come from you ’ , he wrote as he warned Helen that she should find a real need for patience with him . |
| 15 | Busy industry bosses seem to prefer the cosmopolitan chaos of Paris to the charms of Birmingham . |
| 16 | This morning a rat poked his nose in , but they usually seem to prefer the main hold . |
| 17 | Recently-hatched dogwhelks ( plate 1b ) are found at the same level as their capsules and seem to prefer the empty cases of barnacles to the shells of living or dead mussels . |
| 18 | The Royals seem to use the royal yacht purely for privileged leisure cruising — at our vast expense . |
| 19 | The danger in the present situation should be given full recognition because of the so-called Black-on-Black violence and the hardened attitudes of extreme rightwingers who seem to use the American Ku Klux Klan strategies to terrorise people . |
| 20 | A large number of people seem to share the Prime Minister 's belief that the poll tax is already abolished . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , these aspects are relatively neglected in males , particularly boys , as few surgeons seem to send the ablated foreskin for histological examination . |
| 22 | All too often , linguists — not excluding feminist ones — seem to overlook the folklinguistic roots of their supposedly ‘ value-free ’ observations . |
| 23 | These concentrations always present a clear decrease however and seem to contradict the apparent lack of a mutant phenotype . |
| 24 | Shetlanders seem to assess the good job in much the same way as incomers . |
| 25 | As Einstein says , ‘ The singers seem to snatch the single words from one another 's mouths ’ . |
| 26 | I REALISE I 'm in a minority of one when I say I 'm bored with Beres Hammond 's indisputably soulful voice , but many of his records seem to lack the sheer excitement of ragga . |
| 27 | Narcotic drugs were introduced into Colombia by foreigners , and its illegal trafficking is sustained by an ever-increasing demand in developed countries that seem to lack the political will to combat abuse . |
| 28 | Many would argue that the idea of permissiveness has been overstated , exaggerated or misapplied , but few seem to doubt the underlying reality of this supposedly permissive Britain of the 1960s . |
| 29 | A very odd case has come to my department — we always seem to get the odd ones — concerning the disappearance of the managing director of a shipping company . |
| 30 | We always seem to get the wrong sort of weather in |