Example sentences of "seem [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first glance some strands of these otherwise opposed political forces seem to agree on the use of censorship to oppose pornography . |
| 2 | And they seem to work on the principle of allowing each other to do anything they like . |
| 3 | Some of those who comment on subjects such as the safe disposal of nuclear wastes seem to work on the assumption that the relevant sciences and technologies are standing still . |
| 4 | Politicians seem to work on the assumption that the early bird catches the voter . |
| 5 | Plans for global communications now often seem to rest on the semantics of international standards . |
| 6 | At a time when plans for global communications seem to rest on the semantics of international standards , Greg Grant looks back to the Victorian adventurers who conquered nature to put a communication girdle around the world . |
| 7 | If the raw material of most of these ergs has been provided by other agencies , as differences in character between the surface wind-worked material and the sand at depth seem to indicate , then the locations of desert dunes , coastal dunes and periglacial dunes all seem to depend on the concentration of sand provided by some.other factor . |
| 8 | Furthermore , we found that the results of the assay seem to depend on the volume of hydrogen peroxide used . |
| 9 | They seem to act on the host 's nervous system in rather the same way as an addictive drug . |
| 10 | Other ideas seem to operate on the mind with great force , but they are not conscious , nor readily recalled to consciousness ; they are unconscious . |