Example sentences of "[modal v] seem [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you have a marathon under your felt , other forms of running should seem easy . |
| 2 | It is not surprising that there should seem intolerable tension between the goals of the 1950s and those now in the front of people 's minds . |
| 3 | We see no reason why the word should seem strange for more than a short time . |
| 4 | I had a Morris 10 which went like a bird , and I thereupon conceived the wild idea of rescuing Eliot from London if the danger should seem acute — and assuming that I were still available — and settling him , however temporarily , in the village . |
| 5 | Should seem banal , or just a joke , |
| 6 | They should seem eager , anxiously expectant , but they merely sat waiting , apparently more concerned with their private conversations than with the people they had come to hear . |
| 7 | Despite interference from elsewhere on this page , the black on the left should seem smaller and more intense than that on the right . |
| 8 | On the one hand , Jaq must seem capable of irony and flexible tolerance — perhaps only so as to spring a trap . |
| 9 | But he felt , in a way that must seem absurd when the conflict in the Falklands is dramatised repeatedly before it is even over , when the widow of an assassinated president is recreated in large in her lifetime on the epic screen , that these events were too close to be seen clearly , too large and foul and complex to be treated with decorum . |
| 10 | To the uninitiated it must seem absurd . |
| 11 | To someone who holds the Cartesian view it must seem that only something we would hardly call ‘ perception ’ reflects the philosophical truth of the matter . |
| 12 | All of this must seem familiar to Brazil 's ex-President Collor , another economic reformer , also forced out on corruption charges . |
| 13 | It is an ideal place for a honeymoon but life afterwards must seem all downhill , at least in terms of location . |
| 14 | What must seem stupid to non-gardeners , or those who take a rational view of the whole business , is that when you prepare the ground for sowing you first dig it over and make it loose , only to tread it firm again . |
| 15 | ‘ It must seem impossible for you to believe that in a civilized society so abhorrent a practice as the enslaving of one person by another still continues , but I will ask you to try and imagine what it must be like . |
| 16 | The abruptness of this conclusion to the proceedings suggests a way of doing business which must seem strange to any modern mind . |
| 17 | The idea that a court is entitled to disregard a provision in an Act of Parliament on any ground must seem strange and startling to anyone with any knowledge of the history and law of our constitution , but a detailed argument has been submitted to your Lordships and I must deal with it . |
| 18 | ‘ I know it must seem strange , ’ said his friend . |
| 19 | Furthermore , the causes of fuelwood scarcity must seem remote and diffuse to the average urban dweller . |
| 20 | Pregnancy puts people in very difficult situations and abortions must seem essential in some and an obvious ‘ cop out ’ in others . |
| 21 | Of course all this business must seem mysterious to you , and I only wish I could tell you … ’ |
| 22 | It must seem dull from the outside . |
| 23 | President Gorbachev 's record as fairy godmother to the cause of democratic revolution , first in Beijing and now in East Berlin , may have caught our fancy in the West , but to some in Moscow he must seem more of a wicked stepmother , turning the achievements of Socialism to dust wherever he goes . |
| 24 | I suppose the house must seem full of clutter . ’ |
| 25 | I had your last dear letter this morning ( Tuesday ) , and I feel after your loving , passionate one how mine must seem cold . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , my dear , I do understand how it must seem hard to you . ’ |
| 27 | To the public it must seem incredible that this sort of thing can happen but all too often the loopholes in our laws are exploited by rogues like the crew of Sea Rover . |
| 28 | It must seem natural that the profession should direct its attention to needs of prisoners appearing on overnight charges … |
| 29 | The job must seem achievable . |
| 30 | At this point it must seem paradoxical that atomic nuclei containing several closely packed protons exist at all . |