Example sentences of "[noun sg] seems a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without the support of the Americans , harmonisation seems a distant ideal . |
| 2 | This uncertainty seems a small price to pay for the comfort of knowing that at least one of these effects must be a reality . |
| 3 | Wind seems a species of light . |
| 4 | This currency would dominate declining industries and regions ( the British pound seems a natural candidate ) . |
| 5 | And yet , I 'm restless , for we are definitely not going into any present campaign , and the future seems a little empty . |
| 6 | Detective Chief Superintendent seems a terrible mouthful . ’ |
| 7 | In any case , Rutter 's ridicule seems a grotesquely inappropriate response to our constructive and it now seems , prescient , suggestion made some six years before he first presented his own distinguished views on the subject of lead pollution . |
| 8 | What all this means in practice is that the engine seems a pretty good performer . |
| 9 | If escape seems a negative reason to go on a journey , travel can transform it into a positive one . |
| 10 | Despite fine playing from Hurt and Christine Lahti as his wife , Jack 's conversion to a caring attitude seems a shade pat . |
| 11 | With the Enterprise alone likely to cost over $1 thousand million , its entry into mining seems a very long way off . |
| 12 | George frowned , absent-mindedly gave their order to the servant who had appeared , and said : ‘ I do n't know … marriage seems a public sort of affair . |
| 13 | Again , professional financial advice on the advantages and disadvantages of this form of borrowing seems a sensible precaution against financial embarrassment . |
| 14 | Acid rain seems a minor hazard compared with the fall-out from a reactor fire . |
| 15 | At first sight , acid rain seems a simple enough phenomenon . |
| 16 | A youngish man , the engineer seems a little concerned at the news . |
| 17 | As the EMF/Silverfish bandwagon rolls into Sheffield , the awkward prospect of witnessing a ( Silver ) fish out of water seems a distinct possibility . |
| 18 | The notion seems a useful one , though it is difficult to confirm these settings scientifically . |
| 19 | Her head seems a long way away . |
| 20 | ‘ Head seems a spot thick . ’ |
| 21 | Although no doubt justifiable to the specialist the strict application of the law of priority in botanical and zoological nomenclature seems a sterile and often confusing exercise to those who merely wish to recognise a potato when they see one ) . |
| 22 | Our service seems a kind of a meditation , |
| 23 | This tale of perverse failure to act in terms of transparent self-interest seems a not unreasonable commentary on the predicament of two neighbours with a number of common concerns . |
| 24 | In short , the centralism of the day seems a prop without much worth . |
| 25 | ‘ Marrying someone with money seems a splendid idea ! ’ |
| 26 | " The grave seems a long way off . " |
| 27 | ‘ My lord 's sister seems a sweet lady , ’ Ellen chattered on , pouring the warm milk into a goblet . |
| 28 | A raggedness around the edge of his thick , ginger beard seems a symptom of the nerve-fraying tension that surrounds a match of this importance . |
| 29 | This does not tackle head on the various problems of priority raised above , but the principle of minimum coverage seems a very good starting point for a public librarian , allowing value judgements to concern themselves with the degree of provision attempted within the overall coverage . |
| 30 | In cases where the latter course seems a possibility , the engineer should consult his or her professional organisation and seek its advice as well as the advice of an independent legal adviser in a timely manner . |