Example sentences of "[vb -s] seem that " in BNC.
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1 | Although it is difficult this long after the crucial debate to reconstruct correctly people 's positions from their own and others ' accounts , it does seem that , while some Free Presbyterian ministers in the party were opposed , others , including Paisley and Beattie , supported the new position . |
2 | However it does seem that mental models can be developed in the abstract without the need to resort to action , in other words it is possible to learn while sitting passively in a class-room . |
3 | Although it is possible to interpret ‘ freedom of the press ’ in such a way as to include within it the ‘ freedom ’ to make a political choice and to volunteer one 's support , it does seem that political parties of the left are rarely favoured by newspapers . |
4 | That the project schools provide potential examples of good practice is also clear , but it does seem that potential here is yet to be realized . |
5 | This is not to say , of course , that there is no relationship at all between reading and spelling : but it does seem that teaching phonics may not necessarily have much effect on spelling ability . |
6 | It is of course difficult to measure such a discrepancy objectively , but it does seem that , for instance , some of the so-called' irreversible binomials ' such as fish and chips are less opaque than , say , blackbird , even though both contain only full semantic indicators . |
7 | However , having studied all these reports , it does seem that voluntary organisation involvement is encouraged through national policy guidelines . |
8 | Sure , it does seem that memory has a role in it . |
9 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
10 | Erm , because er , it does seem that erm , though we 're not talking about our own fuel , we 're talking about testing other people 's fuel , and erm , there 's an , it 's an arcane point about district councils . |
11 | It does seem that rent-a-picket is back and I do not think that is in the interests of the workers at Timex . ’ |
12 | Mr Major said : ‘ It does seem that rent-a-picket is back and I do not think that is in the interests of the workers . ’ |
13 | I mean this is I er er there , there is a , a fundamental problem here I think th that i if you do the calculations in terms of how many calories per amount of grain it does seem that , that for what we regard as being an adequate diet and then again it 's a diet which is not being supplemented by meat okay there will be some vegetables but basically it 's grain , you , you do need somewhere between six and seven hundred . |