Example sentences of "[that] seemed [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just after ten in the morning , yet the sun already blazed down from a vast , deep blue sky that seemed washed clean of all impurities . |
| 2 | Usually , all that seemed necessary was a notice announcing the site was protected , and occasionally some repair or the setting-up of a plain iron ‘ unclimbable ’ fence . |
| 3 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
| 4 | Individual signs and symptoms that seemed useful in the χ 2 analyses were evaluated for their independent ability to predict hypoxaemia with a multiple logistic regression technique . |
| 5 | Other individual signs that seemed useful were the observation or history of cyanosis and the finding of crepitations on examination . |
| 6 | One breed that seemed capable of handling any distraction was the Connemara and it was from that section that both Champion and Reserve came . |
| 7 | She had the echo of his morning telephone call in her memory , and even that seemed faint and distant . |
| 8 | She was garnering awards from Japan to Israel and Ireland , embarking on a movie career that seemed certain to lead to Hollywood stardom — she had even achieved the final confirmation of her status as a member of the élite band entitled to call themselves superstars , a wax image of herself at Madame Tussaud 's . |
| 9 | She and her brothers had always found the idea of ancestral spirits appearing during the Cia ceremony an awesome prospect , but her sense of unease had been greatly heightened on this occasion by the fear of unknown punishments that seemed certain to follow the incident involving her baby gibbon at the governor 's palace . |
| 10 | In fact the England ‘ B ’ side played the first 45 minutes of that match with the command and control that seemed sure to produce a notable victory . |
| 11 | With commitment and amounts of cash that seemed paltry when compared with government defence budgets , that problem could be solved . |
| 12 | Well , that seemed innocent enough and it was probably best to humour a drunken man . |
| 13 | You are faced with half a packet of dusty dried peas , the unopened naan bread mix that seemed such a good idea at the time and the smoked oysters left over from last year 's Christmas hamper . |
| 14 | He was looking at her with frank enjoyment that seemed untainted by any sort of guilt . |
| 15 | During the last 12 months I have been very encouraged with the way you have continued to work effectively — meeting deadlines that seemed impossible and coming up with ideas for cost savings within your own departments . |
| 16 | He glanced up and caught sight of Karelius with something that seemed akin to relief . |
| 17 | My first impressions were an exciting mixture of scenes that seemed familiar but were so different in detail : I could n't wait to get a closer look at it all ! |
| 18 | It felt strange now , but there were still a few shops that seemed familiar . |
| 19 | She even thought he looked vaguely familiar , but then she realised it must be the type that seemed familiar . |
| 20 | There were no eyes — no features — just a pinkish head that seemed swollen , bloated . |
| 21 | Some of them had pink shaved patches on their heads with electrodes that stuck up like a second pair of ears , and here and there were dark grey rats that seemed bigger than any of the others . |
| 22 | She watched his deft slender hands bleached by the light , and knew that this one could have been , should be , some kind of fine and meticulous craftsman , should never have to be wrestling with pipes , floorboards , beams that seemed heavier than he was . |
| 23 | The branches dipped nearly to the ground , but when Charity ducked in she found a cosy hollow underneath the tree that seemed dry and snug as a little house . |
| 24 | No human is capable of truly knowing that they are not immortal , that someday the I that seemed eternal will cease , save in one moment ; the moment before true death . |
| 25 | He did lose the lines on more than one occasion and threshed around helplessly through pauses that seemed eternal , until the A.S.M. 's quiet voice in his ear managed to get him back on to the right track . |
| 26 | Donald sat beside her , listening with a modesty that seemed sly . |
| 27 | The only idea that seemed feasible was for the Collector to put on the rusty suit of armour which stood in the banqueting hall and to go out there with a scythe . |
| 28 | Their bid was blocked on grounds that seemed contrived : the MMC purported to be worried , eg , that Lonrho might flood Harrods with nylon sheets made by one of its subsidiaries . |
| 29 | Already she was under some malign spell that seemed woven to keep her close to Rune Christensen . |
| 30 | After a pause that seemed endless , I said , rather awkwardly : ‘ Well , thank you . |