In the cases considered, it seems difficult to determine the moment at which an act produces legal effects.

Unfortunately, this is difficult to do, because boom times make people who warn of risks seems like doom mongers.

The US seems to prefer an obedient one party state to a difficult, faltering, but more democratic partner in Asia.

It is with the French of Algerian descent, not to mention Algeria itself, that reconciliation seems most difficult to achieve.

Death, it seems, is always particularly difficult for autocrats to manage, even when they succeed in dying of natural causes.

A significant reason is believed to be the steady flight of intellectuals from Iraq, which seems obvious, but is difficult to measure.

The CD has until now not been affected by United Nations reform, and it seems difficult to agree on any reform in this Conference.

If they hit a difficult patch as now seems likely society bears the brunt of the impact as credit dries up and asset prices fall.

Again, this seems unfair, as Western employees tend to be hired for senior managerial or technical posts, which are more difficult and more expensive to fill.

Francisco Franco is reputed to have exclaimed on his deathbed. Death, it seems, is always particularly difficult for autocrats to manage, even when they succeed in dying of natural causes.

Even if freeing up immigration multilaterally seems too difficult to include as part of a Doha round agreement, individual countries could do so unilaterally with the stroke of a pen.

He seems tired.

He seems miserable.

Sami seems busy.

This seems wrong.

That seems unlikely.

That seems unlikely.

That seems right.

Michèle Mertens analyzes what is known about those manuscripts in her translation of Zozimos, concluding that the Arabic tradition seems extremely rich and promising, and regretting the difficult of access to these materials, until translated editions are available.

But controls beyond the banking sector are more difficult to implement and enforce and are arguably as important. It seems clear that listed terrorists are still managing to raise and receive funds from sympathisers outside their immediate circle.

Which one seems longer?

JC That seems dangerous.

The ground seems wet.

Tom seems OK now.

He seems honest enough.

Tom's injury seems serious.

The conclusion seems straightforward.

Indeed, it seems inaccurate.

Or so it seems.

Fortunately, that seems unlikely.

The list seems endless.

It seems Iran is the land of surprises and there seems to be no end for them.

And somehow that seems wrong.

He seems not to agree.

She seems to be sick.

It seems right to me.

Everybody seems to like Jamal.

This seems a wise decision.

Change seems just as inevitable.

That seems a wise decision.

This seems a desperate farewell

Obama seems to understand this.

That seems likely to continue.

At first it seems baffling.

Germany seems surprised by this.