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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
seem
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He seems in retrospect the Mahatma's fated antagonist.
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But it does not seem that way in retrospect .
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The sick smile that Odilo sported throughout his wedding day seems , in retrospect , all too appropriate.
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Likewise, not having raised a single cent in campaign money seems , in retrospect , a mistake.
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There would seem in retrospect to have been two primary reasons.
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That moment seems in retrospect to have been more exciting than any of the films that followed.
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It seems in retrospect that the Task Force in Merseyside was driven by Heseltine's particular vision of urban regeneration.
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Especially, it seemed , in retrospect .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In retrospect , dying of the disease itself would seem infinitely preferable to the agonies of death from mercury poisoning.
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In retrospect , he said, he did not realize how hard it would be to keep them happy.
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In retrospect , they were spinning straw into gold.
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It was never our intention to hurt anyone and it occurs to us in retrospect that the ad was insensitive.
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Popular fiction often becomes more important in retrospect .
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So you won, Ragu, and in retrospect I think it was right that you did.
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There would seem in retrospect to have been two primary reasons.
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Yet, in retrospect , Glam dovetailed exactly with developments in consumer capitalism.