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The time may soon be coming when instead of startups trying to seem more corporate, corporations will try to seem more like startups.

One of Mr Luzhkov's offences was to seem to belittle the office of the presidency itself.

Over the last decade, the idea of a "Chinese slowdown" has come to seem like an oxymoron.

Rather than trying to seem perfect, being honest about your shortcomings in an interview or on the job can be perceived as an asset.

Some of my favorite shots reflect the sky in the water which cause the landscapes to seem like they are floating high up in the air!

There is, however, some sort of etiquette that should be followed when sending an email, especially if you want to seem like a professional.

Gold came to seem old-fashioned in the investing world; it had little place in the new era of innovation and cyber-finance.

The small farmer hand holds hayfork and stands to seem to publicize the little world that to protect him over there.

Matter in motion, which used to seem so unquestionable, turns out to be a concept quite inadequate for the needs of physics.

Therefore, the commercial bank oneself resists the ability of the software system risk to seem to be count for much.

Press in idea Yu knit to seem to be likewise over a long duration of time because of this joyful cozy of air yet exhaustion numerous.

Lonesome voice in cold winter rings out to seem to be so suddenly, desolate.

Talking in telephone is inconvenient, he says to seem to be not to is the magic legend for causing false alarm.

"I wasn't quite sure if you expected me" , I said, trying to seem unconcerned.

But I can't stress it enough -- and I can't believe I ever acted aloof in an attempt to seem more cool.

They asked me how much I was paid for my articles, and because I didn't want to seem to be profiting from their war, I lowballed the number.

Therefore, the roof made use of building carry on green turn to seem to be very is importance.

How familiar with of a song, but I swim to seem to hear for the first time!

Now I'm going to tell it to you, and it's going to seem obvious that that is correct, and that's the point, right?

He exaggerates dreadfully, and all boys like to seem Byronic, so do most men, for the matter of that.

Valuing cultural taboo an important function to seem to be in outward the exchanges is importance.

I did not like to seem inquisitive , so was careful not to ask him what took him there.

And central bankers are loath to seem to be responding to the latest ups and downs of financial markets.

And his face was painful and piteous to see, particularly from its helpless efforts to seem calm.

So the hero of the story was naturally a poet, not the writer as he was, but as he imagined or desired himself to seem.

I do not wish to seem to end upon a note of cynicism.

They said some U. S. officials they have spoken to seem to have lost hope that China is serious about currency reform.

I call it getting small. Every company wants to seem like the corner store, but have the global pricing power and distribution of Walmart.

Morel subdued , afraid to seem too jubilant in presence of his wife.

Now , nobody wants to seem to claim superiority, and an agreeable effect of this is the greater informality of relationships all round.

Like this, like this, we choose the road ruled of law to seem so out of the common.

The modeling of the houses and ground should had been perfect, to make it possible to reflect in the water and to seem realistic.

It used to seem very far away when I was a small girl traveling with my parents by steamship across the Pacific Ocean long ago.

The moon, which used to seem unreachable, was now within man's reach, the first port of call in the new age of space-faring.

The borders of the small lot we are referring to, seem to disappear in the predominant visuals: the lake.

Weak AI philosophers believe that computers, as advanced as they may get, will only be able to seem intelligent.

But over the intervening years, as Google grew and prospered, it began to seem pretty darn conventional.

Once you've been listening to him for long enough, it all starts to seem vaguely plausible.

As for the rest of us, nuclear power may also come to seem a good deal, once you factor in the risks of climate change.

This force causes the metal to seem to flow off the work in the form of chips.

The events of any isolated year can be made to seem exceptionally grim, but one has to peer hard to find elevating moments in 1980.

I never like to let others see my tears, I would rather let people think I am happy too heartless, but al do not want to seem poor wronged.

To seem to be whirling, as from dizziness; reel.

But then the blackness began to seem somewhat fuzzy, and I realized I was looking into fur.

Though they could fall farther, housing prices are starting to seem reasonable again in many parts of the United States.

Finally I heard the doorbell ring and I slowly made my way to the door trying not to seem too eager.

Thus, the idea of a built-in animal compass began to seem reasonable.

The Chinese feared they were beginning to seem like dumb money in the eyes of the rest of the world.

His stories are made to seem like they last the whole party and were all completely ad libbed by Murray.

That's because you want to seem like a funny and pleasant person and you don't want to be too obvious - that's just really embarrassing.

As with many great innovations, Mr Gates's vision has come to seem so obvious that it is hard to imagine the world any other way.

When your dreams start to seem so impossible, then look beyond all the problems that face you and focus on possibilities.

From today's perspective, though, the economic choices we faced in the 1970s are beginning to seem harder and fuzzier.

Monarchs, as a consequence, have come to seem as obsolete as court jesters or princesses in towers. Royalty is the stuff of fairy tales.

Mr Booth wrote that when central banks held interest rates down, asset prices rose and bad risks began to seem good.

But honestly, I'm just trying to save face. I don't want to seem weak.

I relinquished custody without a fight but it's starting to seem a bit stupid.

But the first impression is still a surprise, for Faludi, 48, is so paper thin and softly spoken as to seem almost like a middle-aged child.

I felt the reasons for your silence, and I feared to seem importunate, by writing.

Seeing, Dating, Going steady. When you first start going out with someone, you don't want to seem too serious.

Didn't your feeling feel to seem to the thing is being put below your pillow uncomfortable?

and if he read little, he had need have more cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.

They talked to sound to seem to catch cold and perhaps coughed.

he did not want to seem important , engrossed in large affairs , when his brother appeared.

In an era of self-determination sales of territory have come to seem anachronistic.

The gesture was beginning to seem useless.

is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem to.

In the age of WikiLeaks, however, even these protocols begin to seem outmoded.

To be wise it is not enough to seem wise, least of all to seem so to oneself.

Today, it is hard for a political candidate to seem "modern" without a digital campaign strategy.

She wears them 'for fashion' and to seem both older and younger, depending on her mood.

In Kim's position, it is perfectly sane to seem mad. And it would be a disaster for him if the world believed he was rational.

Most people find that they spend less when paying in cash: it's easy for money on a piece of plastic to seem unreal.

Increasingly, however, it's starting to seem this may be at the cost of creativity.

All of a sudden, the magic of the precious days before is shattered, never to seem beautiful again.

Excuse me, I don't want to seem inquisitive , but what makes you think so?

It was widely panned even before yields started sinking so low that it started to seem nonsensical.

As our absence had been long enough already to seem strange downstairs, I returned at once.

By thattime, Paul himself was starting to seem like an accident.

The politicians in Washington have a couple weeks to forestall a disaster that has begun to seem like a certainty.

She was too supple in her movements to seem fat.

Is it possible for me to seem more human than I really am?

Lana: I don't want to seem ungrateful , but I'm not sure if I agree with their views.

Plate armor and great helmets are removed, as I wanted the armors to seem more historically accurate together.

Don't get overwhelmed by the workload. If you stick to a schedule it will start to seem manageable.

The situation at Chimney Rock began to seem hopeless.

Lengthy and exhausting as the Bali bickering was, it may yet come to seem harmonious.

The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to cause a fault or offense to seem less grave or less reprehensible"

It's close enough to wedding party to seem like you're an invited guest.

Fitness magazines, for me, began to seem useless, because they just rehash the same articles over and over.

Be your own cheerleader, give yourself pep talks, repeat your mantra (below), and don't be afraid to seem crazy to others.

As the idea has gained ground that the euro zone might form an EU inner circle, so Europe itself has come to seem more important to Poland.

I don't want to seem harsh to anyone who travels for any of these purposes.

As one guidebook put it: "Warning! . . . Be careful not to seem smarter than your man. "

and the evidence presented by Britain and America that Saddam was actively and rapidly pursuing a nuke has come to seem especially dodgy.

But if gas prices continue to drop, those initiatives might begin to seem unnecessarily costly to many Americans.

I was thrilled that he was playing along, but I tried to seem casual.

As the bail-outs continue, numbers that once looked huge are starting to seem almost normal.

The probable reason? The universities wanted to admit additional non-Chinese ethnic-minority students so as to seem more culturally diverse.

The point of good praise is that it must look deadly serious in order to seem sincere.

But look and think a little more deeply, and buying on the dips starts to seem less appealing.

It works by manipulating public perception so that ideas previously thought of as radical begin to seem acceptable over time.

In this way your feelings come to seem automatic, even though they never have to be.

But with the island's government pushing to attract a new class of tourists, the phrase may soon start to seem more apt.

Compared to that fluid, hyperlocal data, Bing and Google are so static as to seem immobile.

That sameness ought to seem strange: the artists didn't exactly have the chance to paint him from life.

He tried to seem angry, but his smile betrayed him.

But I didn't want to seem rude, so I sucked it up and ate it anyway.

At least, that is how it is starting to seem for many of the firms that bought in big during the boom of last decade.

The difference between that mode and a direct American military airlift was so esoteric as to seem academic.

To avoid blame that one deserves; to seem to be innocent.

Each of these assumptions, by itself, was so plausible as to seem primitively obvious.

It used to seem so straightforward.

I don't want to seem so full of myself. I think the performance appraisals should speak on behalf of my achievements.

Nowadays that image is starting to seem a little quaint.

But her fixation on Bertram, while determined, will come to seem almost monomaniacal--it is her defining character trait, in the end.

It is a shame such things have come to seem so anachronistic.

Lyla: He just called yesterday and I don't want to seem desperate.

The key to drinking alone is the vibe you give off: you want to seem friendly and approachable, but not predatory or needy.

most complete injustice is to seem just, when not so.

As district attorney of San Francisco, which many Californians consider quasi-Jacobin, she has to work harder to seem tough.

he was quiet, but said enough not to seem sullen.

And if a gambling bill that was debated in California's Senate this week becomes law, it may come to seem rather modest.

They have to seem like they care about the environment, like they are leaders in "greening" .

Add in several other studies showing the benefits of flavanols for blood flow, and they begin to seem pretty attractive.

With time and evidence, the idea that our health and well-being are shaped during gestation could also come to seem commonsensical.

But I didn't want to seem a fool, Or argue over a safety rule.

Be leisurely in all these things, no frantic preparations to alarm our friends- It can be done in such a way as to seem natural.

If you work in a boring job purely for money, chances are it's never going to seem like play.

Flinging headlong into busywork itself is another way to seem indispensable.

To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there.

Under Mr Obama nobody will dare to seem so curmudgeonly.

Over the months, my parents started to seem like distant relatives that I recognized, but didn't know very well.

In our startup, when outsiders came to visit we tried hard to seem "professional. "

al. It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.

Without conviction to seem a body without soul.

I'm going to do whatever it takes to seem totally, 100 percent human when we start chatting online.

There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you don't feel happy, pretend to be!

We pitch field of tent seem terms to be very fine, it is very much soft for meadow to seem.

His life style is so modernistic as to seem unorthodox and evenincredible.

You are not what you want to seem.

So keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural.

Until all this fantastic scenery, such as appeared in my eyes when I want to seem like a suffocating in it.

Loss of the shim from the coil spring seat on the coil-spring suspension will cause the spring to seem shorter and to sag.

until it comes to seem a boring hanger-on.

Please. It is a family emergency. I really need to seem him. NOW!

Given how high the unemployment rate is, that's going to seem very slow.

I did not want to seem mean.

When nerds are unbearable it's usually because they're trying too hard to seem smart.

So they find it hard to believe that some kids cut just because they think it's a way to seem tough and rebellious.

I mean you don't want to seem obsessive about it.

When all is well, it is easy to seem giving and caring.

I make an effort to seem like I'm pushing myself while actually falling back more and more.

We want people to like us, but we don't want to seem too eager.

I don't want to seem niggardly.

I don't want to seem flippant when I talk about the sex.

cause you make everything that used to seem so big Seem to be so small since you arrived

Can make relative to seem not so eager to eat.

After all, why do you have to adjust your behavior in order to seem "normal" in somebody else's eyes?

An air of authority. In the plural, however, it suggests affectation and especially a wish to seem more important than is actually the case

She didn't want to seem whiny or clinging. That is the reason she didn't call them, not because she didn't care.

Excuse me, I don't want to seem inquisitive, but what exactly are you doing?

Many people hesitate to haggle because they don't want to seem cheap.

This is the case for Walter Fane, who is so rigid and unforgiving as to seem almost inhuman.

I love and yet am forced to seem to hate,

and made up to seem like they were only seventeen

to seem to be spinning around and around

To seem not to be affected with the joy of our companions is but want of politeness;

To seem to consist or be made of:

I don't want to seem harsh but isn't this what you were complaining about

Let her know I like her? What are you, insane? It's the next day! How needy do I want to seem? I'm right, right?

it used to seem we were number one

To seem about to; promise to:

that used to seem too hard

To seem or appear to be

Revenge begins to seem less sweet

a modern orchestral work that was so advanced in melodic structure as to seem not merely dissonant but discordant

the trickery they practiced on their fair-weather friends in order to seem richer and more famous than they were

But I didn't want to seem a fool,

as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you

There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous: