11.   These problems seem unimportant beside the potential benefits of the new system.

12.   The problem seems to be systemic.

13.   Several problems seem to be intractable.

14.   The smaller the garden, the more acute these problems seem to become.

15.   His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account.

16.   How is it that this problem seems only to have emerged in the last few years.

17.   The problem seemed to be that the job had not been openly offered on the market here in Britain, an impossible condition given the remit of the job.

18.   Although some suppliers continue to report great difficulty getting payments from Barneys, the problem seemed to be pretty well under control by the end of last year.

19.   Although the data are preliminary, the problem seems to affect female scientists more than men, with men reporting having denied requests considerably more than women.

20.   And there are all the clients whose problems seem intractable.