31.   For now, there seems no question that Jiang is firmly in command of the country and has the support of the Chinese military leadership.

32.   Given his habit of hanging on to the camera like a puppy with a rag toy, the best questions seem to be ones that ricochet back to him.

33.   He made the question seem irrelevant.

34.   If this were another, better novel, the question might seem rich with possibilities, even deep.

35.   In fact, the question seemed to startle almost everyone, as if they had been asked whether they had friends who rode reindeer.

36.   In most cases, Lynch declined comment, and the questions seemed to hang in the air like a Montauk fog.

37.   In Washington, the legal questions often seem technical and abstract.

38.   Indeed, outside of court, one lawyer involved in the case said that the question seemed to be delving into an unsettled area of law.

39.   Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.

40.   Many questions seemed to have more to do with Gusinsky than with Putin.