1.   The general seemed altogether too cocky.

2.   As we listen to a piece, something more general seems to emerge from such perceptions, revealing their underlying similarities.

3.   For a few seconds, the general seemed to reflect on that fine memory.

4.   If that was the idea, the general did not seem to be listening.

5.   Instead, the generals now seem determined to win a war with the small Caucasian republic.

6.   It will occur to many that the general seems a bit too inhumanly blameless, but then everybody with lines is a suspect.

7.   Neither American nor Japanese generals seem to be trembling at the prospect.

8.   The general seemed incapable of dissimulation.

9.   The general seemed to be at loss when asked whether U.S. troops would disarm Haitian soldiers -- a question that would not be an issue in combat.

10.   The generals seem to have unlimited free time to inspect pagodas and make speeches about the glory of the pre-colonial past.