1.   At first he seemed frightened, but after a while he started spending almost every Saturday there.

2.   At first it seemed impossible to cope with two employers with their contrasting attitudes towards money.

3.   At first it seemed the attempt to save the species was a lost cause.

4.   At first it seems the girls are singing in their native tongue.

5.   At first this seemed strange to some of the staff who saw it as only one step away from slavery.

6.   At present it seems likely that the most hopeful approaches rest in three areas.

7.   Civilization, which seemed at an end only two weeks ago, has been given a reprieve.

8.   Claudius made two other arrangements which seem at first sight to be highly anomalous.

9.   Even after counselling, though, what seemed the right Decision at the time can be a source of regret later.