1.   After the squalid conditions of the refugee camps even this place seems preferable.

2.   At first glance, the place seemed deserted.

3.   It was probably an optical illusion, but the place seemed to be flying more eagles and swastikas than stars and stripes.

4.   The place seemed full of shadows and ancient magic.

5.   The whole place seemed designed to produce, not goods for the outside world, but misery for the inmates.

6.   We hope to attract a new generation of collectors, make this place seem more accessible, less austere.

7.   The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life.

8.   Apart from the headmaster, who had now gone into the school, the place seemed clear.

9.   Already, this small, brand-new, quiet place seemed a special corner of the racing city.

10.   And now memorializing the site is his own touching memoir, which makes a dark and threatening place seem as golden as the dawn of a promising new life.