31.   The scene could seem depressing, were it not for the squeals of the children and the low prices.

32.   The scene seemed like an aerial procession of matadors before a very deadly bullfight.

33.   The scene seems glaringly out of place in a film whose most pronounced quality has been the almost perfunctory manner with which it has presented one horror after another.

34.   There is surprisingly little gold on view, and many scenes seem to come back again and again.

35.   There was a time when such a scene would have seemed surreal.

36.   Too many scenes seem contrived or faintly irrelevant.

37.   When a team from the International Monetary Fund lands here on Wednesday, the scene may seem eerily familiar.

38.   When Vick went down in the second quarter last week, the scene seemed perfect for an upset.

39.   When, near the end, the movie turns abruptly melodramatic, it loses its bearings, and the action scenes seem crude and perfunctory.

40.   That scene seemed extremely unlikely in the first set.