1.   To say that seems to me really to beg the question.

2.   Saying no seemed to suit him.

3.   But mostly what it seems to have, the analysts say, is underused assets and a lack of direction.

4.   If, after all that, Mr. Billingsley said, a house still seems right, be decisive.

5.   The director of Abu Dhabi TV dismissed the criticism, saying Peres seems to have lost his sense of humor.